Ram Dass and Allen Ginsberg in Conversation
What I love about this conversation is the way Allen and Ram Das playfully use Buddhist terms, like ‘awakening’ and ‘shunyata’ when describing popular culture. They aren’t concerned about sticking … Continue reading
Your Sacred Wild Self
Your sacred wild self by Yeshe Matthews. Do you know who you are apart from the opinions of others? Do you know who you are without the labels you apply … Continue reading
The Pain You Feel
THE PAIN YOU FEELSeptember 6, 2000 By Adbusters Tags: Capitalism, Environmentalism, #127 Mike Kiev I was drifting through cyberspace recently, not really absorbing the words in front of me, when … Continue reading
BLM Policy: Economic Justice for All
ECONOMIC JUSTICE We demand economic justice for all and a reconstruction of the economy to ensure Black communities have collective ownership, not merely access. This includes: A progressive restructuring of … Continue reading
White Awake: Healing Justice
Healing the Dominant Group, Breaking the Cycle of ViolenceBasketball, Native youth, men’s healing, indigeneity, a European culture of conquest – all of these things come together in David Dean’s personal … Continue reading
Montreal Protesters Shut Down NEB Hearing on Energy East
BREAKING: NEB cancels Energy East hearing in Montreal as protesters storm the room The National Energy Board cancelled its scheduled panel session on the Energy East pipeline project after protesters … Continue reading
McGhee: Millennials Lose 8.8 Trillion Due to Climate Change
A new study has found that without action on climate change, the millennial generation as a whole will lose nearly $8.8 trillion in lifetime income dealing with the economic, health … Continue reading
Consciousness and the Social Brain
Another book I absolutely must read but don’t have time: Michael S. A. Graziano’s Consciousness and the Social Brain (2013, Oxford Univ. Press) I scanned the summary page that encapsulates his theory of … Continue reading
Dennis Banks: We Are the Environment
Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement, has also taken part in the protests against the Dakota pipeline. Banks also was part of the 1973 Wounded Knee standoff: DENNIS BANKS: What’s … Continue reading
LaDuke: Enbridge Has No Right to Destroy Our Future
In North Dakota, more than a thousand indigenous activists from different tribes have converged at the Sacred Stone Spirit Camp, where protesters are blocking construction of the proposed $3.8 billion … Continue reading
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