Editor: This recorded chat session, organized by 350.org, shows that we must work across movements and build a coalition that encompasses a plurality of interests, groups, faiths, identities, issues, politics and strategies. A secular, post-Buddhist approach to engaged Buddhism allows us to go beyond taking action with only Buddhist faith groups, and to work with all faiths and secular orientations.… Read More 350.0rg Coalition Live Strategy Session
Let’s not give up on our love for each other. Don’t let rage, hate and fear turn you into the mirror image of Trump. Violent revolt plays right into Trump’s fascist game plan, so he can lock us down and watch us tear each other apart. Trump will use our acted-out rage and fear to justify his plan… Read More Post-Election: The Buddhist Refuge Movement Starts Now
Hadley Freeman originally posted https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/10/misogyny-us-election-voters ‘Far from ignoring the white working-class voters, they were written about so extensively by nervously placatory liberal journalists that these articles became a genre unto themselves.’ Trump supporters. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP ‘Grab ’em by the pussy” was the line that was supposed to have ended Donald Trump’s campaign for presidency. Instead it… Read More I’ve heard enough of the white male rage narrative
Trump’s election means more police brutality towards black people Patrisse Cullors originally published https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/11/trump-election-black-lives-matter-police-brutality ‘Under Donald Trump, black lives will become even more vulnerable to state violence.’ Black Lives Matter demonstrators protest the killing of Joshua Beal by an off duty Chicago police officer. Photograph: E. Jason Wambsgans/AP Donald Trump has won the presidency. But did… Read More BLM and Native American Latino Muslim LGBT and Gender Liberation
[Editor] Dear Readers: In an effort to educate and inform, I am going to publish a series of articles (which I did not write) on the causes and conditions of fascism and Donald Trump’s rise to power. Most of these will not be written by Buddhist authors; rather, they are written from a secular, post-… Read More Fascist America: How Did We Get Here?
Legendary singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen dies aged 82 Democracy is coming to the USA. ‘We have lost one of music’s most revered and prolific visionaries,’ says announcement of the Canadian singer’s death on his Facebook page. Leonard Cohen has died aged 82. Here we round up tributes and reaction as they flood in for Canada’s cultural… Read More Leonard Cohen: Democracy is Coming to the USA
ELECTION 2016 Roll up your sleeves, people—there are fascists to defeat. By Michael Moore / AlterNet November 9, 2016 Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/Jonathan Feinstein 1. Take over the Democratic Party and return it to the people. They have failed us miserably. 2. Fire all pundits, predictors, pollsters and anyone else in the media who had a narrative they wouldn’t… Read More Michael Moore: Morning-After To-Do List
