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Activists Shut Down Chicago Intersection to Protest Police Training Conference

By Aaron Cynic, Chicagoist | Report published in Truthout Arrestee is walked to a police truck as activists shut down the intersection of Michigan and Wacker to protest the Illinois Tactical Officers Training Conference. … Continue reading →

2016/10/12 · Leave a comment

Millbrook First Nation Water Symposium

‘Mother Earth has been crying out and nobody has been listening’ By Elizabeth McMillan, CBC News Posted: Oct 11, 2016 11:00 AM AT Rosalie Labillois, 19, is taking part in the Mi’kmaki Water … Continue reading →

2016/10/11 · Leave a comment

The true cost of mass incarceration exceeds $1 trillion

Carimah Townes Criminal justice reporter at ThinkProgress. Contact me: ctownes@thinkprogress.org Sep 12 In recent years, the bipartisan push for criminal justice reform has been fueled in large part by the astronomical … Continue reading →

2016/10/11 · Leave a comment

DN: Activists Shut Down Five Pipelines Carrying Tar Sands Oil Into U.S.

Breaking: Activists Reportedly Shut Down Five Pipelines Carrying Tar Sands Oil Into U.S. Originally posted at democracynow.org This is viewer supported news Climate activists are claiming they have shut down all … Continue reading →

2016/10/11 · Leave a comment

Richard Rohr: Non-Violence

Ahimsa: Love Is Your Nature Before you speak of peace, you must first have it in your heart. —St. Francis of Assisi Christianity seems to have forgotten Jesus’ teachings on nonviolence. … Continue reading →

2016/10/09 · Leave a comment

Post-Capitalism and the City

Paul Mason Author: Postcapitalism — A Guide to Our Future | Producer: #ThisIsACoup documentary Keynote at Barcelona Initiative for Technological Sovereignty CCCB, 7 October 2016: The idea of postcapitalism consists of two hypotheses, … Continue reading →

2016/10/08 · Leave a comment

What Happens Once the Protesters Go Home?

October 7, 2016 Richard D. Bartlett This is part 3 of a 4-part series of conversations with activists from France, New Zealand, Spain, Tunisia and Taiwan. Originally published in P2P Foundation. https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/happens-protesters-go-home/2016/10/07# Rich: I have … Continue reading →

2016/10/07 · Leave a comment

BLM: A Movement of Movements

This interview with Alicia Garza on the evolution of the Black Lives Matter movement shows that it is not a single movement, but a diverse coalition of more than 50 … Continue reading →

2016/10/07 · Leave a comment

Freed from [re]Birth: The Evolution of Consciousness

This is a continuation of my contemplation of the traditional Buddhist doctrine on pratityasamutpada, the chain of dependent origination, karma and rebirth. Part 1, Pratityasamutpada: The Evolution of Evolution is … Continue reading →

2016/10/06 · 1 Comment

The growing indigenous spiritual movement that could save the planet

North Dakota is just the beginning. Jack Jenkins Senior Religion Reporter at ThinkProgress. Demonstrators in Canon Ball protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. CREDIT: Flickr/Joe Brusky When Pua Case landed in North Dakota to … Continue reading →

2016/10/03 · Leave a comment

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