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 to doctrinaire use of the terms within a religious context, or adhering to their scriptural origins. It’s that kind of playfulness and creativity with Buddhist… Read More Ram Dass and Allen Ginsberg in Conversation
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 to yourself or your process of identity in the public sphere? Do you know who you are without your accomplishments and mistakes? Do you know… Read More Your Sacred Wild Self
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 I came across a sentence that tripped me up, so to speak, and forced me to pay attention. That sentence read: “The pain you feel… Read More The Pain You Feel
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 tax codes at the local, state, and federal levels to ensure a radical and sustainable redistribution of wealth. Federal and state job programs that specifically… Read More BLM Policy: Economic Justice for All
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 story. David’s story takes us on a journey that melds study with life experience as he spends five summers on the Crow Reservation in Montana,… Read More White Awake: Healing Justice
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 criticizing the pipeline regulator’s integrity stormed the Centre Mont-Royal Monday morning. “In light of the events of this morning, we are obligated to cancel the… Read More Montreal Protesters Shut Down NEB Hearing on Energy East
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 and environmental impacts of climate change. The study, “The Price Tag of Being Young: Climate Change and Millennials’ Economic Future,” was produced by NextGen Climate… Read More McGhee: Millennials Lose 8.8 Trillion Due to Climate Change
