[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgWFxFg7-GU&w=560&h=315] Uploaded by PlayingForChange on Apr 23, 2009 http://playingforchange.com - As we made our way around the world we encountered love, hate, rich and poor, black and white, and many different religious groups and ideologies. It became very clear that as a human race we need to transcend from the darkness to the light and music is our More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuoWYhckvYE&w=560&h=315] Published on May 21, 2012 by democracynow DemocracyNow.org - We're joined at the NATO summit in Chicago by Scott Olsen, who survived two tours in Iraq but almost died when he was hit with a police projectile at an Occupy Oakland protest last year. Olsen returned four of his medals at Sunday's antiwar march. When asked More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuoWYhckvYE&w=560&h=315] Published on May 21, 2012 by democracynow DemocracyNow.org - We're joined at the NATO summit in Chicago by Scott Olsen, who survived two tours in Iraq but almost died when he was hit with a police projectile at an Occupy Oakland protest last year. Olsen returned four of his medals at Sunday's antiwar march. When asked More
The Weight By William Rivers Pitt 25 April 2012 Truthout | Op-Ed (Photo: _Pek_) I pulled into Nazareth, Feelin' 'bout half-past dead, Just need to find a place, Where I can lay my head. "Mister, can you tell me Where a man might find a bed?" He just grinned and shook my hand, More
The Weight By William Rivers Pitt 25 April 2012 Truthout | Op-Ed (Photo: _Pek_) I pulled into Nazareth, Feelin' 'bout half-past dead, Just need to find a place, Where I can lay my head. "Mister, can you tell me Where a man might find a bed?" He just grinned and shook my hand, More
It Is Enough: An Open Letter to the Sick at Heart By William Rivers Pitt Wednesday, 09 May 2012 09:19 Truthout | Op-Ed (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A holy man stands before his flock and says, “Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, More
It Is Enough: An Open Letter to the Sick at Heart By William Rivers Pitt Wednesday, 09 May 2012 09:19 Truthout | Op-Ed (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A holy man stands before his flock and says, “Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, More
Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit Occupy Your Heart Compassion Is Our New Currency Posted by Rebecca Solnit at 9:01AM, December 22, 2011. Tom Dispatch The other evening, I took the subway to the very bottom of Broadway, reputedly the longest street in the world, for a rally of New York’s transit workers. Their contract expires in mid-January and More
Good News in Taxing Times Carol Masters WAMM Newsletter The curious case of the Community of St. Martin. While most people are complaining about the price of gas, this community is actually taxing itself for driving. But why? Carol Masters explains this, and another effort her community is making with a focus More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm3yYDmc4-M&w=420&h=315] Naughty or Nice? Editor’s Note: So I looked up the list and found the following. I would suggest that if you are going to shop at commercial places, at least shop at those who are “against” Christmas. Which probably means of course that they are not against Christmas but that they recognize freedom More
Celebrating Spiritual Death On Black Friday Coleen Rowley Posted: 11/25/11 Huffington Post How many remember that this “Black Friday” marks the 10th anniversary of George Bush’s famous presidential advisory just after 9/11 for citizens to do their patriotic duty by pushing their worries aside and going shopping? The idea of asking the More
Tomgram: Posted as comments on "Andy Kroll, Occupy Wall Street's Political Victory in Ohio" November 20, 2011 TomDispatch Twelve hours after Mayor Bloomberg’s cops evicted the Occupy Wall Street encampment from Zuccotti Park, the space had been scrubbed down and repopulated with police and private-security types, up to 150 of them. More
