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DO watch this Thom Hartmann video

So refreshing to tune into a conversation about the complexities of how a leaderless group that espouses non-violence — and in fact, knows that it’s strongest “weapon” is non-violence, that if it turns violent it will lose — works with a tiny group that incites violence in its midst. And Thom Hartmann’s take on silent […]

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Bank Transfer Day: “Remember, remember, the 5th of November . . .”

Update: Over 4 billion dollars was transfered from Wall Street banks to Main Street credit unions in the past week. November 5th: Guy Fawkes day. Google it. One manifestation of this noosphere that we’ve all begun, whether or not we realize it, to surrender to, is that when we hear about a sensible, responsible action […]

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11.11.11: Teilhard’s “noosphere,” that crazy idea of long ago, surges into manifestation

As the energy builds for 11.11.11, I come across more and more information on various ceremonies and group meditations to be held around the world. So wonderful, these focused dates where we practice consciously creating and holding an energetic field of peace, harmony, and deep, deep aliveness and joy. Were Teilhard de Chardin among us […]

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Robert Jensen: “We either abandon the domination/subordination dynamic or we don’t survive”

There is a sense that all of us in the Occupy movement recognize the world in the same inchoate way, a way that’s below politics, below issues and policies and dueling points of view. And there is a sense that we are now groping for language to express what we feel, and to invent some […]

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Breaking news: Greenhouse gases now “higher than the worst case scenario”

I was looking after something else, and ran across this article, pretty standard these days when shocking events and revelations skud past like rocks from a furious child. It’s hard not to duck and cover, or run away. But we must not. We must stand here, here and everywhere, upon our faithful Earth; we must […]

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“Network” films the present moment, with Olbermann as Howard Beale

Ever since I viewed “Network” on netflix last week I’ve wanted to get Paddy Chayefsky’s screenplay and copy parts of it to this website. As more and more of us 99%’ers now realize, that 1976 flick mirrors today’s world, and “We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take this anymore.” (See film excerpt, […]

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“Tyger tyger burning bright” —

  Gigantic paw and tiny hand hold Blake’s “fearful symmetry. . . .” Found on facebook. Has been viewed thousands of times. And no wonder.   This is the remarkable moment when a tiger bowed its head and placed a paw up to the hand of a small girl. Photographer Dyrk Daniels noticed the 370lb […]

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