Toward a World that Works for Everyone
We celebrate Martin Luther King Day today. What he foresaw will be accomplished by us ascending and building Nova Earth, a world that works for everyone. The world that he foresaw is the world of our future. Here’s a history of his life. “Martin Luther King, Jr.,” History.com editors, Jan. 15, 2020; circa Nov 9, […]
Marianne Williamson dropped out of the race for President for the United States on January 10 of this year, but gave a very enthusiastically received speech at a book store in Exeter, New Hampshire, January 13th. See below. Recently, in a message to supporters, she said that she’d back the Democratic nominee, no matter who […]
Truth from an Iranian by Iranian Erica Kasraie One might wonder why such an authentic viewpoint would never be aired on the MSM networks, and it would be a good use of contemplative time in my estimation. Note from Steve: Why do we post something so politically touchy and disputed? Because we celebrate the assassination […]
About Inequality Worldwide Confronting inequalities is not about merely bridging gaps, it requires confronting entrenched interests. Mona Fawaz, Common Dreams, Jan. 2, 2020 https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/01/02/what-protests-lebanon-can-tell-us-about-inequality-worldwide Lebanon is more than two months into the wave of protests rocking the country. Chief among the grievances driving people onto the streets are entrenched inequalities and compromised human dignity. Even […]
Excerpt from: 36 Powerful Images Of Women Protesters Leading From The Front Across The World Anuj Tiwar, India Times, Dec 26, 2019 https://tinyurl.com/sag7ycc Celebrating the power and courage of all the women and girls across the world who have to taken to the streets for their beliefs in gender equality, violence and democratic values. Here […]
What’s the Secret to Success for Nonviolent Movements? Try Solidarity Rivera Sun, Non-Violence News, Dec. 5, 2019 https://wagingnonviolence.org/metta/2019/12/whats-the-secret-to-success-for-nonviolent-movements-try-solidarity/ There’s a secret to success for nonviolent movements for change: solidarity. Instead of “going it alone,” movements can amplify their message, leverage collective power, and build strength by seeking solidarity from aligned organizations and groups. Movements can […]
As I continue to research the value of a positive outlook – which I pooh-poohed for decades – I came across a very interesting analysis from Saul of the disappearance of the deep state without the need to punish them. I reproduce that here: Saul, Feb. 22, 2011, at http://johnsmallman.wordpress.com As you wait expectantly for […]
Two stories on the return of land to native tribes. At Long Last, Smallest Native Californian Tribe Has Land To Call Their Own Andy Corbley, Good News Network, Dec. 22, 2019 https://tinyurl.com/u4zt6p6 Although the history of Native American indigenous peoples have unquestionably been filled with hardship, the Esselen Tribe in California—maybe the smallest native tribe […]
Pots-and-Pans Protests Raise a Racket for Justice Non-Violence News, December 8, 2019 http://www.nonviolencenews.org/2019/12/08/pots-and-pans-protests/ Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Nonviolence comes in thousands of shapes and sizes. It’s a force, a field of potential, a method of making change, even a way of life. While this week’s headline celebrates the Latin America-wide cacerolazo (pots-and-pans protest), I’m also uplifting […]
Remarkable synopsis from Oct. 2019. But first a note from Matthew Ward: “It is immensely heartening that most of you are seeing the positive perspective of situations that the media are reporting with bleak overtones, such as the potential economic meltdown in the ‘Eurozone’ and the global boomerang effect, upheaval in several governments creating national […]
The forces that oppose global peace, unity, and harmony fall into three types. The first type is the deep state, which chose decades ago to precipitate World War III, reduce the population to a docile 500 million slaves, and assume full-spectrum dominance over the planet. (1) The second is the authoritarian culture which enforces a […]
What is the background against which the Reval is unfolding? What is the view from the vantage point of the Company of Heaven? Blossom’s sources in the Galactic Federation of Light assured us in mid-summer 2019 that rapid change will begin happening soon. It has already begun. “Things will not be proceeding as normal, Blossom. […]
Alabama unveils statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks Seattle Times/Associated Press, Dec. 1, 2019 https://tinyurl.com/rt67h4s MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A new statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was dedicated in Alabama’s capital city on Sunday, the 64th anniversary of her historic refusal to give up her seat on a public bus to a […]
Data leak reveals how China ‘brainwashes’ Uighurs in prison camps BBC.com, Nov. 24, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50511063 Leaked documents detail for the first time China’s systematic brainwashing of hundreds of thousands of Muslims in a network of high-security prison camps. The Chinese government has consistently claimed the camps in the far western Xinjiang region offer voluntary education […]
Russian domestic violence: Women fight back Lucy Ash, BBC News, Nov. 21, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50493758 Two years ago, many Russians were shocked when the parliament significantly reduced penalties for domestic violence. Since then, women have been fighting back – demanding new legislation to restrain abusers, demonstrating in support of three sisters who took the law into […]
