Toward a World that Works for Everyone
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I’ve been on my own journey, trying to understand what Archangel Michael has asked of us. At times I’ve felt like Odysseus (Ulysses) lashed to the mast, that he might listen to the siren song (the song of his own desires) without going mad and throwing himself overboard. The dissonance was high and I didn’t […]
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 […]
Colombia protests resume after talks flounder BBC.com, Dec. 4, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50664018 Trade unions, student and indigenous groups are marching in Colombia’s major cities to increase the pressure on the government of President Iván Duque. The protests started almost two weeks ago with hundreds of thousands of people taking part in rallies. The demands of those […]
The countries hit by major protests in 2019 Gabriel Power, The Week, Nov 19, 2019 https://www.theweek.co.uk/104416/the-countries-hit-by-major-protests-in-2019 Millions have taken to the streets across the globe this year demanding change From the students occupying university buildings in Hong Kong to activists overthrowing a 30-year dictatorship in Sudan, 2019 has seen a resurgence in the use of […]
Police fire tear gas & water cannons as mass anti-govt protests in Colombia’s capital turn violent (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) Russia Today, 22 Nov, 2019 https://www.rt.com/news/474042-colombia-protests-tear-gas/ Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in cities across Colombia in a mass strike against the government of President Ivan Duque. While largely peaceful, clashes with riot police broke out […]
Winston Churchill hoped that the staunch defiance of the British people going into the Battle of Britain in World War II would be “their finest hour.” We too face a coming storm – although we’re not going into battle. Quite the contrary. Our finest hour would see us healing the wounds of nations and peoples […]
What will it take to bring gender equality to the world? Worldwide support for an end to gender inequality by Jan. 1, 2023. Sabarimala temple: India court to review ruling on women’s entry BBC.com, Nov. 14, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50415356 India’s Supreme Court has agreed to review its landmark judgement allowing women of menstruating age to enter […]
“When the time for things comes, they happen by whatever means are available,” Werner Erhard said. (1) Three recent events illustrate that. The first is the recent commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall. When the time came for freedom for East Germans, not even a concrete wall could prevent its advent and spread […]
Do today’s global protests have anything in common? BBC.com, Oct. 22, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-50123743 In recent weeks, mass protests have broken out in countries from Lebanon to Spain to Chile. All are different – with distinct causes, methods and goals – but there are some common themes that connect them. While thousands of miles apart, protests […]
BBC News, September 13th, 2019 httpss://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-49661135 The protesters in Hong Kong are embracing a new tune. Glory to Hong Kong, a four-verse song with Cantonese lyrics that references “tears on our land” and “democracy and liberty”, has been picked up in recent weeks by thousands of people gathering in shopping malls, football match and parks. […]
Two more passages from my Aug. 2 reading with Michael through Linda Dillon. One is on staying out of drama and the second, on providing UBIs and National Debt Retirement. Archangel Michael in a personal reading with Steve Beckow through Linda Dillon, Aug. 2, 2019. Don’t Get Caught up in the Quagmire of Drama Archangel […]
