Toward a World that Works for Everyone
I’d now like to turn our attention for one post to the key switch in the financial paradigm from accumulating profit to sharing. I used to have trouble imagining how finances would work if we didn’t lend money. What would be the inducement for one person to give money to another? But of course I […]
CBS Sunday Morning, July 12, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/ybqrwtb8 September 1988, Shreveport, Louisiana: 20-year-old William David McKinney had been fatally shot by a white teenager. Racial tensions, already simmering, boiled over. In the aftermath, anger, frustration and pleas for change. The city was described as a “powder keg.” Thirty-two years later, that powder keg is exploding with […]
(Continued from Part 1, yesterday.) The point I wanted to make however is: what do we do in the face of this constant change to maintain our equilibrium, our balance? Things are going faster than I can keep up with. What do we do? I can only say what I do, which I’ve been doing […]
If we were to see the ending of the careers of corrupt politicians, of big business’s control over the finances of the world, of the military-industrial complex’s grip on the world, etc., I think we could all agree that we’d be in a time of terrific, even revolutionary change. We may be saying to ourselves, […]
There’s continuing debate over whether social isolation helps flatten the curve or not. Voices out of Sweden are saying we only postpone the epidemic. What we need to do is develop herd immunity, they say, and that doesn’t come with lockdown. (1) Otherwise when we leave the lockdown, the outbreak could start up again. Does […]
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Von der Leyen: EU plans to spend €100bn to save jobs during coronavirus crisis Daniel Boffey, The Guardian, 02 Apr 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/eu-plans-to-spend-100bn-on-saving-jobs-amid-coronavirus-crisis European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen holds a news conference detailing EU efforts to limit economic […]
Coronavirus Is a Historic Trigger Event. Now Is the Time for a Social Movement to Rise Paul Engler, Yes! Magazine, April 6, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/torolhg We can build a powerful people’s response to provide care in our communities and reshape the limits of what is politically possible. There are times in history when sudden events — […]
Covid-19 shines a light on our common humanity and shared vulnerabilities Gro Harlem Brundtland, The Elders, Apr. 2, 2020 https://www.theelders.org/news/covid-19-shines-light-our-common-humanity-and-shared-vulnerabilities These are unprecedented times for the health and wellbeing of the world. Dear Friends, These are unprecedented times for the health and wellbeing of the world. Millions of people around the world have been ordered […]
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Women are using code words at pharmacies to escape domestic violence during lockdown By Ivana Kottasová and Valentina Di Donato, CNN, April 2, 2020 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/02/europe/domestic-violence-coronavirus-lockdown-intl/index.html blockquo (CNN)On Sunday, a woman walked into a pharmacy in the French city of […]
www.voiceoffreedom.ca Thank you to all the wonderful enlightened beings, masters among us, sending out messages of hope. Tara, Marianne, Eckhart and even Pluto, the dog, are lifting spirits around the world. And for the rainbows! Thank you to the children painting rainbows on windows. Yay for our Gaian community! Tara Brach Marianne Williamson […]
Several stories covering the public response to Coronavirus. Coronavirus brings moratoriums on evictions, utility and water shutoffs, bank fees, and data caps Here’s a list of the states, cities, utilities, and companies giving people a vital break on bills during the unprecedented coronavirus quarantine. Kristin Toussaint, Fast Company, March 13, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/rqssy79 With major cities […]
30,000 Pounds of Leftover Super Bowl Food Saved From Landfill and Donated to Charity McKinley Corbley, Good News Network, Feb 10, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/qm39y89 Rather than rotting in a landfill, more than 30,000 pounds of leftover Super Bowl food are being used to feed hungry Floridians. All the uneaten food from last week’s game at the […]
From 2019. Family Farms Use ‘Crop Mobsters’ to Prevent More Than 1 Million Servings Of Food From Going To Waste Michael Goonan, Good News Network, Jul 15, 2019 https://tinyurl.com/wfrs5ob Although 96% of the 2 million farms in the United States are family-owned, the top 5% of farms, mostly run by large corporations, make 75% of […]
