We are living beings born of and nurtured by a living Earth. (Photo: Getty/© Marco Bottigelli) A redistribution of wealth and localization of power can only come through bottom-up initiatives in which individual leaders see their work connecting with others as part of a larger transformation. DAVID KORTEN August 17,… Continue reading
Participants in the Fridays For Future climate strike march in Cologne, Germany on March 25, 2022. (Photo: Thomas Banneyer/picture alliance via Getty Images) As bad as things may be now, if we do not act, then our climate emergency is going to get much worse. ANDY ROWELL August 16, 2022 by Oil… Continue reading
A campaign ad from Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez emerging from the skull of John Fetterman holding a “free healthcare” sign. (Photo: Dr. Mehmet Oz/Twitter Screengrab) “What’s radical,” responded a top aide to Sen. Bernie Sanders, “is 338,000 Americans dying during the pandemic because… Continue reading
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (L) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hold a news conference to introduce legislation to transform public housing as part of their Green New Deal proposal outside the U.S. Capitol November 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. The liberal legislators invited affordable housing advocates and… Continue reading
Conservatives said the worst they could about librarian Amanda Jones when she defended her library’s books. She’s not letting them get away with it. By John Russell Monday, August 15, 2022 (lgbtqnation.com) Photo: Shutterstock A school librarian in Louisiana is suing two conservative activists for defamation after they falsely accused her of… Continue reading
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in Lonon on August 19, 2012. (Photo: Rosie Hallam/Getty Images) “Contents of the plaintiffs’ digital devices were secretly copied by security personnel directed by the CIA,” said one attorney. “This was all part of an intentional plan.”… Continue reading
Social media is helping long-lost relatives discover each other after a lifetime separated by the India-Pakistan border Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash HassanSun 14 Aug 2022 10.01 BST (TheGuardian.com) It was an embrace that held 74 years of pain and longing. As Sikka Khan, 75, fell into the arms of his older brother… Continue reading
Participants seen holding a banner at the protest in New York City on September 24, 2021. Youth in New York City and across the globe led strikes as part of climate week, demanding urgent action on the climate crisis and calling on us all to #UprootTheSystem which has allowed imperialism,… Continue reading
By Adrienne Fong Am not back posting on a regular basis. Please hold Jackie, Melvin, Rodger and Cecile Pineda’s family in your thoughts Cecile Leneman Pineda passed away August 11, 2022. Please hold her children, David, Michael and Indira Leneman, and her friends in your thoughts. She spoke fondly of her children…. Continue reading
Johnson wanted to stop Americans from learning about Nixon’s Vietnam treason and his own lawless surveillance. Jon Schwarz August 11 2022, 6:49 a.m. (TheIntercept.com) Former President Lyndon B. Johnson (left) and his successor, Richard Nixon, ride together to the so-called Western White House on Aug. 27, 1969. Photo: Bettmann Archive THE FBI’S… Continue reading
