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Extraordinary Occupy Anthem: “Until we die, we’ll occupy . . .”

Brought tears to my eyes. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5N5N8UzSRTQ]

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More on IU Action: Statement of Intent by those arrested

For other articles on this event that shut down a J.P. Morgan-Chase recruiting event at the Indiana University Business School, see this and this and this. As you can see and feel from the content and tone of this Statement of Intent, the young people arrested were willing to put their lives on the line […]

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Richard Heinberg: “The alarm bells are ringing. Wake up to a post-growth economy.”

Richard Heinberg (and see this and this and this) in his landmark 2003 book The Party’s Over was one of the Cassandras who alerted us to the fact that capitalism’s requirement of endless growth would run up against the limits of natural resources. Here he tells us that the party’s been over for a few […]

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Occupy Bloomington IU Action: Another video surfaces

Four minutes long. And see this and this. Thanks to Julia and her daughter, Halley, who grew up here. I enjoyed the man’s face through the glass window of the door near the end of the video. He looks scared. I imagine many of those who still think Occupy is a movement that can be […]

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Good news: Atlanta solar landfill project

While we contemplate best practices towards transforming into a permacultural “no waste” human presence on our beautiful, beleagured Earth home, how about this as a decent interim re-use of the gigantic mountains of trash we’ve already excreted. Thanks to odewire.com. Solar landfill provides a shining example November 30, 2011 By Natalie Snedden, CNN A landfill […]

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Shunyamurti: “We must take seriously the need to train diligently to succeed in our occupation of the Heart.”

While I disagree with Shunyamurti (see this and this and this), in that I feel that one can discover the beyond of the beyond within oneself without a living guru to first mirror that presence, I applaud his spirit and his heart and his recognition of what is necessary for humanity to go through the […]

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How occupypolice.org got started

Very glad to come across this story that gives perspective to the new website, occupypolice.org. (And see this and this.) Do visit the “ocpo” site, already lots of interesting, provocative stories. Remember: the police are the foot soldiers of the 1%. Once the police (and the military), begin to fully Occupy, the 1% can no […]

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Here’s a suburban forum for sharing ufo experiences

I love this story because the author, in line with his title, doesn’t laugh at the subject! And it reminds me of the late ’60s, when we women who felt Betty Friedan’s memorable line, “the problem that has no name” were first getting together in “consciousness-raising groups” to share and compare experiences in our roles […]

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More news and views of Occupy Bloomington’s action at Indiana University

Below, I repost The Nation’s version of Wednesday evening’s Occupy Bloomington action at the IU Kelley School of Business to protest J.P. Morgan’s recruitment drive there. (Note: The Nation’s headline is misleading, until you realize the author is talking about protests continuing on campuses nationwide.) If you google “IU detective shoves students at Occupy” (or […]

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