Martin Luther King, Jr. said that nonviolence is the most powerful weapon on earth. Gene Sharp agrees. Sharp (who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize) developed a list of 198 Methods of non-violent resistance and wrote books describing how to deploy them successfully. As you'll see in the video below, Sharp's proven …
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Poverty and inequality are: unnecessary, MANUFACTURED and fixable. Knowing that makes us look at this eye-opening list in a whole new way: 50% of children in the U.S. live below or near the poverty line. (Columbia University School of Public Health study here ) 20 individuals now have as …
(Please don't miss another solution in red at bottom). This video clip is 2 minutes & 30 seconds long and very informative. Narrated by Robert Reich. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik1y4ZNSjek After you watch the video, check out this companion website also has some really compelling stats and graphs. More importantly, it lists issues and …
Continue reading INEQUALITY IS REAL, IT’S PERSONAL, IT’S EXPENSIVE & IT WAS CREATED.
ARTICLE FROM THE ATLANTIC The WTO demonstrators were the "Occupy" movement of the late-20th century—mocked, maligned, and mostly right. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/282831/ ALSO - - CHECK THIS OUT. SOME GOOD NEWS AT THIS LINK! 12 REASONS TO HAVE HOPE: We're going to turn this world around. https://clearblueskyoutwest.com/2017/09/11/what-gives-me-hop/ Click on this link to …
U.S. CORPORATIONS EARN RECORD HIGH PROFITS & PAY RECORD LOW TAXES. This is quite a win by the 300,000 people (.1%) that pretty much run the show in our country. They and the corporations they own are making the most possible money while at the same time avoiding paying their fair share …
You know, in Iceland, when their elected representatives ignored their calls and letters and pursued an agenda favoring corporations and the wealthy, citizens surrounded their parliament and here's what happened: "Protesters were calling for the resignation of government officials and for new elections to be held. The protests stopped for the most part with the …
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