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 …
Continue reading 198 Effective Methods of Non-Violent Resistance (Marching is only one of them)
(Please see photos towards the bottom of this post to see how the super wealthy are living compared to the rest of us. Also don't miss the SPECIAL NOTES FOR US DEMOCRATS below and the startling admission by the CEO of the largest carpet manufacturer in the world near the bottom). …
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 …
Unbeknownst to many of us, REPUBLICAN & DEMOCRATIC LEADERS have been agreeing for decades about one policy. It's called neoliberalism and it's causing many of the enormous problems we are wrestling with today. If we end this one policy (and we can end it), we can improve the lives of millions …
Trump is a dangerous fascist & must go. When you want to get rid of something, it's important to understand what gave rise to it. It's not enough to be against fire and run around putting out fires. You also need to take the additional important step of eliminating policies or behavior that …
Below are 11 items that will brighten your outlook and arm us to turn this thing around. First, though, a few brief paragraphs by way of introduction: Republican and Democratic political leaders in the U.S. (as well as leaders around the globe) have championed a policy of neoliberalism for more than 20 years. That policy …
Please see link below. The DOZENS OF AMAZING PHOTOS at the top & bottom of this post really tell the story. How do all these protests fit together? They all resist the effects of the most destructive policy you've never …
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 …
Continue reading ICELANDERS DEMONSTRATE THE POWER OF NON-VIOLENT DIRECT ACTION
"Gene Sharp (born January 21, 1928) is the founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the study of nonviolent action, and is a retired professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is known for his extensive writings on nonviolent struggle, which have influenced numerous anti-government …
There's a brand new article on neoliberalism in the Guardian (see link between the dotted lines near the bottom of this post). Republican & Democratic leaders & their parties have followed a neoliberal agenda for over 20 years. Look where it's gotten us. Isn't it time for us to follow a human agenda instead of …
Continue reading The Rise & Fall of Neoliberalism: “The Idea that Changed the World”
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