The day after the election, Wednesday, November 7th, DON’T SPEND A PENNY! Don’t buy your coffee at Starbucks Don’t invest any money anywhere Don’t buy gas Bring you lunch to work and school Don’t go out for drinks after work Don’t deposit money in the bank Buy your bus or train ticket the day before …
Most recent articles from my favorite magazine – Yes!
- Will the 99% Outbid the Billionaires Trying to Buy the LA Times? May 16, 2013A new player has joined the high-stakes bidding war over the Tribune Company, which owns some of America’s largest newspapers: the people of the United States. […]YES! online staff
- Marriage Equality for Minnesota? You Betcha! May 16, 2013In just six months, the “Land of Lakes” went from debating a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, to legalizing it this week. One proud resident on celebrating change in one of our more politically quirky states. […]Christopher Zumski Finke
- Nerds, Jocks & Conscientious Objectors: The Hidden World of Israel’s High School War Resisters May 16, 2013High school's tough enough without having to face prison time for refusing to serve an occupation you know is wrong. […]Sarah Lazare
- Fracking the Suburbs: An Explosive Combination? May 15, 2013As oil and gas get harder to find, the industry is drilling in suburbia—and the neighbors aren’t pleased. […]Peter Pearsall
- Vandana Shiva on the Future of Food May 15, 2013Join us for YES! Magazine’s 3rd Annual Celebration on September 12th. […]Christa Hillstrom
Category Archive: Current People Power Struggles
Oct
04
2012
notes from Capitalism Hits the Fan
60% of the goods coming into the U.S. from China are produced by subsidiaries of American corporations! That is a shocking statistic to me. I am very much a part of this with my iMac and my iPad. Americans went on a borrowing binge over the last 30 years. The origins of the money leant …
Sep
14
2012
The Declaration of the Four Sacred Things
The Earth is a living, conscious being. In company with cultures of many different times and places, we name these things as sacred: air, fire, water, and earth. Whether we see them as the breath, energy, blood, and body of the Mother, or as the blessed gifts of a Creator, or as symbols of the …
Sep
14
2012
The disdain for our democracy
I am very worried with our democracy, or lack there of. We have governors and other government leaders who want to “protect” our democracy from imaginary conspirators plotting to vote twice. They are taking these actions when there is no evidence that voter fraud is taking place in any way in any of these states. …
Aug
07
2012
Reflections on Starhawk’s “The Fifth Sacred Thing”
I just finished my 3rd or 4th reading of “The Fifth Sacred Thing.” this is my favorite book and I need to reconnect with it every few years to keep myself grounded. The reason I like the story so much is because it is a vision of what is possible and also of how can …
Jan
24
2012
Part 2: They’re Mining Us (John Trudell)
(from John Trudell’s Lecture: DNA – Descendent Now Ancestor ) We all understand that in the tech-no-logic reality in which we live, this tech-no-logic dimensional reality that we live in, we understand that they can take the DNA of the Earth that is called uranium, in that shape and form. So, they can take that …
Jan
24
2012
Part 1: We Are Shapes of the Earth (John Trudell)
(from John Trudell’s Lecture: DNA – Descendent Now Ancestor ) I want to talk a little bit about who we are. Because I think the coherency of our future depends upon us knowing who we are. And I mean truly understanding who we are. Our relationship to reality, our relationship to power is based upon …
Jan
18
2012
Statement of Conscience on Corporate Personhood
This past Sunday, I presented a Statement of Conscience on Corporate Peronhood to my congregation at the First Unitarian Church of San José for a vote. They passed the Statement with a very strong majority. I wanted to explain why I wrote this Statement the way I did. First of all, I chose to focus …
Jan
01
2012
How Occupy and Move to Amend Will Win
Both movements will require very broad participation from all parts of our society to succeed.
Move to Amend will need to mobilize 3/4 of society to amend the Constitution.
The Occupy movement will need to also mobilize a vast majority of society in order to replace the institutions that are used to maintain and secure the unequal distribution of wealth; new institutions capable of taking back our communities, economy and future from the 1%.