Radical Spirituality for a Radical Generation
The Occupy Movement was brought on by a sudden burst of discontent by America’s youth. Though such anger was originally pointed at Wall Street, the movement encompasses a much deeper spiritual awakening.
Extremist Art: A Talk with Nick Zedd
The Internet has become the perfect tool of
mind control. FB and the Net are SOMA. Huxley predicted it in Brave New World.
We are enslaved by distractions and easy pleasures that cater to our
narcissism and prejudice.
It's better to be outside al…
Apocalypse of the Mountain Tops
People making community is a clarifying drama, a surprising
prosecution of the lie that corporations foist on us that they are
normal. The gravity and
intensity of actual living has the effect of revealing their theft of
our lives.
Occupy NYC’s Recovery
As New York City deals with the aftermath of superstorm Sandy's devastation, the speedy, collective efforts of Occupy to create a grassroots relief operation have been nothing short of impressive.
Occupy: Reflecting on Year One
It’s an understandable tendency some might have, given the recent first anniversary of Occupy, to ask such blunt questions as "What has Occupy accomplished?" But in true Occupy spirit, the best way to tackle this question is to assume nothing and reflect on the question itself.
Squat the Condos!!!
In 2010, I released a album called "Squat the Condos!" Little did I know, two years later, a world-wide movement would emerge that addressed many of the points raised on the album. Occupy has unleashed the warrior spirit of
everyday people. This spirit destroys what is no longer necessary,
fights what is oppressive, and builds what is now needed.
A Fish Out of Water: Occupy and the New Media Environment
Occupiers' alternative media infrastructure shook the mainstream
media trance. We are realizing that the urge to rebel is
everywhere. But the new anonymous power of the multitude to "culture jam" and create
discourse around power and control can also be used irresponsibly, even
dangerously. From Occupy Consciousness, a new free anthology.
May 1: Welcome to the Paradigm Shift
This is a call out to the Evolver community to activate on
May 1st in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement to kick off
the Spring Awakening! The Occupy movement will resurrect May
Day as a day of general strikes and art displays envisioning what a new
world could look like. Everyone is invited to participate.
Evolving Towards a Partner State in an Ethical Economy
A new model
of power that may
be an answer to the contemporary crisis of democracy is evolving out of new social practices. What can peer production teach us about the society of the
future?
Biopsychosocial Technoetics and the 99%
Occupy may be an
ethically motivated, bio-psycho-social response to a systemic process
that is being perceived as a threat to the collective organism.