Category: Activism

Margot Adler, an iconic NPR correspondent and Wiccan priestess, died on Monday July 28 from endometrial cancer at the age of 68. Born on April 16, 1946, Adler began working with NPR as a general assignment reporter in 1979.
Marijuana smokers, would you toke up on pot nuggets taped to a flyer on a telephone pole in the street? That's what one woman in Seattle did this past holiday weekend. Recreational marijuana use is legal there. Her flyers read, "These are tough times. Take this weed. And keep your spirits high."
Diana Sabreen, and the non-profit she runs, Shoot Cameras Not Guns teach photography as a tool for social change and self-expression to people dealing with political oppression in Burma, Thailand, Kenya and to youth at risk in Denver.
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.
In the sandbox of the gods, things may not go to your liking
Standing on stage with the notorious Guy Fawkes mask, filmmaker and speaker Ian Mackenzie delivers a powerful message at TEDx Victoria. "This is not revolution," he says, "this is metamorphosis."
The Dutch government recently announced a ban on 186 species of "magic" mushrooms that grow all over the country. To protest the absurdity of the ban, activists from Legalize! used supersoaker water guns, to spread billions of mushroom spores throughout the gardens of Parliament and of politicians who support the ban.
At the beginning of Trudell the documentary there is a quote from an FBI memo: "He is extremely eloquent...therefore extremely dangerous." For years John has portrayed law enforcement as the security force for corporations, allowing them to cheaply extract natural resources at a high cost in life. He reminds us the war against natives is ongoing.
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. 
Occupy was both a militant political movement and a community. Public support was, in large part, for the community -- the mutual support and care that been lost in a culture where everything has a price. We need to re-occupy...but with the support of the larger community created by our care.

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