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Si quieres ser rebelde, sé amor valiente y amable.

–por Nipun Mehta, Nov 29, 2011 [traducido por Claudia Gutiérrez del artículo original: “If  You Want To Be a Rebel, Be Kind.“] La policía había declarado al lunes 14 de noviembre del 2011 como el día de la redada en el … Continue reading

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Open Letter to…

… Government Officials, Law Enforcement Employees, people of the University of California  and Occupy The Farm Community. To all humanity in general. That we live now in an economy and society that are not sustainable is not the fault only … Continue reading

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Cultivating Independent Opinion

“Governments [and corporations] create all this fear. They have constituted themselves protectors of the people, and the people are no longer self-reliant but depend upon the Government and expect it to protect them… Throughout the World today, the direction of education … Continue reading

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Are We Brave Enough?

Right before the upcoming historic March 4th, 2010, a step into the Transformation of Public Education in California (and the Planet!), after the successful Rolling University, the direct action at Durant Hall and the much-more-covered-by-the-corporate-media riot on February 25th, I … Continue reading

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Spies to Undermine Movements: Love over Fear.

After I got an email, which was sent to a listserv, from a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley with the subject: Students as Spies: The Deep Politics of U.S.-Colombian Relations, I wrote this (edited)message, with the … Continue reading

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Next Station: Rise Up! – Satyagraha and Howard Zinn

You can’t be neutral in a moving train. That’s the title of Howard Zinn’s autobiography (1994) and the title only says it all. If we are on board of the train of greed, privatization and ignorance, aren’t we part of … Continue reading

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Libraries Satyagraha

Pulling an All-Nighter to Transform the UC by some students, workers and faculty of UC Berkeley. On September 24th, called to direct action by university faculty, workers and students, thousands walked out of the classrooms, offices, and labs at the … Continue reading

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The Story of a Shanti Sena in Pictures

[On September 24th, 2009, brother Leonardo showed up to the first Walk Out at University of California at Berkeley with the intentions to disrupt it with provocations and violence. Golf clubs, a propane torch, pornographic material, cigarettes, nude display, you … Continue reading

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The XIV Dalai Lama, Berkeley, Peace and Compassion.

His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama made a historic visit to the University of California (UC), Berkeley on April 25, 2009. He gave a lecture entitled “Peace Through Compassion”, and well, His Holiness embodied his teachings, walking the talk, in … Continue reading

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The Berkeley Treesit and The Earth Swaraj

The Earth Swaraj: The Independence of the Earth. “The new paradigm is not about putting people in power, but power in people.” Can we have both, old trees and new gyms? Which corporations are benefiting from the construction of the … Continue reading

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