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The Peace People
–by Betty Williams (Feb 27, 2015) War has traditionally been a man’s work, although we know that often women were the cause of violence. But the voice of women, the voice of those most closely involved in bringing forth new … Continue reading
Posted in ahimsa, Awakin Oakland, fearlessness, nonviolence, Peace Army, soulforce, WednesdaysOnFridays
Tagged abolition of nuclear weapons, Betty Williams, borrefronteras, civil disobedience, love, Marshall Rosenberg, nonviolence, Nonviolent Communication, nonviolent struggle, nonviolent world, NVC, Peace Army, women
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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
Posted in anarchy, education, fearlessness, noncooperation, nonviolence, Peace Army, satyagraha, Shanti Sena, soulforce
Tagged anarchy, Be The Peace, Berkeley, civil disobedience, Earth Community, Free Speech, Manchester, Millbank, noncooperation, nonviolence, satyagraha, satyagrahi, state violence, UC Regents, UCPD, UK, United States, UniTierra, University of California, Vinoba Bhave, Whitehall
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Homes Not Jails
[The message that flowed through me during the Homes Not Jails direct action in San Francisco.] My family calls me Pancho and even though most of you don’t know me, I’d like you to know that I love you all. … Continue reading
Posted in ahimsa, anarchy, fearlessness, gift-economy, noncooperation, nonviolence, satyagraha, soulforce
Tagged (r)evolution, abolition of nuclear weapons, abundance, bailout, Beloved Community, biodiversity, bravenough, civil disobedience, consumerism, corporation, courage, fearlessness, government, hierarchies, homefull, homeless, Homes Not Jails, human greatness, immigrants, legaloid, love, Martin Luther King jr, materialism, migrants, mind, natural capital, New Paradigm, nonviolence, Nuclear Weapons, patriarchy, People Power, respect, San Francisco, satyagraha, shelter, social capital, spiritual capital, spiritual poverty, spiritual wealth, squat, structural violence, trust, wholeness
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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
Posted in ahimsa, anarchy, education, gift-economy, noncooperation, nonviolence, satyagraha
Tagged Berkeley, civil disobedience, civil rights, Democracy Now!, Elenor Ostrom, Free Speech, History, Howard Zinn, Martin Luther King jr, Michael Nagler, satyagraha, SNCC, Spelman College, The Great Turning, The People Speak, United States, University of California, Victory of The Commons, Vietnam, war
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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
Posted in ahimsa, ARTivism, education, fearlessness, noncooperation, satyagraha, soulforce
Tagged Anthropology, Berkeley, civil disobedience, education, Krober, Library, nonviolence, satyagraha, University of California
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Challenging the Lack of Imagination
Challenging the Lack of Imagination of the Last Empire: The Big Picture of the Treesit “Imagination is more important than knowledge; knowledge is limited; imagination encircles the World.” -Albert Einstein by Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Stierle and Adam Wight Berkeley, CA, … Continue reading
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Tagged abolition of nuclear weapons, Berkeley, Berlin, Blackfoot Nation, Business School, CalDisorientation, Center for Developing Economies, civil disobedience, collective intelligence, constructive program, Dianne Feinstein, Earth Community, food soveregnity, Gandh, Governor, Gray Davis, Haas, Israel, Lakotah, Los Alamos, meditation, Mexico, MILCON, Morocco, Native American, Nuclear Weapons, Palestine, Perini, permaculture, Phoenix Coalition, respect, restorative justive, Richard Blum, satyagraha, satyagrahi, Spain, student activism, treesit, U.S. Senator, UC Regents, United States, University of California, University of California Labs, URS, wall
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Tenacity, Bravery and Self-confidence.
[An email sent to the satyagrahis involved in the Berkeley Treesit] Dear beloved Satyagrahis, citizens of the World, From this inspiring place, Mani Bhavan, I could only sit down and write this email to you. Gandhi learnt carding and he … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkeley, charkha, civil disobedience, collective intelligence, Earth Community, fearlessness, Gandhi, Mani Bhavan, Mumbai, nonviolence, Santa Cruz, satyagraha, satyagrahi, slow down, slow food, slow science, spinning wheel, treesit, UCPD, UCSC, University of California
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Ahimsa guide/suggestions for the Oak Grove at Berkeley
[There was a wave of insecurity during the first year of the Treesit. Distrust and infiltrators was what people were talking about. We wrote an ahimsa guide to address these issues and the challenge was to do it without saying … Continue reading
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Tagged ahimsa, ahimsa guide, Berkeley, biodiversity, bridge, civil disobedience, de-fence, Earth Community, human rights, infiltrators, integrative power, music, nonviolence, nonviolence guide, Phoenix Coalition, Planet, police, safety, satyagraha, Save Oaks, solidarity, Spanish, treesit, UCPD, undercover, University of California, urban forest
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Earthling Opinion 