Tag Archives: Free Speech
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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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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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
Posted in ahimsa, anarchy, education, fearlessness, noncooperation, nonviolence, satyagraha, soulforce
Tagged abolition of nuclear weapons, ahimsa, Berkeley, bravenough, Earth Swaraj, Free Speech, Gandhi, inspiration, meditation, nonviolence, Nuclear Weapons, privatization, satyagraha, treesit, UC Regents, University of California, yoga
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The Regents Of the Dream
[A letter I sent to the regents of the University of California the semester I decided to stop cooperating with this institution.] Dear Regents of the University of California, We understand the enormous responsibility you have on your shoulders with … Continue reading
Posted in ahimsa, education, fearlessness, noncooperation, nonviolence, science, soulforce
Tagged 13 colonies, abolition of nuclear weapons, Berkeley, Carl Sagan, civil rights, Climate Change, Department of Defesne, Department of Peace, Free Speech, Gandhi, George Washington, internet, Mario Savio, moon, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, UC Regents, University of California
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Earthling Opinion 