Our responses to existential threats
I explore here the diversity of responses – my own and others’ – to existential threats like extreme climate change … and …
Empathy notes #5: Seven Journeys to Deeper Caring
Here are seven compelling videos that invite us into empathic relationship with the lives of others and/or exemplify different dimensions of empathy …
Surveillance and parasitism harm society’s collective intelligence
What this post is about: Society’s collective intelligence needs to be able to see clearly what’s going on and take action about …
Transforming Occupy’s challenge into transformation and innovative self-organization
Two weeks ago I had an intense conversation with a colleague working with a local Occupy community. A small faction had recently done a protest that – although physically nonviolent – was not verbally, spiritually, or strategically nonviolent. The…
Rebecca Solnit on Occupy and differences
Rebecca Solnit has written a great article on Occupy, relationships, differences, violence, and a lot more. A potent, passionate framing for our times, worth a full, reflective read. Coheartedly, Tom ======== http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/…
Sources of the Occupy Movement – Part One
This is the first of a series of postings I’ll do about the sources of the Occupy movement, from a number of angles. Each mailing will cover one or two of them. They are, of course, not definitive or complete, but I find them all intriguing. Some …
Exploring full-spectrum social betterment and a remarkable being
All around us we see many approaches to social change and transformation, including political advocacy – letter, phone and petition campaigns, demonstrations, political art and music, etc.; spiritual practices like meditation and prayer; charity a…
#OWS => New forms of Nonviolence and Leadership emerging??
Something remarkable has been going on out there – especially at UC Davis. I have a hard time figuring out how to articulate it. I haven’t yet seen anyone talk about quite what I’m seeing, so I’ll give it a try. Here’s what it looks like to me: No…
#Occupy – a dance of inspiration and strategy
Here are some more good articles and websites about the Occupy Together movement, the global extension of Occupy Wall Street. In this posting there are a number of pieces about strategy and tactics – appeals to and descriptions of nonviolence (inc…
Avatar Transforming – Its Power, Its Message, Its Possibilities
“Embrace the movie — surely the most vivid and convincing creation of a fantasy world ever seen in the history of moving pictures.” — Richard Corliss, Time Magazine “Avatar asks us to see that everything is connected, all human beings to each oth…