Strategic Climate Activism: Resist – and build a cooperative, democratic economy
The climate crisis is far more than an environmental issue. Adequately ramping up efforts to address it will require prioritizing a climate-justice …
The rapid growth of serious responses to climate disruption
A LOT of developments are emerging around the climate issue – a nonviolent insurgency, offensive and defensive fossil fuel divestment efforts, insurance …
Strategies to rein in corporate power?
There are many emerging strategies to counter corporate control of our political life (quite in addition to efforts to counter their control of our economic lives). Seeing this as a necessity if we are to have effectively empowered public wisdom, …
Sources of the Occupy Movement – Part Two
Let’s take a look at the influence of activist arts and video game culture – and the novel idea that fun and social change are a marriage made in heaven. One of the trademark characteristics of Occupy is an out-of-the-box, creatively courageous ex…
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…
Origins and Future of #OWS
Where did the Occupy Movement come from and where is it going? The following New Yorker article is a good complement to the Bloomberg Businessweek article on David Graeber that I referred to in an earlier blog post http://bit.ly/uAZfbf. It gives m…
#Occupy Weekly Sparks = We Can Do It All
Much has been said about the Occupy movement’s lack of demands and vision. Some say it will have no impact unless it makes demands and organizes to make sure those demands are met. Others respond that the People should just take charge of their de…
#Occupy the future together
Things are still wildly bubbling in and around the Occupy movement, which is still radically expanding and evolving. Despite many growing pains, the co-creative, committed engagement of the participants is inspiring. So many among them are using t…
#Occupy Together – emerging patterns and suggestions
I’m beginning to sense a progression of developments that may productively unfold in, through, and because of the Occupy Together movement. It is still somewhat vague, but something like it is definitely in the works. All of it is happening both a…