Showing posts with label occupy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label occupy. Show all posts
Monday, October 17, 2011
Daniel Pinchbeck On Revolution
"The path before us requires voluntary renunciation and voluntary simplicity to reduce our burden on the earth. Therefore, the old paradigm that sees accumulation of wealth and immediate material satisfaction as the goal needs to be rejected collectively. We are going to step into a new realization of our purpose -- of the meaning of human life, in itself. We are going to remember, and relearn,
Chris Hedges, "A Movement Too Big To Fail"
"The Occupy Wall Street movement, like all radical movements, has obliterated the narrow political parameters. It proposes something new. It will not make concessions with corrupt systems of corporate power. It holds fast to moral imperatives regardless of the cost. It confronts authority out of a sense of responsibility. It is not interested in formal positions of power. It is not seeking office
Occupy
“For years, I labored with the idea of reforming the existing institutions in the South, a little change here, a little change there. Now I feel quite differently. I think you’ve got to have a reconstruction of the entire system, a revolution of values.” - Martin Luther King Jr- sott.net
Friday, October 14, 2011
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)