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“The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct, and immediate abolition of poverty.” - Martin Luther King Please read this article if you have the time. War, Racism and the Empire of Poverty - When Empire Hits Home, Part 1... Continue Reading →
“The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.” - Ernest Hemingway “Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer,... Continue Reading →
“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each others children.” - Jimmy Carter “We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different... Continue Reading →
“The conflicting propaganda of opposing parties is essentially what leads to political abstention. But this is not the abstention of the free spirit which asserts itself; it is the result of resignation, the external symptom of a series of inhibitions. Such a man has not decided to abstain; under diverse pressures, subjected to shocks and... Continue Reading →
“The money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace and conspire against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than a monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, and more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes… As a result of... Continue Reading →
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. - Howard Zinn War itself is the enemy of the human race. - Howard Zinn Howardzinn.org
Kids by Jocko "If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children." - Mohandas Gandhi "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 