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David McReynolds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:31:56 -0800

From the page: "David McReynolds (born October 25, 1929) is an American democratic socialist and pacifist activist who described himself as "a peace movement bureaucrat" during his 40-year career with Liberation magazine and the War Resisters League.[1] He was the first openly gay man to run for President of the United States."

Sri Aurobindo - A Life Sketch

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:50:26 -0800

Mind is the highest term yet reached in the evolution, but it is not the highest of which it is capable. There is above it a Supermind or eternal Truth-Consciousness which is in its nature the self-aware and self-determining light and power of a Divine Knowledge. Mind is an ignorance seeking after Truth, but this is a self-existent Knowledge harmoniously manifesting the play of its forms and forces. It is only by the descent of this supermind that the perfection dreamed of by all that is highest in humanity can come. It is possible by opening to a greater divine consciousness to rise to this power of light and bliss, discover one's true self, remain in constant union with the Divine and bring down the supramental Force for the transformation of mind and life and body. To realise this possibility has been the dynamic aim of Sri Aurobindo's Yoga.

Council for Responsible Sport

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:32:55 -0800

The Council for Responsible Sport provides an independent, comprehensive certification for sustainable athletic events. By defining realistic objectives and providing a framework for achieving them, ReSport enables event directors to incorporate environmental responsibility into their events while informing consumers which events adhere to the standards.

Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project: Cultivating an Urban Justice Based Approach to Ecology

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:58:39 -0700

The Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project provides in-depth analysis and information about the global ecological crisis and facilitates strategic planning for action among leading organizers from urban Bay Area organizations working for economic and racial justice in communities of color.

Daily Kos: State of the Nation

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:27:05 -0700

From the page: "On November 1, 2005 President George W. Bush went to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland to hold a high profile press conference, to announce a 381-page plan, officially called the Pandemic Influenza Strategic Plan

It was no ordinary Bush photo opportunity. This one was meant to be a big splash event. The President was surrounded by almost half his cabinet, including Secretary of State Condi Rice, joined by the Secretaries of Homeland Security, Agriculture, Health & Human Services, Transportation and, interestingly enough, Veteran Affairs. And, just to underscore that this was a big deal, the White House invited the Director-General of the World Health Organization, who flew in from Geneva for the occasion."

There was a question about war, Gurdjieff.

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:07:42 -0700

From the page: ""'There was a question about War. How to stop wars? Wars cannot be stopped. War is the result of the slavery in which men live. Strctly speaking, men are not to blame for war. War is due to cosmic forces, to planetary influences. But in men there is no resistance whatever against these influences, and there cannot be any, because men are slaves. If they were Men and were capable of 'doing'(had Will), they would be able to resist these influences and refrain from killing one another.' 'But surely those who realize this can do something?'said the man who asked the question about war. 'If a sufficient number of men came to a definite conclusion that there should be no war, could they not influence others?'"

Celebrating Slaughter: War and Collective Amnesia | CommonDreams.org

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:35:45 -0700

From the page: "War memorials and museums are temples to the god of war. The hushed voices, the well-tended grass, the flapping of the flags allow us to ignore how and why our young died. They hide the futility and waste of war. They sanitize the savage instruments of death that turn young soldiers and Marines into killers, and small villages in Vietnam or Afghanistan or Iraq into hellish bonfires. There are no images in these memorials of men or women with their guts hanging out of their bellies, screaming pathetically for their mothers. We do not see mangled corpses being shoved in body bags. There are no sights of children burned beyond recognition or moaning in horrible pain. There are no blind and deformed wrecks of human beings limping through life. War, by the time it is collectively remembered, is glorified and heavily censored. "

October 1, 2009 - McCollum Gains Support for ACORN Act to Defund Corporate Crooks Convicted of a Felony

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:02:13 -0700

From the page: "Washington, DC �" Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) has formally introduced H.R. 3679, the Against Corporations Organizing to Rip-off the Nation Act of 2009 (ACORN Act), which prohibits corporations with a felony conviction from receiving any federal funding.

�oeIt�s time Congress get serious about taxpayer funding of corporate cheats, crooks, and criminals. Last month Congress took action to defund a non-profit serving poor Americans, but failed to act against the corporate crooks that are actually guilty of felonies �" including defrauding taxpayers. Why are companies that break the law as a business strategy allowed to receive taxpayer funds? A government contract is a privilege, not a right. If a company commits a felony against the people of the United States, then that privilege must end,” Congresswoman McCollum said."

The World Peace Diet: VegInspiration. No Religion Without Love

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:30:37 -0700

From the page: "�oeThere is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to beasts as well as man it is all a sham.” �"Anna Sewell, Black Beauty"

Ralph Nader's novel Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! : The New Yorker

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:07:48 -0700

From the page: "for nearly half a decade, Ralph Nader�"lawyer, consumer advocate, winner of five-tenths-and-six-hundredths of one per cent of the popular vote in 2008�"has been secretly working on his first novel, writing drafts and making edits on multiple Underwood Standard typewriters. Nader does not feel comfortable referring to the book as a novel, even though everything in it is made up. He says that the work belongs to a new genre, one that he calls �oea practical utopia,” and defines as �oea fictional vision that could become a new reality.” The book, called �oeOnly the Super-Rich Can Save Us!,” is seven hundred and thirty-six pages long, and it contains dozens of characters, many of them real people�"Warren Buffett, Barry Diller, and Ted Turner, among others�"who act out Nader�s political fantasies. By the last page, most of the reforms that Nader has been arguing for all these years end up being enacted. Corporations are neutered. Third parties win. America is reborn. "