Thanks to Occupy Love for this post.
Category Archives: Activism
“I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.” ~ Joan Baez
Joan was arrested in 1967 for protesting the Vietnam War.
Dragonfly approached a Ferguson officer and attempted to make eye contact. She implored him to look at her, and when their gaze connected, she asked, “Why do you all hate us so much?” The officer responded, “I don’t hate you, ma’am.” She replied with “I don’t want to hate you, I’d rather hug you.” And when he said, “Then hug me,” she promptly put her arms around him, and they embraced whole-heartedly for nearly a minute. From that moment forward, the gaze of the #FergusonOctober #MoralMonday protest shifted from the cluster of clergy leading the protest to the officers surrounding them.
(Dragonfly is a singing activist with the Stop Shopping Choir of New York City. Reverend Billy and Tom Tom Ted, with Dragonfly, were among the many activists who journeyed here to join the Ferguson October weekend. The Stop Shopping Choir will return to Ferguson on Thanksgiving weekend.
Thanks to Reverend Billy And The Stop Shopping Choir for this post. So touching. Love is the answer.
Ferguson protesters interrupt a concert to sing a Requiem for Mike Brown. Powerful stuff. Love all the beautiful trouble makers out there.
Michael Brown protesters interrupted the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s concert on Saturday night, causing a brief delay in the performance at Powell Symphony Hall.
The orchestra and chorus were preparing to perform Johannes Brahms’ Requiem just after intermission when two audience members in the middle aisle on the main floor began singing an old civil rights tune, “Which Side are You on?” They soon were joined, in harmony, by other protesters, who stood at seats in various locations on the main floor and in the balcony.
The protesters then unfurled three hand-painted banners and hung them from the Dress Circle boxes. One banner listed the birth and death date of Brown, who was shot by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9.
A beautiful 3 minute look at Indigenous leaders that came together for the March in NYC on Sunday to protect the environment. So inspiring!
A shot from the Climate March in NYC yesterday. Beautiful to see the people of this country standing together to help protect the Planet.
Photo: Michael Polard
This 6 minute video tells the story of the Bishnois people, a peaceful nature loving community and the earliest known people to practice non violence in protection of the Earth.
Thanks to Films for Action for this post.
Beautiful. So excited to take part in the massive global meditation this Sunday for Peace day ~ may it help to usher in an era where every day is Peace day.
Dissolve the illusion of separateness on #Peaceday,
Global Meditation at 12 Noon Pacific, on Sept 21 http://on.fb.me/1tA3YjD
Register for the guided meditation at www.unify.org
“We give thanks for all those who are moved, in their lives, to heal and protect the earth, in small ways and in large. Blessings on the composters, the gardeners, the breeders of worms and mushrooms, the soil-builders, those who cleanse the waters and purify the air, all those who clean up the messes others have made. Blessings on those who defend trees and who plant trees, who guard the forests and who renew the forests. Blessings on those who learn to heal the grasslands and renew the streams, on those who prevent erosion, who restore the salmon and the fisheries, who guard the healing herbs and who know the lore of the wild plants. Blessings on those who heal the cities and bring them alive again with excitement and creativity and love. Gratitude and blessings to all who stand against greed, who risk themselves, to those who have bled and been wounded, and to those who have given their lives in service of the earth. May all the healers of the earth find their own healing. May they be fueled by passionate love for the earth. May they know their fear but not be stopped by fear. May they feel their anger and yet not be ruled by rage. May they honor their grief but not be paralyzed by sorrow. May they transform fear, rage, and grief into compassion and the inspiration to act in service of what they love. May they find the help, the resources, the courage, the luck, the strength, the love, the health, the joy that they need to do the work. May they be in the right place, at the right time, in the right way. May they bring alive a great awakening, open a listening ear to hear the earth’s voice, transform imbalance to balance, hate and greed to love. Blessed be the healers of the earth.” ~Starhawk
Art by Fanny Aishaa
Portrait of Amanda Polshies, photo credit – Ossie Michelin
Portrait of Amanda Polshies, photo credit – Ossie Michelin
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“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Comic by Jay Larsen
Under The Blue Door 