October 2011
53 posts
“The law of self, or of self-realization, applies to all life from the lowest to...”
– from The Philosophers Stone, by Henry Laurency (via heartmindspirit)
“As rivers, flowing down, become indistinguishable on reaching the sea by giving...”
– Mundaka Upanishad (via heartmindspirit)
“Have you not wondered what you take with you at death? What you have within...”
– Belzebuub in Gazing into the Eternal (via heartmindspirit)
A Timeline is needed for visual learners
I’m trying to figure out just when we stopped being a democratic country? It didn’t happen over night, and consisted of strategic and slow losses of our freedoms. I need to see this as a timeline….
I guess I really am meant to be a teacher. HAHA
Understanding Occupy Wall Street www.foxnews.com →
The Occupy Wall Street protesters are not anti-American radicals. They are the defenders of the American Dream, the decision from the birth of our nation that success should be determined by hard work not royal bloodlines. “Americans today also support taxes. In fact, two-thirds of voters — including a majority of Republicans — support increasing taxes on the rich, something the...
Powerful Quote
”I think there’s a important change coming, and I wouldn’t even call it a transition, but building a bridge basically. What we’re doing now is focusing on dialogue amongst ourselves and amongst the sympathizers, and that’s a really important stage. We have to build solidarity with each other. We have to recognize our common struggles and learn to trust each other....
sign the petition →
Bloomberg: Evicting Occupy Wall Streetciv.moveon.orgMayor Bloomberg will effectively evict the Occupy Wall Street protesters at 7am tomorrow morning, if we do nothing to stop it. Sign the petition to Bloomberg in defense of the protesters.
Pictures from Take Back Chicago Oct. 10, 2011 →
Pictures from Take Back Chicago Oct. 10, 2011 Ten thousand people took to the streets, including nearly one thousand mobilized by the CTU, who joined the Stand Up! Chicago coalition and the Occupy Chicago movement to march from the Board of Trade to a conference of mortgage bankers.
Letter to Chicago Public School Teachers,...
October 10, 2011
Dear Chicago Teachers, Protesters, the 99%, the 1 %, Politicians, and Allies on all Sides,
First, to Chicago Public School Teachers and Allies:
I know we have the day off. I know I am in need of some rest and relaxation! But today we are needed more than ever. I’d like to do nothing more today than sit at home and play video games. Of course, that would never...
PUT KIDS FIRST!!!
How will CPS fund a longer, better school day when city hall takes $250 million each year from our schools and gives it to wealthy corporations in the form of Tax Increment Financing (TIFs)? Many of these corporations pay little to no taxes. A richer, broader curriculum costs money. The money is there, but CPS needs the political will to take that money and put it back into schools! While students...
Protesters Against Wall Street →
Another great article.
Protesters Against Wall Streetwww.nytimes.comThe protesters’ message is about an economy that is not working for most Americans. The problem is that no one in Washington has been listening. “At this point, protest is the message: income inequality is grinding down that middle class, increasing the ranks of the poor, and threatening to create a permanent underclass of...
Take Back Chicago - Five Feeder Marches - ONE... →
Who: 7,500 Chicagoans impacted by the recession, representing dozens of community and labor organizations. Marchers will begin in separate issue-focused feeder marches concerned with high unemployment, unfair foreclosures, and bankrupt schools, then join together with a unified voice and a common pu…
”MOBILIZATION OF 7,500 WORKING CHICAGOANS, WITH FIVE SEPARATE FEEDER MARCHES...
CTU Protest and Rally
“Chicago Board of Trade (Jackson & LaSalle) The Chicago Teachers Union is Taking Back Our Schools from politically connected developers, pseudo school reformers and people who want to destroy public education in Chicago. Our students deserve a world class education—one that includes a rich, broad coherent curriculum, adequate facilities, appropriate funding, ample resources and qualified...
Anti-Wall Street Marchers Plan To Protest Mortgage... →
Anti-Wall Street groups are promising a crowd of 7,500 to protest next week’s Mortgage Banker’s Association’s 98th Annual Convention & Expo at the Hyatt Regency.
Protesters rally in downtown Chicago →
Protesters rally in downtown Chicagowww.chicagotribune.comChanting protesters have been filling portions of downtown Chicago today
Occupy Chicago - a set on Flickr →
Occupy Chicago - a set on Flickrwww.flickr.comFlickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.
Occupy Chicago Event Page →
Time Friday, September 23 at 9:00am - December 24 at 3:00pm
LocationThe Federal Reserve Bank at Jackson & LaSalle140 West Jackson BlvdChicago, IL This is a PEACEFUL protest and occupation of Chicago! It has begun and is ongoing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and ends when the government puts things right. 10/6 Schedule (All events meet at the Federal Reserve Bank at the corner of Jackson...
WE ARE THE 99 PERCENT →
We Are the 99 PercentWe are the 99 percent. We are getting kicked out of our homes. We are forced to choose between groceries and rent. We are denied quality medical care. We are suffering from environmental pollution. We are working long hours for little pay and no rights, if we’re working at all. We are getting nothing while the other 1 percent is getting everything. We are the 99...
OccupyTogether.org →
“At least 101 active, ongoing occupations and 1,256 in some stage of planning or preparation. Many will begin tomorrow so expect the number to grow!”
Occupy America: protests against Wall Street and... →
Occupy America: protests against Wall Street and inequality hit 70 citieswww.guardian.co.ukThe generation that opposed Vietnam has joined Facebook anarchists amid anger at tax breaks for the rich while ordinary folk tighten their belts
Occupy Wall Street Presses On: Live Updates →
Occupy Wall Street Presses OnOccupy Wall Street, a cause that began as a small band of protesters in Zuccotti Park, has gained endorsements from major unions and progressive leaders…
LAWRENCE LESSIG: #OccupyWallSt v2: What... →
LAWRENCE LESSIG: #OccupyWallSt v2: What Cross-Partisanship Must MeanWe must find a way to work with people we don’t agree with to make this Republic work again. Yet as I walked through the Occupy Wall St. protest Wednesday, and asked people about such cross-partisanship, I was not encouraged.
Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in... →
Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now | The Nationwww.thenation.comThe task of our time is to turn this around: to challenge false scarcity. To insist that we can afford to build a decent society – while at the same time, respect the real limits to what the earth can take.
“Say unto others what you would have them say unto you, only way louder.”
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WatchI know I’ve sent this link to some people that I’m closest to, I you’ve seen it, watch it again, if you haven’t watch it now! It couldn’t be more pertinent than now. ♥ and hope for the future
Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action | Video on TED.comwww.ted.comTED Talks Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with...
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them...”
– Steve Jobs
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be...”
– Steve Jobs
Jon Stewart: How Is Occupy Wall Street Not Like... →
Jon Stewart: How Is Occupy Wall Street Not Like The Tea Party? (VIDEO)www.huffingtonpost.comPreviously, Jon Stewart only touched on one incident at the downtown Manhattan protests known as Occupy Wall Street (OWS), but on Wednesday night’s “Daily Show,” he spent nine minutes comparing the 2011 protests with 2009’s birth of the Tea Party, and the media’s disparate...
“”Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone...”
– ~ Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011).
Bank Transfer Day →
Saturday, November 5 · 9:00am - 5:00pm
For more information visit the official Facebook page:http://facebook.com/nov.fifth Together we can ensure that these banking institutions will ALWAYS remember the 5th of November!! If the 99% removes our funds from the major banking institutions to non-profit credit unions on or by this date, we will send a clear message to the 1% that conscious consumers...
Edward Murray: The Hidden Power of Occupy Wall... →
The Hidden Power of Occupy Wall Streetwww.huffingtonpost.comSome people say Occupy Wall Street is a bunch of unemployed kids shouting, “Grr, money bad!” Young New Yorkers don’t need to sleep in a park to complain about being broke; they have bars in Astoria for that. “Our nation, our species and our world are in crisis. The U.S. has an important role to play in the...
How Unequal We Are: The Top 5 Facts You Should... →
How Unequal We Are: The Top 5 Facts You Should Know About The Wealthiest One Percent Of Americansthinkprogress.orgAs the ongoing occupation of Wall Street by hundreds of protesters enters its third week — and as protests spread to other cities such as Boston and Los Angeles — demonstrators have endorsed a new slogan: “We are the 99 percent.” This slogan refers an economic struggle between 99...
Semper Fi: Marines Coming To Protect Protesters On... →
Semper Fi: Marines Coming To Protect Protesters On Wall Streetwww.addictinginfo.orgThe Occupy Wall Street movement may have thought it broke new ground when the NYC Transit Union joined their movement, but that ground just tipped the Richter Scale with news that United States Army and Marine troops are reportedly on their way to various protest locations to support the movement an…
An open letter and warning from a former tea party... →
I don’t expect you to believe me. I want you to read this, take it with a grain of salt, and do the research yourself. You may not believe me, but I w…
