In response to “Beyond Occupy” in today’s NY Times: Dear Bill Keller, I was surprised and pleased to see that on your recent trip to India, you made time to talk with the social activist Anna Hazare–or at least, with a member of his team, since the great man himself, “exhausted by his latest hunger strike [...]
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Never underestimate the value of JUST SHOWING UP
Posted in Activism, Alternative Futures, Community, Economy, Media analysis, Politics, Social change
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on October 31, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/never-underestimate-the-value-of-just-showing-up/
Scary Halloween Statistic: 7 Billion People on the Earth by Oct 31, 2011
If you’ve never seen the Worldomters clock ticking, it’s worth a click. Watching those numbers spin by brings home how very fast the human species is multiplying, especially when you consider the following chart, which shows how recent this population explosion really is. No wonder we’ve got a sustainability problem! Population control has gotten a [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on October 30, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/scary-halloween-statistic-7-billion-people-on-the-earth-by-oct-31-2011/
Climate Change Blues: The one thing the 100% of us have in common is that we can’t afford to ignore the weather!
President Obama, venturing outside during last night’s storm, called the weather “less than ideal” for trick-or-treating. What an understatetment. Here’s what it looks like at my house in western Massachusetts this morning: All those trees in the background are tall maples, bent over with the weight of snow on their leaves. So far no big [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on October 30, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/climate-change-blues-the-one-thing-the-100-of-us-have-in-common-is-that-we-cant-afford-to-ignore-the-weather/
#SomeThingsAreBiggerThanAnyOfUs
What seems impossible and irreversible today can be addressed if we’re willing to wake up and do the hard work. If we’re willing to stop making excuses for the reprehensible leaders (sic)—both political and corporate—who profit from our complacency. via Occupy Participation (part 2): #SomeThingsAreBiggerThanAnyOfUs | The Fair Share of the Common Heritage. Thank you [...]
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Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on October 29, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/somethingsarebiggerthananyofus/
A Realist Assessment of Where We Are Now
Human beings are like crows. We are attracted to glitter. We make a lot of noise. We are social and travel in flocks. We are not terribly sensitive. It has taken us a long, long time to realize how our presence here on Earth has been harming the planet. You would think, with our tremendous [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on October 29, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/a-realist-assessment-of-where-we-are-now/
Calling all Occupiers: Join the Deep Green Resistance of the Earth, before it’s too late
Occupy the Machine – Stop the 1%, Literally | Deep Green Resistance. I had a feeling that the Deep Green Resistance movement would have something interesting to say about the Occupy movement, and I wasn’t disappointed. As might be expected from a radical environmental group, they are envisioning a massive escalation of the movement, swelling [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on October 29, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/calling-all-occupiers-join-the-deep-green-resistance-of-the-earth-before-its-too-late/
Help Wanted: Obama the Community Organizer, Please Come Back!
Here’s another video of unwarranted police brutality against peaceful protesters, this time in Oakland CA, that’s sure to go viral on the Web today: How do you think the NY Times is covering this story? Not surprisingly, the Times presents the story largely from the establishment point of view, focusing on how cities are “losing patience” [...]
Posted in Activism, Community, Economy, Environment, Health, Media analysis, Politics, Social change
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on October 27, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/help-wanted-obama-the-community-organizer-please-come-back/
Is there an “American Spring” around the corner?
You have to admit my blog is aptly named. Each day brings new evidence that we are living through a speeded-up period of rapid change. Was it only a few short months ago that we were stuck in the August doldrums of Congressional gridlock, in which the Republicans seemed to have a total stranglehold on [...]
Posted in Activism, Alternative Futures, Economy, Empathy, Human Rights, New stories, Politics, privilege, Social change
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on October 25, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/is-there-an-american-spring-around-the-corner/
Resisting the Vampires
This morning in class we were talking about the third essay in Nietzsche’s The Genealogy of Morals, in which one of the dominant metaphors is that of sickness and health. Nietzsche argues that an “ascetic priest”, who tends the masses through religion, science, politics or any kind of dogmatism, acts as physician to the sufferer, [...]
Posted in Activism, Alternative Futures, Education, Environment, Health, New stories, Politics, Social change
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on October 24, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/resisting-the-vampires/
The inimitable Pete Seeger, always out in front….
Here’s something bound to give you goose bumps: Pete Seeger, the great man himself, leading a huge spontaneous crowd at Columbus Circle in singing “We Shall Overcome!” last night. Listen: Pete apparently left Symphony Space and starting walking downtown, accompanied by a big crowd that quickly got bigger, and sang along with something like reverence, [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on October 22, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/the-inimitable-pete-seeger-always-out-in-front/
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