I am wondering if those who have been involved with the Occupy Movement or followed it closely believe it’s valuable/essential that there be an encampment. Are you more likely to be active if there is? Or does it seem like a stage that was useful but can now be left behind? Please feel free to . . . → Read More: Occupy: Encampments or not?
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Americans recoil at the thought of human sacrifice, ritual killing to appease an angry or powerful god. It seems so primitive, so barbaric. And yet we have the death penalty here, now, in these “civilized” times, justifying one murder with another. I believe such executions reflect the Old Testament dictum of an eye for an . . . → Read More: Some thoughts about the Death Penalty Sixty Minutes aired a segment tonight showing abandoned homes in Cleveland being bulldozed, at taxpayer’s expense, after vandals had stripped them. Abandoned houses bring down property values, the economic justification for the destruction. Banks foreclosed on the homes, refusing to lower the principal so homeowners could stay and they would get something for the property, As it is, . . . → Read More: Cleveland Wrecking Ball The recent incidents of police brutality against peaceful protesters highlight a number of things: Our government’s enthusiasm for protests elsewhere does not extend to our own citizens, no matter how justified the cause. In fact, democratic movements are a threat to US policies which often support dictators. That hypocrisy remains stable from administration to administration. Real . . . → Read More: Pepper Spray, etc. I was at Occupy Santa Rosa today and was amazed at the number of tents! There must have been 100. The encampment seems well organized and the energy is really positive. That so many people are committed to staying there, I find very moving. The determination and focus is inspiring. Many locals come out during . . . → Read More: Occupy SR 11/5/11 A great day at Occupy Santa Rosa! Protesters have not been able to sleep at the encampment without the possibility of being awakened and cited during the night. Sleep deprivation and stress have been serious issues as a result. But Occupiers had decided on Friday to set up tents today after a 2:00 march, knowing that it . . . → Read More: Occupy Santa Rosa 10/29/11 I have been following the Occupy Movement with excitement and a sense of hope that’s been missing for a long time. The breadth of the Movement is reminiscent of the 1930′s when so many Americans were affected by the Depression that huge numbers of citizens were mobilized. And change happened. The commitment to non-violence and . . . → Read More: Occupy All Streets The execution yesterday of Troy Davis despite the serious doubts about his guilt leaves me saddened. More blood spilled. What it is it about the United States that leaves us committing legalized murder along with countries like China, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The discrepancy between our rhetoric and our reality is stark. For example, . . . → Read More: Davis and the Death Penalty Tim DeChristopher has been sentenced to two years in prison and is now in Herlong Federal Correctional Institution. Tim had the brass to walk into an auction in Utah where federal lands were being bid for by various extractive industries and to bid himself. Talk about criminal behavior! Many of the parcels were in environmentally sensitive . . . → Read More: Tim DeChristopher Troy Davis has been scheduled for execution again. His case has drawn worldwide attention because it looks like yet another miscarriage of justice that may lead to the killing of an innocent man. Many of the witnesses against him have recanted their testimony, reporting that they felt coerced by police to testify against him. There . . . → Read More: Troy Davis |
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