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The Struggle for Peace in Afghanistan: Is Community Engagement the Key?
By Robert J. Burrowes I have just read a superb book by Mark Isaacs, an Australian who has documented several years of effort by a group of incredibly committed young people in Afghanistan to build peace in that war-torn country … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality, war
Tagged activism, Afghanistan, Community, culture, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Kabul, Mark Isaacs, Nonviolence, Peace, psychology, society, Sociology, The Kabul Peace House, Violence, war
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Art and Dreaming: Realizing our Power to Co-Create Reality
By Ruth Gordon Source: Reality Sandwich “True creativity doesn’t just make things; it feeds what feeds life. In modern culture where people are no longer initiated, the spirit goes unfed. To be seen, the uninitiated create insane things, some destructive … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Art, consciousness, culture, Environment, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Art, Community, Consciousness, Creativity, culture, environment, evil, Paul Levy, Philosophy, psychology, Purpose, Reality, Shamanism, society, spirituality, Wetiko
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The Lonely American
By Sean Posey Source: The Hampton Institute In 2015, psychotherapist Traci Ruble started a “community listening project” in San Francisco dubbed “Sidewalk Talk.” The project sends trained volunteers to meet strangers on the street and listen to them discuss their … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Dystopia, Health, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged Alexis de Tocqueville, American History, Community, culture, happiness, Healthy, John Winthrop, Leo Marx, Loneliness, Mental Health, Michael Hendrix, Morris Berman, Philip Slater, Philosophy, psychology, Robert Putnam, Sir Michael Marmo, society, Sociology, Theda Skocpol, Thornton Wilder, Traci Ruble
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Eternity, nature, society and the absurd fantasies of the rich
By Kurt Cobb Source: Resilience Professor and author Douglas Rushkoff recently wrote about a group of wealthy individuals who paid him to answer questions about how to manage their lives after what they believe will be the collapse of society. … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Philosophy, society, Sociology
Tagged 1%, Collapse, Community, culture, Douglas Rushkoff, Dystopia, economic inequality, elites, Philosophy, Relationships, Security, Societal Collapse, society, Wealth
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Why We’re Underestimating American Collapse
The Strange New Pathologies of the World’s First Rich Failed State By Umair Haque Source: Information Clearing House You might say, having read some of my recent essays, “Umair! Don’t worry! Everything will be fine! It’s not that bad!” I … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, Philosophy, Psychology, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged addiction, America, American Empire, capitalism, Collapse, Community, culture, Dystopia, Economics, empire, Nomadic Retirees, Opioid Epidemic, Public Healthcare, school shootings, Social Decline, society, Suicides
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The Age of Ego
By Dan Corjescu Source: CounterPunch Hegel’s conception of history taught us that the meaning of history was the liberation of the individual through his or her recognition as a fully autonomous rational person. Indeed, since the French Revolution, the Age … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, culture, divide and conquer, Economics, Empire, Philosophy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged Community, culture, Democracy, Ego, elites, empire, film, Global Elite, Globalism, Hegel, individualism, Philosophy, politics, social control, society, State
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Radicle and Rhizomati: Notes from a Folk Herbalist
By Lisa Fazio Source: Resilience Hierarchy Power structures establish various systems to ensure the organisation of interrelationships and the distribution of resources throughout a group, community, or ecosystem. In human terms, these systems become our tribes, societies, and civilisations. The … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Economics, Health, History, Science, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged capitalism, Community, culture, Economics, Felix Guattari., Feudalism, Guilles Deleuze, healthcare, Herbal Medicine, Herbalism, Martin Shaw, Natural Medicine, Philosophy, Plant Medicine, politics, Radicle, Rhizome, society
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10 Life Lessons I Learned as a Psychiatric Nurse – and Patient
By Cortland Pfeffer Source: Wake Up World Over the past 25 years, I have been immersed in the mental health and addiction system as a patient, later as staff, as a Registered Nurse (RN), and eventually as a supervisor. My time … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged addiction, Community, Conformity, Connectivity, Consciousness, culture, fear, Individuality, Intention, Love, Masks, Mental Health, Perception, Philosophy, Psychiatry, psychology, Punishment, Relationships, society, spirituality, Struggle, Subconsious
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