Human to human
Originally posted on theunblackgirl:
The very same people we employ to protect us, have also failed us. They take the stereotypes of the world and stuff it into a court room full of cameras and families- begging for answers. But that is simply politics, too complicated for the rest of us to understand. Well, as I was…
City Builder: Dorothy and Irving Stowe
Originally posted on John Burns:
It was October 16, 1970, and 10,000 beautiful freaks and squares sprawled around Pacific Coliseum, listening to Joni Mitchell and James Taylor, Phil Ochs and Chilliwack. The organizers of the famed Amchitka concert, Irving (Rhode Island lawyer turned activist) and Dorothy Stowe (the breadwinner: a social worker), had plans for…
រាជវាំងមិនទទួលយកញតិ្តអ្នកបឹងកក់
Originally posted on Save The Lake Cambodia:
ឃុត សុភចរិយា, Phnom Pehn Post, ថ្ងៃទី ០៦ ខែ មិថុនា ឆ្នាំ ២០១២ កូនៗអ្នកបឹងកក់ដែលម្តាយជាប់ឃុំបានស្រែកយំសុំអន្តរាគមន៍ពីព្រះមហាក្សត្រ តែបានផលអវិជ្ជមាន។ ចរិយា ភ្នំពេញៈ ពលរដ្ឋក្នុងសហគមន៍បឹងកក់ប្រមាណជា ៥០ នាក់ កាលពីម្សិលមិញ បានសម្ដែងការខកចិត្តយ៉ាងខ្លាំង ខណៈគ្មានមន្ត្រីក្នុងព្រះបរមរាជវាំងណាម្នាក់ចេញមកទទួលយកញត្តិរបស់ពួកគេ ដែលគ្រោងដាក់ថ្វាយព្រះមហាក្សត្រ ព្រះបាទ សម្តេចព្រះបរមនាថ នរោត្ដម សីហមុនី ទូលសូមឲ្យព្រះអង្គ ជួយអន្តរាគមន៍ដោះលែងឪពុកម្តាយ និងអ្នកភូមិដែលត្រូវតុលាការឃុំខ្លួននៅពន្ធនាគារ។ បន្ទាប់ពីត្រឡប់ពីសាកសួរព័ត៌មាននៅរដ្ឋសភា អំពីសំណើពួកគេ ដែលបានដាក់ពីពាក់កណ្ដាលខែឧសភា ស្នើសុំសភាអន្តរាគមន៍ទៅប្រមុខរដ្ឋាភិបាលឲ្យជំរុញទៅអាជ្ញាធររាជធានីឲ្យពន្លឿនការកំណត់ព្រំប្រទល់ដី ១២,៤៤ ហិកតា ឲ្យច្បាស់ដើម្បីជាមូលដ្ឋានក្នុងការដោះស្រាយបញ្ចប់វិវាទដីធ្លីក្នុងតំបន់បឹងកក់នោះ ក្រុមអ្នកភូមិបឹងកក់ដែលមានក្មេងៗកូនអ្នកជាប់ឃុំផងនោះ បាននាំគ្នាទៅប្រមូលផ្តុំនៅលើសួនច្បារមុខព្រះបរមរាជវាំង ដើម្បីដាក់ញត្តិ ថ្វាយព្រះមហាក្សត្រ។ ប៉ុន្តែ គ្មានមន្ត្រីព្រះបរមរាជវាំងណាម្នាក់ចេញមកទទួលញតិ្ត ពីពួកគេឡើយ បើទោះជាមានកុមារា កុមារី ដែលជាកូនៗអ្នកត្រូវឃុំខ្លួននៅពន្ធនាគារព្រៃស ស្រែកយំសំពះអង្វរយ៉ាងទ្រហឹងអឺងកងក៏ដោយ។ ក្រុមសមត្ថកិច្ចនគរបាលខណ្ឌដូនពេញ…
Nationwide Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rallies Friday – June 8, 2012 – in your area
Originally posted on Doug Lawrence's Catholic Site:
Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rallies are happening simultaneously at 12 noon, local time, Friday June 8, in more than 150 cities across the United States. Be there to show your support for our constitutionally guaranteed freedoms. Stand up against tyranny. Exercise and protect your rights as a U.S. citizen! 157 Cities…
Finding the Courage for “Wow”
Leadership Freak “The truth is, mediocrity is natural. You don’t have to do anything to drift there. It just happens.” Michael Hyatt. 6 ways to find the courage you need to make “wow” happen: Take a stand for greatness. You must resolve in your heart that you will not sell out or settle. This isn’t … Continue reading
Marc Miller, California
Originally posted on OCCUPY: what's next?:
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Spain is Different: Sol and the Kilometer Zero
Originally posted on urbanculturalstudies:
As a scholar of literature and culture with an interest in urban cultural studies, mutual (re)production of the material and the metaphoric is always of interest to me. On Saturday, the events associated with the first anniversary of the Indignado movement in the Puerta de Sol in Madrid began. They are…
The “Wretched” of Oakland
Originally posted on SOC 331: Foundations of Sociological Theory:
There’s growing talk of the “splintering” of Occupy. Like other social movements, Occupy is divided between reformists and radicals. Anarchists or anarchist principles have been particularly influential in shaping the radical strain of Occupy. Recently, attention has focused on the rift between “anarchists,” specifically “black bloc anarchists,”…
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