I want to thank publicly those who have been keeping up the peace vigil every Friday, and much as I’d like to name every one of them, I won’t -but I could- and so, I will just say, “THANK YOU ONE AND ALL!!”
I noticed a shift there last summer when much was being made of the Bush Administration’s efforts to cloak and subvert our government’s processes so as to keep impeachment off the table, keep more money flowing into this and many other wars, keep the public in the dark, but their wallets open… the usual. Those of us who were there early in 2002 protesting the advent of this Iraq war were being badgered and harassed by many passers by, but now there is a beginning of some shift happening, in that the majority of folks passing by are happy that we are there, and thankful for our having been so willing to stand for peace all along.
In an effort to increase our body of knowledge I have prepared a page of links to information you might need to know. It will follow these ideas, and I hope you will use this blog space to comment upon them and to open up a dialogue here for our community to grow and to discuss issues we need to get ideas out to the public. Democracy does not occur without discourse. I have been thinking a great deal on the idea of democracy, what comes up for me is that it isn’t something given to any of us; but rather, it is a gift we earn by becoming informed and by sharing our own experiences with others. It is a matter of consideration, carefully weighing opposing views, and listening very deeply for insights to how best to pursue happiness so as to increase all of our lives’ experiences for the better.
Lately, it seems to me, that the rich have had a glut of great times, but the poor and even what was our middle class, are suffering miserably for that increase. This is not tolerable…
I think we can put our minds and bodies to better use. I would like to hear from any of you who would be willing to start a weekly demonstration with me whereby we offer coffee in the mornings and afternoons along with information pertinent to being peace-loving, prosperous, compassionate an actively democratic. WE WILL CALL THIS ACTION -WAKE UP, AMERICA!
Consider the following and please share your own favorites here:
WAKE UP AMERICA – HELPFUL WEBSITES:
Healthcare
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/healthcare/survey/
http://www.onecarenow.com
Peace, activities for social justice, and political interventions
http://www.codepinkalerts.com
http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org/
http://www.afj.org/
http://www.amnestyusa.org/
http://www.defconamerica.org/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.ccrjustice.org/
http://www.hrw.org/
http://www.avaaz.org
http://AngelsForTruth.com
http://www.ResurrectingLiberty.com
http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com
http://ivaw.org/wintersoldier/testimony
Environment
http://www.defenders.org/index.php
http://www.earthjustice.org
http://www.ecospace.cc
newdream-news@newdream.org
gender justice
http://www.hrc.org
http://www.tgijp.org/
http://www.youthgenderproject.org/
www.ProChoiceAmerica.org
news
www.infowars.com
www.golefttv.com
http://www.guardian.co.uk
http://www.SedonaObserver.com
http://peaceblog.wordpress.com/
financial interests
http://www.solariactionnetwork.com
http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/
http://tinyurl.com/2w2up3
www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2003/jan/debt/index.html
http://www.agora-inc.com/reports/DRI/WDRIF219
http://www.dailyreckoning.com/Issues/2005/DR021705.html
Philosophy/Psychology/Sociology
http://www.co-intelligence.org/CI-TheoreticalArticles.html
www.ted.com
www.global-mindshift.com
peace to you and to us all around the globe and beyond, if there is anyone out there with intelligent life….