The legacy of a society is, well, how it treats its young, old, frail, infirm, sick, poor and those hobbled by structural and environmental injustice. Some in urban planning circles also allude to how safe a community is based on the popsicle test – can a child or two walking from home to a store, […]
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, goes an old Chinese saying. In the present context, that single step – and an absolutely essential step – for reclaiming the soul of India, is the coimng together of the social movements, non-party groups and the political parties – and this was … Continue reading The ‘Ecopolitical’ Imperative and the Janta Parliament →
More than 700 people from at least 19 countries converged at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta’s CNN Center last weekend for the largest and most ambitious event of FEE’s history. We are still buzzing here in the FEE office from the excitement and energy generated at the first-ever FEEcon. But FEEcon is not a one-off event. It’s a bridge to the future!
Mark these dates for next year: June 7-9, 2018.
In April 2013, Mats Jarlstrom's wife received a ticket for going through a red light after driving her car through an intersection. She paid the fine, but the timing of the traffic lights at the intersection piqued Jarlstrom’s interest, so he decided to look into a formula created in 1959 to calculate the length of yellow lights. The result was a $500 for practicing engineering without a license.
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
― John Muir
Roots
I remember ageism striking me right between the eyes, in Oaxaca, while I was climbing a pyramid at Monte Alban. Running, really. A silly sight from afar, trying to beat the veronica of the sun so I could get the “perfect” dusk shot with my Nikon.
Two elderly ladies on the side of the steps were selling beautiful weavings, something for which the Zapotec Indians of that region are known.
Thanks to the East Bay Express and editor Jay Youngdahl for supporting Dissident Voice and allowing us to re-post his piece on the Bay Area. In fact, San Francisco is Seattle is Portland is Phoenix is, well, you get the picture, no?
We had it here, at DV — “Collective Stockholm Syndrome . . . “
