- Harder than the Truth: the power of our powerlessness HARDER THAN THE TRUTH: THE POWER OF OUR POWERLESSNESS by Jeff Clark Nothing but the truth Common words in use Hard to find excuse Harder than the truth […]
- Occupy as Mythology OCCUPY AS MYTHOLOGY by James C. Henderson mythology is a coordinated system of understanding and beliefs that enables a human to function successfully in the world. Mythology does not explain why things happen, but shows—through analogy and metaphor—how to deal with and appreciate what happens. It is a set of stories of how others have […]
- Harder Than the Truth: the power of our powerlessness 2 HARDER THAN THE TRUTH: THE POWER OF OUR POWERLESSNESS 2 by Jeff Clark Nothing but the truth Common words in use Hard […]
- Cultural Succession CULTURAL SUCCESSION by Afterparty Jones from Occupy Vacant Lots of Philadelphia Originally published at Cultural Succession Occupy Vacant Lots Facebook The Movement Grows like the Forests: Cultural Succession ou may have read about – or if yer a seasoned OG (Original Gardener) you may have witnessed – the pattern that emerges over time as forests […]
- I don’t want to be a puppet on a string-we are all individual, creative natures! I DON’T WANT TO BE A PUPPET ON A STRING–WE ARE ALL INDIVIDUAL, CREATIVE NATURES! by Axel Pätzold Deep in my heart, I feel we are starting up into a time of “separating and rectifying spirits”– we are starting up into a time beyond manipulation, beyond misusing our power. Are the proclaimed values of the […]
- Occupy Is a Consciousness OCCUPY IS A CONSCIOUSNESS by James C. Henderson t the beginning of the Occupy movement, people often asked, what is Occupy? The answer was not forthcoming then, and it is still not clear to most. This is because Occupy is something new in politics, at least American politics. As a species that learns through analogous […]
- Autonomy and Solidarity AUTONOMY AND SOLIDARITY by Scott Thompson ccording to social scientist Geert Hofstede, culture is the “collective programming” that leads members of a group to see the world in certain ways. Cultural programming determines how people think about issues such as authority, group membership and decision-making processes. Hofstede describes culture in terms of four dimensions or […]