.@ThisChanges Everything: postcolonial independence movements “nipped in the bud”

Indeed postcolonial independence movementsâ€”which so often had the redistribution of unjustly concentrated resources, whether of land or minerals, as their core missionsâ€” were consistently undermined through political assassinations, foreign interference, and, more recently, the chains of debt-driven structural adjustment programs Klein, Naomi (2014-09-16). This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (p. 454). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition. Naomi put her Continue Reading

Christians call for dialogue in Hong Kong protests @Umns

“Because our church is located at a road crossing, with lots of protesters with different political views passing by, we welcome them all in to have a short rest here” – Rev. Tin-YauYuen, pastor of the Chinese Methodist Church â€œI am proud of my faith and my church in such a critical moment,â€ Lam said. â€œI think what we are doing showed Continue Reading

Seminary Farm Combines Theology and Ecology @umns (Video from @MTSOedu)

Seminary Farm Combines Theology and Ecology via Seminary Farm Combines Theology and Ecology – The United Methodist Church.

Why I got arrested in Ferguson @CNN.com by @lisasharper

Too often in this “Christian Nation” (or any other instance of nationwide Christians who live under an instance “Christendom” – where the Christians of a certain nation live under what many will call a “dual citizenship” (Kingdom of God and one of the “Kingdoms of the Earth”) …..too often we avoid the confrontations with the Kingdoms of the Earth where Continue Reading

Russell Brand And Naomi Klein Talk Climate Change And The Need For Revolution

Russell Brand and the author Naomi Klein have called for a “revolution” that could potentially see oil giants like Exxon Mobil dismantled. Speaking to Brand as part of a podcast exclusively shared with The Huffington Post, Klein agreed with the comedian’s call for a political and economic revolution, but warned: “It’s not going to happen in the right way if Continue Reading

Blog extrapolation of @RezaAslan & @ChrisLHayes great segment on @AllInWithChris

Oh my gosh. The comment of the CNN person to the two other CNN people “victims” of @RezaAslan ‘s “anger”. This is what I am referring to: the clip below begins with Reza’s fully deserved “in your face” comment to the TWO CNN people who were repeating the same clueless Islamaphobic talking points continuing to suggest that Islam is the Continue Reading

“mourn with those who mourn” @FaithInFerguson via Medium #FergusonTheology

Theology for the tragedy of unjust and unwarranted violence Saint Paul tells us just this, â€œmourn with those who mourn, rejoice with those who rejoiceâ€. It is in bearing one anotherâ€™s heartache that we are moved towards justice and compassion. But if in the midst of suffering and grief we emerge unchanged, clothed not in resurrected newness, then weâ€™ve failed Continue Reading

More on “religious violence”; how “importing” (and specifically “accommodation”) gets done

If the wars of religion had been solely motivated by sectarian bigotry, we should not expect to have found Protestants and Catholics fighting on the same side, yet in fact they often did so. via The myth of religious violence | Karen Armstrong | World news | The Guardian. There was as yet no coherent way to divide religious causes Continue Reading

GOP voter ID law gets crushed: Why Judge Richard Posnerâ€™s new opinion is so amazing @Salon

Boom! Reagan judge finally has to say “enough!”, and demolish EVERY Right wing talking point. Hopefully this will have a domino effect. His dissent includes a devastating response to virtually every false and/or disingenuous rightwing argument/talking point ever put forth in support of Photo ID voting restrictions, describing them as â€œa mere fig leaf for efforts to disenfranchise voters likely Continue Reading

“The myth of religious violence” Karen Armstrong @guardian HT @BrianMcLaren

Karen Armstrong is one smart, articulate sociological historian. We need to listen to her. We now take the secular state so much for granted that it is hard for us to appreciate its novelty, since before the modern period, there were no â€œsecularâ€ institutions and no â€œsecularâ€ states in our sense of the word. Their creation required the development of Continue Reading

Atheism, Islam and liberalism: This is what we are really fighting about @Salon by @andohehir

Yes, Reza, this is a good one. Finally someone who understands that “sacred texts” are not always taken literally. It is something an adolescent can understand, but somehow there are those to whom that simple idea seems lost. You tell them that, they say “sure, I understand that”, and then they are right back at it, quoting and characterizing the Continue Reading

Fracking: The Mediaâ€™s New Climate Denial via @BillMoyersHQ

Sensible people know thereâ€™s no more arguing about climate change: The planet is warming due to human activity. The only important question now is whether we plan to do anything about it. It will require, among other things, a massive shift away from burning oil, gas and coal, as Naomi Klein argues in her brilliant new book, This Changes Everything. Continue Reading

Occupy and Climate Activism: Addressing the same problem #OWS #PeoplesClimate

The process of taking on the corporate-state power nexus that underpins the extractive economy is leading a great many people to face up to the underlying democratic crisis that has allowed multinationals to be the authors of the laws under which they operate â€”whether at the municipal , state/ provincial, national, or international level. Klein, Naomi (2014-09-16). This Changes Everything: Continue Reading

NBC’s Ayman Mohyeld in on Sam Harris & Bill Maher’s Islam Argument

NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin: Sam Harris & Bill Maher’s Islam Argument “Offensive, Ignorant” via NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin: Sam Harris & Bill Maher’s Islam Argument Is “Flawed Logic” | Video | RealClearPolitics. I imagine that some will call Ayman on his claim that Maher and Harris were using figures from unverified or savory sources, but they were using Pew Research. But I Continue Reading

Have I mentioned that I am LOVING @ThisChanges Everything?

In the past couple of days? If not, I am LOVING it, and am into Part 3, and it continues to blow my mind. Not that I am SURPRISED by what I am reading, just continually offended by the sheer hubris and downright narcissism of the global elites who enrich themselves off the decadence they unleash on the planet. And Continue Reading

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