Reflections

For personal reflections on experiences with Occupy.

How to Protect Students from Sexual Violence? Pepper Spray Them!

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Last week, the UC Davis “Pepper Spray Incident Task Force,” dubbed the “Reynoso Task Force” for its chair, Law School Professor Emeritus and former California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, released its report. The conclusion was that the pepper spraying of studentsseated in the Quad on November 18, 2011 “should and could have been prevented.” Well it’s a relief that the task force’s three-and-a-half-month investigation proved what pretty much all of us who watched the red spray come out of that hose over and over again on our television screens … Continued

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Sacred Thyme for Permaculture. Interview with Abel R. Gomez: writer, ritualist, community organizer. By Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

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Sacred Thyme for Permaculture. Interview with Abel R. Gomez: writer, ritualist, community organizer. By Willi Paul, openmythsource.com http://planetshifter.com/node/2006 now we’re busy making all our busy plans on foundations build to last but nothing fades as fast as the future and nothing clings like the past, until we can see more than this i stand alone and so connected and i’m all there right next to you oh then it’s alright when with every day another bit falls away oh but it’s still alright, alright, alright and like words together we … Continued

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Suspect, 57, dies in police custody by Stockton police after being beaten with batons!

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Suspect, 57, dies in police custody Jordan Guinn By Jordan Guinn Record Staff Writer April 13, 2012 12:00 AM http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120413/A_NEWS/204130324 FRENCH CAMP – A suspect who fought with officers after being pulled over for speeding died at San Joaquin County Hospital early Thursday, according to the Stockton Police Department. Police identified him as James Cooke, 57, of Stockton. He had three outstanding warrants for his arrest, according to authorities. Specifics of the warrants were unavailable Thursday. Cooke is the third man to die after a confrontation with the Stockton Police … Continued

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Unleashing the Collective Genius of San Francisco. Interview with Beverly Pitzer, TransitionSF by Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange

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Unleashing the Collective Genius of San Francisco.  Interview with Beverly Pitzer, TransitionSF  by Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange   – excerpt – “Personally, I don’t see competition really playing a role in this movement. For this global experiment to work, we need cooperation and lots of it. Competition and a built in sense of scarcity have been the basis of our economy for a long time. As experts like Richard Heinberg share, we have reached the limits of growth, and operating in the same competitive mindset will not help us to build community … Continued

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Journey Council of the Tillamook Tribe. New Myth 19 – Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

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Journey Council of the Tillamook Tribe. New Myth 19 – Willi Paul, openmythsource.com http://planetshifter.com/node/2000 “We are a critical connection, a living and breathing vision for the future,” he decried. “We support the local struggle to be free to grow what we can and barter for what we cannot. Our values also include working in harmony with the land, mediating community conflicts and embracing Nature’s alchemic wisdom for spiritual guidance. We support the Global Principles.” 25001

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“PermOccupy – A Pathway to a Sustainable Future,” by Killian O’Brien. Interview on PermOccupy with Killian by Willi Paul. Presented by Planetshifter.com Magazine

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 “PermOccupy – A Pathway to a Sustainable Future,” by Killian O’Brien. Interview on PermOccupy with Killian by Willi Paul. Presented by Planetshifter.com Magazine                                     Why PermOccupy? … “I should clarify. The name just popped into my head down in the Grand Circus Park the night this whole idea occurred to me. It’s just a simple, perhaps catchy way of getting across the idea of intentionally melding permaculture and Occupy to ramp up the … Continued

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NorCal Transition Yeast: Interview with Peter Ruddock, Slow Money, Transition Palo Alto & San Mateo County Food System Alliance. By Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine

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NorCal Transition Yeast: Interview with Peter Ruddock, Slow Money, Transition Palo Alto & San Mateo County Food System Alliance. By Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine http://planetshifter.com/node/1999 – excerpt – “I spent too many years working in Silicon Valley, under a venture capital system, wherein people were made to compete with each other and even worthwhile projects were abandoned if they did not produce enough wealth for the principal investors. It was often a system of divide and conquer, where individuals competed with other individuals. Yes, there was cooperation, mostly within the … Continued

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Are certain non-profits run by the 1%?

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Background: If you are a man making less than $250,000 per year, you belong to “the 99%” (see the U.S. census website). People who might not be in “the 99%”: The leader of… -American Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) -Wildlife Conservation Society -Asia Foundation -Asia Society -Japan Society -American Foundation for the Blind -Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind -American Cancer Society (and many other cancer groups) -Childhelp -National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -Childfund International -Children International -Save the Children -World Vision -ACLU -Southern Poverty … Continued

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Occupy the Capitol M 5 video (4:21)

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Here’s a link to a video “Occupy the Capitol M 5 video” published on IndyBay.org : http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/08/18709006.php In solidarity, Jonathan   23287

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