Hope cannot be said to exist, nor can it be said not to exist.
It is like the roads across the earth.
For actually there were no roads to begin with,
but when many people pass one way, a road is made. Lu Xun 1921
Today we could save the free Internet and stop the US Congress passing a law that gives them the power to censor the world’s Internet. Public pressure is at boiling point and we are turning the tide. Let’s stop the bill now — sign the petition!
In the safest, most boring country, the worst lone gunman shooting happens. The worst in the world, in history. But it will not make our country worse. The safe, boring democracy will supply him with a defense lawyer as is his right. He will not get more than 21 years in prison as is the maximum extent of the law. Our democracy does not allow for enough punishment to satisfy my need for revenge, as is its intention. We will not become worse, we will be better. We lived in a land where this is possible, even easy. And we will keep living in a land where this is possible, even easy. We are open, we are free and we are together. We are vulnerable by choice. And we will keep on like that, that’s how we want to live. We will not be worse because of the worst. We must be good because of the best.
—Ola (via youmightfindyourself)
Creative appeal from Greenpeace to change Volkswagen. Our home—Earth—is in trouble. VW opposes key environmental laws we need if we’re going to stop our planet going the way of Alderaan (bye bye). But all is not lost. We feel the good in Volkswagen.
In days an eminent group of world leaders will call on the UN to end the devastating and failed war on drugs. Only a massive citizens movement will turn their appeal into urgent action. Sign the urgent petition now!
Mickey and Minnie protest Disney Rainforest Destruction
So many possible memes here: “the real Magic Kingdom under attack”, “Can brave children stop evil Disney from destroying rainforests?” …. more suggestions?
Early this morning, two activists supporting Rainforest Action Network unfurled a 35 foot banner across The Walt Disney Company’s two-story entrance arch that reads “Disney: Destroying Indonesia’s Rainforests.” Beneath them, Mickey and Minnie Mouse locked down to the main entrance gates to the company’s Burbank headquarters—blockading Disney’s executives from arriving to work through the main gates.Please support these brave activists by taking action today. Tell Disney CEO Robert Iger that rainforest destruction is no fairy tale.
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In March of 2010, RAN hired an independent lab, Integrated Paper Services (IPS), to conduct tests on the fiber found in children’s books published by the top ten U.S. publishers. Eight publishers, including Scholastic and Simon & Schuster, have since committed to eliminating controversial fiber from their supply chains. Though RAN has been in discussion with Disney about for over a year, the company remains behind those industry leaders.
Read more: Rainforest Action Network Finds Disney Tied to Forest Destruction and Endangered Tiger Loss | Rainforest Action Network http://ran.org/content/rainforest-action-network-finds-disney-tied-forest-destruction-and-endangered-tiger-loss#ixzz1Mj75N3Zj
(Source: understory.ran.org)
Caprica Sharon: [to Commander Adama] It’s what you said at the ceremony before the attack, when Galactica was being decommissioned. You gave a speech, it sounded like it wasn’t the one you prepared. You said that humanity was a flawed creation, and that people still kill one another for petty jealousy and greed. You said that humanity never asked itself why it deserved to survive. Maybe you don’t.
—Battlestar
(Source: intensecogitation.info)
Small victory on coal this week in the US. Great example of the rapid-response campaigning that cuts right to the core of what is wrong with our current energy system: the credibility of coal companies and their propaganda.
Senator Feingold,
We, The Young Progressives, are requesting that you nominate yourself for Senate in 2012.
We are at a critical impasse in our nation’s history. With corporate money overwhelming the voices of average American people, we will not have a spokesman capable of standing up to corporate influences.
