First, it must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he is afraid or merely because he lacks the instruments of violence, he is not truly nonviolent. This is why Gandhi often said that if cowardice is the only alternative to violence, it is better to fight … The method is passive physically, but strongly active …
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We Are The Many
Ye come here, gather 'round the stage
The time has come for us to voice our rage
Against the ones who've trapped us in a cage
To steal from us the value of our wage
From underneath the vestiture of law
The lobbyists at Washington do gnaw
At liberty, the bureaucrats guffaw
And until they are purged, we won't …
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I Am Nothing
by Paul Buchheit
What will you do if you're too tough to be a good woman, too sensitive to be a good man, too selfish to be a good husband, too lazy to be a good employee, too shy to be a good friend, too caring to be rational, too fat to be pretty, too effeminate to be straight, too introverted to be a good leader, too smart to be kind, too young to be taken seriously, too old …
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Senior European politicians are moving straight from their public positions to start corporate lobbying. I've just signed a petition to demand new rules that will stop these abuses of power.Please check out the link below and join me in signing: http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_lobby_rules/98.php?CLICKTFTop European Commission staff are taking up …
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Compassion across CubiclesBy Jill Suttie Five-foot tall panels divide the physician’s billing department into a maze of cubicles at Foote Hospital in Jackson, Michigan. Each cubicle contains one of the 39 employees who make up the billing office staff. Most of the employees are women, many are single mothers, and they spend each day on the phone trying to collect unpaid …
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(NDL) La lecture d'un article ce matin couplée a des expériences personnelles récentes a provoquée quelques réflexions que je vous livre ici. A vous de répondre et entrer dans le dialogue...Je vous présente d'abord cet article très pointu dont "Maryse" ( ou peut-être est-ce Marianne ? ) est le sujet poignant:Les aventures de Maryse au Pôle Emploi"C’est ainsi quand on vit sous la …
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Europe Forges ahead with Ocean Wave PowerBy Jen BalboaOcean Power’s PowerBuoy deployed at the United States Marine Corps Base in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Photo from Ocean Power Ocean Power Technologies Inc. will use a grant of 2.2 million euros ($2.9 million) from the European Commission to continue developing a 1.39-megawatt wave energy project off the northern coast of Spain.The grant is part of a …
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