“ If you wish for light,
be ready to receive light.
be ready to receive light.
— Rumi (via shaktilover)
— Rumi (via shaktilover)
Moscow Protesters Strike Again - This time, in a ring
Earlier today protesters in Moscow hit the streets in a flashmob, protesting for fair elections during the presidential vote next Sunday. The action is called the “White Ring” because protesters held hands to form a many kilometer line, down streets and across a bridge, in the snow. The some-11,000 protesters wore white ribbons, held white umbrellas or scarves, the symbol of the opposition in the protests these past months.
Organizers say this show not be considered a rally - that the White Ring sends a different message:
“This day we gather without banners, slogans and speeches. We will stand and keep silent, shoulder by shoulder, hand by hand,” the announcement reads. “We will create our common White Ring which we will conclude in the central Moscow, around the Kremlin.”
This is beautiful how so many people can come together for a cause
— Na’im Akbar (via cultureofresistance)
The tide of economic growth that has flowed since the second world war may finally be ebbing. For politicians and most economists, this is like saying the sky is falling. Growth has become guidepost and grail, the sine qua non of economic existence. Growth is necessary to job creation and the…
— Wilhelm Reich, The Mass Psychology of Fascism (via cultureofresistance)
Standards, Whose do you live by.
