Spies to Undermine Movements: Love over Fear.

After I got an email, which was sent to a listserv, from a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley with the subject: Students as Spies: The Deep Politics of U.S.-Colombian Relations, I wrote this (edited)message, with the very valuable input from a few satyagrahis, and sent it to some students and workers [...]

Next Station: Rise Up! – Satyagraha and Howard Zinn

You can’t be neutral in a moving train.
That’s the title of Howard Zinn’s autobiography (1994) and the title only says it all. If we are on board of the train of greed, privatization and ignorance, aren’t we part of the ride? The time to stop the totalitarian-corporate-capitalistic train has come, and if it is not [...]

A Letter to K-12 Parents: California Public Schools in Crises

“Self-control, fearlessness and independence of thinking, these are the three tests of education. Only that country is educated where these three qualities find expression.” –Vinoba Bhave

This is a letter landed in many of our inboxes this morning. The movement to not save, but to transform public education is getting stronger. It is necessary to [...]

Young Singer Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Activist, songwriter and singer Aliza Hava created this beautiful inspiring song to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  As Rev. Heng Sure said when Aliza visited Berkeley last week: “She has the energy of the 60s in the body of a 32 year old.” Turn on your speakers, close your eyes and enjoy her well-versed [...]

Open Letter to President of Egypt from the Gaza Freedom March

26 December 2009
Dear President Mubarak,
We, representing 1,362 individuals from 43 countries arriving in Cairo to participate in the Gaza Freedom March, are pleading to the Egyptians and your reputation for hospitality. We are peacemakers. We have not come to Egypt to create trouble or cause conflict. On the contrary. We have come because we [...]