tree and ledge sitting, arson, federal prison, omnivores, vegans, ethical and moral issues about animal welfare, environmental impact, personal health, everything is connected, hidden slaughterhouses and landfills, resource consumption, the food chain, vegetarian animals, protein, hemp, quinoa, dandelion greens, heart disease, chemicals, selective thinning of herds, knowing the source, social conditioning, overeating, cravings, pasteurization, fossil fuels, eating local
Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Portland, Occupy the World, corporate control, government complicity, seizing history and making it ours, The Republic of Cascadia, growing up in the Ukraine, Latin America, gay & lesbian rights, american prisons, freedom, debt freedom, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, respect, blood spilled on our behalf, brand loyalty, Iraq, Afghanistan, nationalism, stolen election(s), mainstream media, zeitgeist, Charles Taylor, tradition, nihilists, justified true belief, Thomas Hobbes, imposed morality, cognitive dissonance, Nietzsche, consumerism, identity, American ideals, false sense of security, needs, community, emotionally dysfunctional population, divide and conquer, religion, independent media, internet censorship
Check out this map of (most of) the ‘Occupy’ protests as of 10.10.2011:
…and THIS is directly connected to my next show (coming soon). If you want to know what’s actually happening without the media filter, check out this site of the live feeds for most of the ‘Occupy’ protests happening all over the US:
Portland State University economics professor Joel Magnuson (w/ intro by Cyd Manro)
We talk about:
‘Economics Demystified’
including: alternative institutions, new habits of thought and action, growth-driven capitalism, derivatives, resource depletion, income inequality, the housing market and bubble, the banking system, the mortgage industry, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, securities, Bear Stearns, mutual funds, pension funds, oil prices, unemployment, foreclosures, what economics should be, community-based ownership of land, the power of creating illusions, critical thinking, a world without oil
To find out how to attend the next Hawthorne Hostel SpeakUP!, go to:
Should we work for change from ‘Inside or Outside the System?’
(including: public debate, media bombardment, critical thinking, getting outside of your comfort zone, co-ops, patriarchy, capitalism, consumerism, non-profits, the military-industrial complex, public schools, volunteering, consensus decision making, electoral politics, instant run-off voting, third party candidates, community, living without income, food sharing, food growing, food not bombs, living without compromise, transportation, the barter system vs. the money system, social conditioning, the gift economy, finding yourself, cultural shift, the ideal size for social groups, power inequalities)
Activism–What is the current and future state of activism? Is it still relevant? Is it the only thing that’s relevant? What are the strategies that work? What has the Arab Spring done to change the course of activism? (In other words: the Arab Spring, bicycle activism, protests, the ‘underclass’, war funding, Edwin Brown-Sprout Cycles, Ron Paul, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum…)
Here are a couple of guys who’ve been given some dubious media coverage over the years. Maybe it’s because someone was trying to get us to not take them seriously. Why would that be? Could they actually have something significant to say?…Judge for yourself.
(Just in case you don’t remember, Jesse Ventura was the Governor of Minnesota)
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