Living A Life

"No real social change has ever been

brought about without a revolution -

Revolution is but thought carried into action.

Every effort for progress, for enlightenment,

for science, for religious, political, and

economic liberty, emanates from the minority,

and not from the mass."

Every Worker Deserves A Living Wage

Social and economic inequality in the US has reached historic proportions. The top 1% increased their income following capitalism’s Great Recession while the overwhelming majority of working people are still struggling or are even worse off than before. The movement for a minimum wage of $15/hour is an expression this enormous problem of inequality. The support for the fast food workers actions for $15 showed that the aspirations of Occupy to fight against poverty and inequality are alive and growing among millions.

15 Now was launched in January of 2014 by Seattle City Council Member, Kshama Sawant and Socialist Alternative to fight for a $15 minimum wage in Seattle. 15 Now chapters quickly spread across the country. It is a campaign that anyone can join and help build.

Speak Out!

"In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations."

Quote from The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment In Literary Investigation

Take Back The Night

Karen DeCrow

December 18, 1937 – June 6, 2014

"The feminist movement — the glorious perception that women can be valued for our brains and not just for our faces — makes it possible for a woman to become 50 and not to grieve."

Reset! Restart!

"One year ago, we learned that the Internet is under surveillance, and our activities are being monitored to create permanent records of our private lives — no matter how innocent or ordinary those lives might be.

Today, we can begin the work of effectively shutting down the collection of our online communications, even if the US Congress fails to do the same. That’s why I’m asking you to join me on June 5th for Reset the Net when people and companies all over the world will come together to implement the technological solutions that can put an end to the mass surveillance programs of any government. This is the beginning of a moment where we the people begin to protect our universal human rights with the laws of nature rather than the laws of nations.

We have the technology, and adopting encryption is the first effective step that everyone can take to end mass surveillance. That’s why I am excited for Reset the Net — it will mark the moment when we turn political expression into practical action, and protect ourselves on a large scale.

Join us on June 5th, and don’t ask for your privacy. Take it back."

Edward Snowden's public statement, released June 4th 2014

Wheels Of Fate

"Tiananmen showed the world that the Chinese people are no different from everyone else. When given the chance to express their views freely, they seized it and howled in unison their desire for democracy, freedom and human rights. Although their understanding of the concepts was elementary, they instinctively grasped, like the protesters in Place de la Bastille and Wenceslas Square before them, that these ideals formed the foundation of any civilised and humane nation."

Quote excerpted from Ma Jian's Tiananmen Square 25 Years On

"Life is not what you alone make it"

Yuri Kochiyama

May 19, 1921 – June 1, 2014