In the right-hand sidebar, under “categories”, under “Corporatocracy or Democracy’ is OCCUPY MOVEMENT.
Click and you’ll get a very small sampling of Occupy news. . . I just realized that I am posting a lot related to Oakland where the Occupy experience has been more tumultuous.
From “The Empathic Civilization”, Rifkin, chapter “The Hidden Paradox of Human History”, page 10:
History .. is more often than not made by the disgruntled and discontented, the angry and rebellious . . . interested in righting wrongs and restoring justice. By this reckoning, much of the history that is written is about the pathology of power.
… Our collective memory is measured in terms of crises and calamities, harrowing injustices, and terrifying episodes of brutality inflicted on each other and our fellow creatures. But if these were the defining elements of human experience, we would have perished as a species long ago.
…”Why have we come to think of life in such dire terms?” . . . tales of misdeeds and woe surprise us. They are unexpected and, therefore, trigger alarm and heighten our interest. That is because such events are novel and not the norm, but they are newsworthy and for that reason they are the stuff of history.
The everyday world is quite different. .. . for the most part, lived out in hundreds of small acts of kindness and generosity. Comfort and compassion between people creates good will, establishes the bonds of sociality, and gives joy to people’s lives. Much of our daily interaction with our fellow human beings is empathic because that is our core nature.
Yes – – if you do a search on facebook of “Occupy” you will find hundreds of groups in far-flung places. There are great stories. Good and remarkable things happening in the camps. . . . Nothing to report!