Thursday, October 10, 2019
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Marcuse on (the impossibility) of solitude
Solitude, the very condition which sustained the individual against and beyond his society, has become technically impossible.
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Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man
Monday, October 7, 2019
Erasmus on civility
As Erasmus argued in his enormously popular sixteenth-century handbook De Civilitate Morum Puerilium (On good manners for children), civility is an essential form of “outward honesty” that makes inner virtues publicly visible.
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Autumn Extinction Rebellion | Chuffed | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising
Autumn Extinction Rebellion | Chuffed | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising: Autumn is coming: we have a mega Rebellion to fund.On the 7th of October, we take to the streets together again in a unified call for immediate action on the climate and ecological emergency.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
The Sound - "Total Recall"
Just remember that The Sound revival started here. "Total Recall" https://youtu.be/L3jmdIQfpZ8 via @YouTube #nothingsacredtohipsters #yrwelcome #thesound #80s
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Refugees in America | International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Refugees in America | International Rescue Committee (IRC): The United States has a long tradition of offering refuge to those fleeing persecution and war. However, the current administration, citing unfounded security concerns, put a travel ban in place, slashed refugee arrivals to their lowest levels ever, and separated families while criminalizing desperate people seeking asylum.
janresseger | "That all citizens will be given an equal start through a sound education is one of the most basic, promised rights of our democracy. Our chronic refusal as a nation to guarantee that right for all children…. is rooted in a kind of moral blindness, or at least a failure of moral imagination…. It is a failure which threatens our future as a nation of citizens called to a common purpose… tied to one another by a common bond." —Senator Paul Wellstone — March 31, 2000
janresseger | "That all citizens will be given an equal start through a sound education is one of the most basic, promised rights of our democracy. Our chronic refusal as a nation to guarantee that right for all children…. is rooted in a kind of moral blindness, or at least a failure of moral imagination…. It is a failure which threatens our future as a nation of citizens called to a common purpose… tied to one another by a common bond." —Senator Paul Wellstone — March 31, 2000: "That all citizens will be given an equal start through a sound education is one of the most basic, promised rights of our democracy. Our chronic refusal as a nation to guarantee that right f…
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