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It’s a myth that weapons spending “boosts” the economy. In reality, it drains it. Military budgets produce fewer jobs per dollar than any other sector. buff.ly/4R8Ic3J
War Impoverishes Us - World BEYOND War
War Impoverishes Us Fact Sheet War Impoverishes Us Resources War Impoverishes Us Articles The Basic Case: Some refer to military spending as a means of creating jobs. This may sound sociopathic. It…
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
It’s a myth that weapons spending “boosts” the economy. In reality, it drains it. Military budgets produce fewer jobs per dollar than any other sector. buff.ly/4R8Ic3J
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Thank Mike Lee for this abomination. Buried in the Senate’s bill: a mandate to sell 2–3 million acres in 11 states in just 5 years. Only Montana gets a pass. Why? Political favoritism. Public lands shouldn’t be auctioned to the highest bidder.
June 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Thank Mike Lee for this abomination. Buried in the Senate’s bill: a mandate to sell 2–3 million acres in 11 states in just 5 years. Only Montana gets a pass. Why? Political favoritism. Public lands shouldn’t be auctioned to the highest bidder.
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Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
— Chief Seattle
#weboflife
#nativeamerican
#wisdom
— Chief Seattle
#weboflife
#nativeamerican
#wisdom
June 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
— Chief Seattle
#weboflife
#nativeamerican
#wisdom
— Chief Seattle
#weboflife
#nativeamerican
#wisdom
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Greta Thunberg speaks for the first time after Israel kidnapped her and the rest of the crew on the Madleen
She has been deported to Paris for trying to break Israel's genocide and bring aid to Gaza and the Palestinian people
She has been deported to Paris for trying to break Israel's genocide and bring aid to Gaza and the Palestinian people
June 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Greta Thunberg speaks for the first time after Israel kidnapped her and the rest of the crew on the Madleen
She has been deported to Paris for trying to break Israel's genocide and bring aid to Gaza and the Palestinian people
She has been deported to Paris for trying to break Israel's genocide and bring aid to Gaza and the Palestinian people
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I'm seeing lots of posts about the American Revolution's war and violence (hinting that times might call for it again). A decade of nonviolent resistance led to the Dec of Ind. Learn more about it - because the times call for THIS again.
paceebene.org/events/2025/...
paceebene.org/events/2025/...
How Nonviolence Won Independence: India & United States — Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service
How Nonviolence Won Independence: India & United States 90-minute Online Webinar with Dr. Mohan Trivedi, Michael Nagler, and Rivera Sun Tuesday, July 1, 2025 1-2:30pm PT // 2-3:30pm MT // 3-4:30...
paceebene.org
June 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I'm seeing lots of posts about the American Revolution's war and violence (hinting that times might call for it again). A decade of nonviolent resistance led to the Dec of Ind. Learn more about it - because the times call for THIS again.
paceebene.org/events/2025/...
paceebene.org/events/2025/...
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A couple cool things in my newsletter: the recording of a recent webinar on "Top 10 Most Effective Actions" and the link to our free ebook giveaway of The Dandelion Insurrection. Enjoy and thanks for sharing.
mailchi.mp/riverasun/st...
#BookSky #resist
mailchi.mp/riverasun/st...
#BookSky #resist
Stories That Matter In These Times
My work is about telling empowering stories of nonviolent action in fact and fiction. Through Nonviolence News, webinars and trainings, videos and novels, I share the kind of stories that change every...
mailchi.mp
June 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A couple cool things in my newsletter: the recording of a recent webinar on "Top 10 Most Effective Actions" and the link to our free ebook giveaway of The Dandelion Insurrection. Enjoy and thanks for sharing.
mailchi.mp/riverasun/st...
#BookSky #resist
mailchi.mp/riverasun/st...
#BookSky #resist
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“The king was forced to move into a small cottage that didn’t require so much upkeep. But still no one would obey him—not the neighborhood children when he told them to get out of his garden; not even his own dog.”
#NoKings @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
nonviolence3.com/theking
#NoKings @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
nonviolence3.com/theking
The King Who Ruled Nothing - Nonviolence 3.0
This story illustrates that even the most powerful leaders are dependent on the people they rule over.
nonviolence3.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“The king was forced to move into a small cottage that didn’t require so much upkeep. But still no one would obey him—not the neighborhood children when he told them to get out of his garden; not even his own dog.”
#NoKings @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
nonviolence3.com/theking
#NoKings @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
nonviolence3.com/theking
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The bad news: There is no key to the universe. The good news: it was never locked.
— #Swami #Beyondananda
— #Swami #Beyondananda
June 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The bad news: There is no key to the universe. The good news: it was never locked.
— #Swami #Beyondananda
— #Swami #Beyondananda
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This needs to go viral:
We are being informed that on June 14th, Proud Boys, etc., plan to infiltrate the protests, attack the police and destroy property.
If violence breaks out at your protest sit DOWN.
Leave only the provocateurs standing
Please share far and wide. Do not let them provoke you
We are being informed that on June 14th, Proud Boys, etc., plan to infiltrate the protests, attack the police and destroy property.
If violence breaks out at your protest sit DOWN.
Leave only the provocateurs standing
Please share far and wide. Do not let them provoke you
June 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This needs to go viral:
We are being informed that on June 14th, Proud Boys, etc., plan to infiltrate the protests, attack the police and destroy property.
If violence breaks out at your protest sit DOWN.
Leave only the provocateurs standing
Please share far and wide. Do not let them provoke you
We are being informed that on June 14th, Proud Boys, etc., plan to infiltrate the protests, attack the police and destroy property.
If violence breaks out at your protest sit DOWN.
Leave only the provocateurs standing
Please share far and wide. Do not let them provoke you
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Today is Buddha Purnima (Vesak) — the most sacred day in the Buddhist calendar.
Celebrate the 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, let’s honor his wisdom by striving to lead meaningful lives filled with compassion.
#YearOfCompassion #Tibet #CompassionRisingWorldTour
Celebrate the 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, let’s honor his wisdom by striving to lead meaningful lives filled with compassion.
#YearOfCompassion #Tibet #CompassionRisingWorldTour
June 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Today is Buddha Purnima (Vesak) — the most sacred day in the Buddhist calendar.
Celebrate the 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, let’s honor his wisdom by striving to lead meaningful lives filled with compassion.
#YearOfCompassion #Tibet #CompassionRisingWorldTour
Celebrate the 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, let’s honor his wisdom by striving to lead meaningful lives filled with compassion.
#YearOfCompassion #Tibet #CompassionRisingWorldTour
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YES!!!!!
Here's the link: www.nbcchicago.com/news/nationa...
Here's the link: www.nbcchicago.com/news/nationa...
May 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
YES!!!!!
Here's the link: www.nbcchicago.com/news/nationa...
Here's the link: www.nbcchicago.com/news/nationa...
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How are you connecting to what you love?
Quote from The Dandelion Insurrection by Rivera Sun
store.riverasun.com/collections/...
Quote from The Dandelion Insurrection by Rivera Sun
store.riverasun.com/collections/...
May 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
How are you connecting to what you love?
Quote from The Dandelion Insurrection by Rivera Sun
store.riverasun.com/collections/...
Quote from The Dandelion Insurrection by Rivera Sun
store.riverasun.com/collections/...
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"Our world will be saved by billions of ordinary heroes .. Hour by hour, minute by minute, we change our world by withdrawing our support from old systems. By starving the monster we have become." My website is full of free, short reads ... Read one such essay here: riverasun.com/time-is-up-t...
The Time Is Up; The Time Is Now - Rivera Sun
An Essay of the Man From the Northby Rivera Sun The time is up. The time is now. Gather the people to do the work: the healing, transformative, deepening work of building community, solutions, underst...
riverasun.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"Our world will be saved by billions of ordinary heroes .. Hour by hour, minute by minute, we change our world by withdrawing our support from old systems. By starving the monster we have become." My website is full of free, short reads ... Read one such essay here: riverasun.com/time-is-up-t...
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These are the darkest hours before the break of day. #Peace, as promised will come at night's end. Press on to meet the dawn.
—Baha’i Universal House of Justice, Ridván Message, April 1993
#Baha’i
#interfaith
—Baha’i Universal House of Justice, Ridván Message, April 1993
#Baha’i
#interfaith
May 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
These are the darkest hours before the break of day. #Peace, as promised will come at night's end. Press on to meet the dawn.
—Baha’i Universal House of Justice, Ridván Message, April 1993
#Baha’i
#interfaith
—Baha’i Universal House of Justice, Ridván Message, April 1993
#Baha’i
#interfaith
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The more you know about another person's story, the less possible it is to see that person as your enemy.
—Parker J. Palmer
#peace
#empathy
#understanding
#Quaker
—Parker J. Palmer
#peace
#empathy
#understanding
#Quaker
May 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The more you know about another person's story, the less possible it is to see that person as your enemy.
—Parker J. Palmer
#peace
#empathy
#understanding
#Quaker
—Parker J. Palmer
#peace
#empathy
#understanding
#Quaker
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For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of #peace of mind.
—Ralph Waldo #Emerson
#unitarian
#universalist
#interfaith
#peaceofmind
—Ralph Waldo #Emerson
#unitarian
#universalist
#interfaith
#peaceofmind
May 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of #peace of mind.
—Ralph Waldo #Emerson
#unitarian
#universalist
#interfaith
#peaceofmind
—Ralph Waldo #Emerson
#unitarian
#universalist
#interfaith
#peaceofmind
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Honor the #sacred. Honor the Earth, our Mother. Honor the Elders. Honor all with whom we share the Earth:-Four-leggeds, two-leggeds, winged ones, Swimmers, crawlers, plant and rock people. Walk in #balance and #beauty.
- Native American Elder
#wisdom
#firstnations
- Native American Elder
#wisdom
#firstnations
May 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Honor the #sacred. Honor the Earth, our Mother. Honor the Elders. Honor all with whom we share the Earth:-Four-leggeds, two-leggeds, winged ones, Swimmers, crawlers, plant and rock people. Walk in #balance and #beauty.
- Native American Elder
#wisdom
#firstnations
- Native American Elder
#wisdom
#firstnations
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The task of each #Christian today is to defend and restore the basic human #values without which #spirituality will have little practical meaning
—Thomas Merton
#thomasmerton
#merton
#humanvalues
#interfaith
—Thomas Merton
#thomasmerton
#merton
#humanvalues
#interfaith
May 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The task of each #Christian today is to defend and restore the basic human #values without which #spirituality will have little practical meaning
—Thomas Merton
#thomasmerton
#merton
#humanvalues
#interfaith
—Thomas Merton
#thomasmerton
#merton
#humanvalues
#interfaith
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"Violence brings only temporary victories; violence, by creating many more social problems than is solves, never brings permanent peace." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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#paceebene #nonviolence #dailyinspiration #martinlutherkingjr #MLKQuote
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#paceebene #nonviolence #dailyinspiration #martinlutherkingjr #MLKQuote
May 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Violence brings only temporary victories; violence, by creating many more social problems than is solves, never brings permanent peace." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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#paceebene #nonviolence #dailyinspiration #martinlutherkingjr #MLKQuote
Sign up for daily quotes: paceebene.org/this-nonviol...
#paceebene #nonviolence #dailyinspiration #martinlutherkingjr #MLKQuote
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Tomorrow 3 pm ET
Live, virtual or recorded...be there.
Live, virtual or recorded...be there.
I'll be there.
Artist Robert Shetterly unveils his most recent portrait: Rivera Sun, 276th addition to Americans Who Tell The Truth, which includes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Jones, Cesar Chavez, Scott Nearing, Rosa Parks, and many more. Virtual.
www.ellsworthamerican.com/local-events...
Artist Robert Shetterly unveils his most recent portrait: Rivera Sun, 276th addition to Americans Who Tell The Truth, which includes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Jones, Cesar Chavez, Scott Nearing, Rosa Parks, and many more. Virtual.
www.ellsworthamerican.com/local-events...
May 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Tomorrow 3 pm ET
Live, virtual or recorded...be there.
Live, virtual or recorded...be there.
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You are not alone.
People all over the world are rising against tyranny and rule by the wealthy.
Be proud to stand with them.
Each week an astonishing series of stories of people caring for each other and the planet.
1300 May Day Protests and more>>
nonviolencenews.org/2025/05/02/1...
People all over the world are rising against tyranny and rule by the wealthy.
Be proud to stand with them.
Each week an astonishing series of stories of people caring for each other and the planet.
1300 May Day Protests and more>>
nonviolencenews.org/2025/05/02/1...
May 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
You are not alone.
People all over the world are rising against tyranny and rule by the wealthy.
Be proud to stand with them.
Each week an astonishing series of stories of people caring for each other and the planet.
1300 May Day Protests and more>>
nonviolencenews.org/2025/05/02/1...
People all over the world are rising against tyranny and rule by the wealthy.
Be proud to stand with them.
Each week an astonishing series of stories of people caring for each other and the planet.
1300 May Day Protests and more>>
nonviolencenews.org/2025/05/02/1...
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A Thousand Ways To Kiss The Earth
by @riverasun.bsky.social
A Rumi poem says: “Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”
It's echoing in my heart this week as I take action in lots of different ways.
mailchi.mp/riverasun/ea...
by @riverasun.bsky.social
A Rumi poem says: “Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”
It's echoing in my heart this week as I take action in lots of different ways.
mailchi.mp/riverasun/ea...
A Thousand Ways To Kiss The Earth - And Take Action For Social Change
Nonviolent change isn't just about showing up at the protest. It takes a thousand forms. There's a Rumi poem that says: “Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and ki...
mailchi.mp
April 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A Thousand Ways To Kiss The Earth
by @riverasun.bsky.social
A Rumi poem says: “Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”
It's echoing in my heart this week as I take action in lots of different ways.
mailchi.mp/riverasun/ea...
by @riverasun.bsky.social
A Rumi poem says: “Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”
It's echoing in my heart this week as I take action in lots of different ways.
mailchi.mp/riverasun/ea...
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From Athens to Madrid, Turkey to Georgia, across 1300+ communities in the US, people are resisting autocrats and billionaires. It's inspiring. And it's all in this week's Nonviolence News:
nonviolencenews.org/2025/04/11/h...
#resistance #resist #nonviolence
nonviolencenews.org/2025/04/11/h...
#resistance #resist #nonviolence
April 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
From Athens to Madrid, Turkey to Georgia, across 1300+ communities in the US, people are resisting autocrats and billionaires. It's inspiring. And it's all in this week's Nonviolence News:
nonviolencenews.org/2025/04/11/h...
#resistance #resist #nonviolence
nonviolencenews.org/2025/04/11/h...
#resistance #resist #nonviolence