Quote of the DaySystems don't change easily. Systems try to maintain themselves, and seek equilibrium. To change a system, you need to shake it up, disrupt the equilibrium. That often requires conflict. Toward an Activist Spirituality (2003)
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Your guide to the protests in Seattle and N30 around the world. News | Pictures | Graphics | Opinion FAQ | Opinion | Letters to the Editor | Personal Accounts What's Next? | Slogans | Quotes | June 18th, 1999 News, Updates, and Media Coverage - July 23, 2000 Updated: 6/5/2001 "One of the Chinese observers to the talks said: 'I think "They never knew what hit them. They had assumed it would be business as usual, the way it had been for decades. Rich men gather, meet, decide the fate of the world, then return home to amass more wealth. It's the way it's always been. Until Seattle."
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Hacktivism "Police complain that no-one has officially told them about the protests. "James Hart, assistant commissioner of the City of London Police, said: "We have a fairly extensive police operation organised, but as with June 18 we don't have a single organisation that has notified us of their intention to demonstrate. "'In fact we have had no contact at all from any of the demonstrators which makes it extremely difficult of course for us to plan any response to their peaceful protest that they claim they will undertake." " City by City
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CALL TO PROTEST Globalize Liberation Not Corporate Power COME TO SEATTLE NOV. 29 - DEC. 3, 1999 Increasing poverty and cuts in social services while the rich get richer; low wages, sweatshops, meaningless jobs, and more prisons; deforestation, gridlocked cities and global warming; genetic engineering, gentrification and war: Despite the apparent diversity of these social and ecological troubles, their roots are the same -- a global economic system based on the exploitation of people and the planet. Created: August 31, 1999 |
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