By John Perkins
As we reflect upon this July 4th holiday just behind us it is provocative to recall the declaration of our independence on the July 4th of long ago, 1776; one hundred and fifty years ago we as a nation voted for Abraham Lincoln and fought a Civil War in defense of human rights. Later we picketed Woodrow Wilson and convinced him to endorse women’s suffrage. Not so long ago we held teach-ins for Richard Nixon to educate him and the country on the travesty that had become the Vietnam War.
We’ve watched the Wikileaks scandal and we’ve seen The Pentagon Papers finally released in full. In the process, we’ve learned that we must continue to fight to make sustainability, independence, and equality the future for our grandchildren and their children.
We cannot count on the voting booth in 2012 – or any other year. We know that our elected officials are too often beholden to corporate campaign coffers and therefore that we must vote in the marketplace each day. It is the ultimate polling booth. Corporations exist only because we support them in stores, at the malls, and over the Internet. It is up to each of us to decide which companies will succeed and which ones will fail.
Only when we truly demand our freedom from the corporatocracy, its lobbyists, Wall Street, and the loans, regulations, and central bank that bind us to a failed economic system will we assure ourselves the real freedoms our forefathers envisioned for us.
We are united in our desire to create a socially and environmentally responsible economy. We want to rid ourselves of the viral form of predatory capitalism that continues to fail us.
Each and every one of us has a role to play. United we will win. We will bequeath a world to future generations that reflects the ideas of true democracy and a world rooted in a sustainable, just and peaceful society for all.
So, as we vividly remember the fireworks and lighted the sky of just a few days ago, let these memories light up our passions. Deep in our hearts let us remember that we have the power to create change. Let us each offer an oath to future generations, a promise that we will create a world they will want to celebrate for generations to come.
United we will win.
Llyn Roberts and I hope to see you soon:
WEST COAST, Big Sur, California next week, July 15-17 at Esalen http://www.esalen.org
EAST COAST, Rhinebeck, New York August 19-21 Shamanic Reiki & Shapeshifting Consciousness (separate simultaneous events) and the 5-day Shapeshifting into Higher Consciousness with both Llyn and John.
Use the Dream Change web link below to order Llyn's new book, "Shapeshiftng into Higher Consciousness", integrating spirituality, shamanism and environmental awareness.
John Perkins
Visit us anytime on the web at www.dreamchange.org
We are united in our desire to create a socially and environmentally responsible economy. We want to rid ourselves of the viral form of predatory capitalism that continues to fail us.
Each and every one of us has a role to play. United we will win. We will bequeath a world to future generations that reflects the ideas of true democracy and a world rooted in a sustainable, just and peaceful society for all.
So, as we vividly remember the fireworks and lighted the sky of just a few days ago, let these memories light up our passions. Deep in our hearts let us remember that we have the power to create change. Let us each offer an oath to future generations, a promise that we will create a world they will want to celebrate for generations to come.
United we will win.
Llyn Roberts and I hope to see you soon:
WEST COAST, Big Sur, California next week, July 15-17 at Esalen http://www.esalen.org
EAST COAST, Rhinebeck, New York August 19-21 Shamanic Reiki & Shapeshifting Consciousness (separate simultaneous events) and the 5-day Shapeshifting into Higher Consciousness with both Llyn and John.
Use the Dream Change web link below to order Llyn's new book, "Shapeshiftng into Higher Consciousness", integrating spirituality, shamanism and environmental awareness.
John Perkins
Visit us anytime on the web at www.dreamchange.org
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