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Starmonkey posted a new Topic in Political Activism/Cover-ups:
Abby Martin

Lovin it. Tell it like it is, sister!

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Noa's picture6 years ago
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Noa posted a new Topic in Political Activism/Cover-ups:
War Tax Redirection

Here's one way to stop supporting endless wars...

 

http://nowartax.org/People's Life Fund.html

War Tax Redirection A Positive Alternative to Federal War Taxes

What message do we send with our taxes?

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  • fredburks's picture
    7 years ago
    fredburks

    Great stuff, Noa! I've been looking for something like this. I may do it. Thanks so much!!!


  • andrey's picture
    7 years ago
    andrey

    Does this mean that we can pay our taxes to these funds INSTEAD of federal government or is that too much to hope for yet? I read the page, but the wording seemed a little confusing to me. Thanks!


  • Noa's picture
    7 years ago
    Noa

    Yes, Andrey. That's the general idea. The People's Life fund has 3 different options. See A, B, and C above. Option B is a safe choice for people who think the IRS might come back and ask them for back taxes afterward.


    In any case, I'm glad to see people organize against this illegal system of taxation and forced funding of undeclared, illegal, and immoral wars.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ySZrO_u7vY


    (Please help, Andrey; I don't see the buttons to embed this video or make a hyperlink. I'm currently using filtered HTML mode.)


  • andrey's picture
    7 years ago
    andrey

    Cool. I'll definitely look into it. As far as videos/pictures/hyperlinks, click on the blue "Switch to Rich Text editor" button on the full node page. That'll give you the extra options. We're keeping them off by default so it looks cleaner on mobile devices. To embed a video, you can just copy/paste the embed code from youtube. The "add flash" button is taken off because the new embed code from YouTube works on all devices, whereas flash doesn't. I'll talk to Fred about writing some documentation.


    UPDATE: I just noticed that we did have it disabled on comments. It should work now. Cheers!


  • Wendy's picture
    7 years ago
    Wendy

    Thanks Noa, This is a great find. I knew about the war tax resistors movement a little but I had no idea anyone was actually suceeding with it enough to create a seperate fund. Here's the list of similar funds nationwide: http://nwtrcc.org/resist/redirection/


  • fredburks's picture
    6 years ago
    fredburks

    Hey Noa, I finally withheld my war taxes this year and am considering placing those funds with the People's Life Fund you reported on here. Thanks so much for you suggestion!


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Noa posted a new Video in Political Activism/Cover-ups:
Wages of Rebellion
 

Sponsored by The Nation Institute and The New School (http://www.newschool.edu), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and acclaimed author Chris Hedges sits down for a one-to-one interview with public intellectual, academic and activist Cornel West.

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  • ChrisBowers's picture
    7 years ago
    ChrisBowers

    exceptional testifying by Hedges!!!! makes me appreciate him all the more...


  • 6 years ago
    pastorbill

    I have listened to a lot of good people over the last 60 years and I like Hedges very much. My comment is this world is going backwards we have a lot less freedoms now than when I was a young man in the 50`s and 40% of working class people are a lot worse off now than then. What I am really saying is how long will the poor majority have to wear the chains of the capitalist corporations minority before they completly destroy this planet and humanity with it.


  • tscout's picture
    6 years ago
    tscout

    The answer is,,,,Until we realize, There are no chains!


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fredburks posted a new Topic in Inspirations/Transformational Stories:
Inspiring Quotes

Here are a couple of my favorite inspiring quotes. Enjoy!

Quotes from the amazing book Cosmic Journeys by Rosalind McKnight:

Every soul has its own special tune to play in the universal orchestra. p. 93

War is the manifestation of fear. Humans fear to be killed. Thus, they kill out of fear, striking first before the fear turns in upon itself. p. 223

From Revelations of an Elite Family Insider (2005)

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fredburks posted a new Topic in Political Activism/Cover-ups:
The Deep State Revealed
Hey beautiful friends, Catherine Austin Fitts is my favorite of the serious researchers into all that is going on deep behind the scenes. Some of you may know her not only as a great researcher, but as the Ass. Secretary of HUD (Housing and Urban Development) under George H.W. Bush. She eventually became a major whisteblower. The government went after her in a major lawsuit, which she amazingly managed to win, though only after she put $6 million into defending her case.
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nickmiller73 posted a new Topic in General Discussion:
Searching

Hi everyone, 

 

I've been away for a while, but I just remembered this place and realized it may just be what I need right now.

 

I'm planning on leaving society mid November. What I mean by that is i am looking for a community to live in and be a part of that is not a part of society in any way for a minimum of six months. 

 

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fredburks posted a new Topic in Spiritual Activism:
Something Greater

We are here for a greater reason. When we choose to remember this, it is much easier to keep things in perspective. The more we remember the bigger picture, the easier it is to make choices in life which serve us and all around us. 

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  • Brian's picture
    6 years ago
    Brian

    I believe it's about love and in my case, learning to remember to come from love and not from fear. A series of circumstances are making me wake the hell up-lol. I'm learning to not let fear stop me and fear has been crushing my soul for a long time. The spiritual leader I'm listening to right now pointed out that westerners are facing two serious problems with their spirit. First, Boredom and tiredness. Mentally rejecting life is boredom and physically rejecting life is tiredness. Boredom: the mind (ego) when it is strong, wants you to believe everything is the same-a faulty generalization of all things. Nothing inspires, nothing tastes good or feels good. Watch the video if you wish. I find him very insiteful. Cheers


  • fredburks's picture
    6 years ago
    fredburks

    Yes, Brian. For me, too, it's all about remembering to come from love and not fear. I'm glad to hear the universe is giving you good reminders to support you in that. The video didn't grab me, but I'm glad this spiritual teacher speaks in a way that touches and inspires you.


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Brian posted a new Topic in Dreams/Dreaming:
I also had a dream...

Shoot me for recounting dreams because sometimes nothing seems less interesting than other peoples dreams!

I'll try to keep this short-hopefully no one will die of boredom.

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