20 4 / 2012

fyindia: Two Dhaneta Jat girls in Kutch, Guajarat.

fyindia:

Two Dhaneta Jat girls in Kutch, Guajarat.

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26 3 / 2012

indigenousdialogues:

“Today the headlines clot in my blood.
A little Palestinian dangles a toy truck on the front page.
Homeless fig, this tragedy with a terrible root
is too big for us. What flag can we wave?
I wave the flag of stone and seed,
table mat stitched in blue.”

- Naomi Shihab Nye, from “Blood”

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22 3 / 2012

aaronmoores: William Jefferson ”Bill“ Clinton

aaronmoores:

William Jefferson ”Bill“ Clinton

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17 3 / 2012

earth-song: Her beautiful eyes bright hide the sadness of herlife.Crossing a slum in India with a lot of kids around,begging for food and money, These Eyes Whenstoled the attention to see the beauty sections wherenobody else. Location : India

earth-song:

Her beautiful eyes bright hide the sadness of herlife.Crossing a slum in India with a lot of kids around,begging for food and money, These Eyes Whenstoled the attention to see the beauty sections wherenobody else.

Location : India

(via faces-of-our-future)

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25 2 / 2012

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15 2 / 2012

Italian immigrant family in Libya, 1933

Italian immigrant family in Libya, 1933

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19 1 / 2012

edocastillo:

From the project “Word as Image”  by Ji Lee (x)

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20 12 / 2011

The propaganda for justifying war in Iraq is being replicated with Iran. The question is whether we as Western citizens will let this happen again?

The propaganda for justifying war in Iraq is being replicated with Iran. The question is whether we as Western citizens will let this happen again?

(Source: leftish, via pieceinthepuzzlehumanity)

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16 12 / 2011

Beyond Hitchens (1949-2011)

There are two types of atheistic criticism of our society. Christopher Hitchens’ legacy was the idea that belief in the divine poisons everything; makes life unliveable for us in society together. The criticism of Bertrand Russell, however, focused on the base human desire for power and control, which is manifested in religion, in politics, in war, in family structures.

The former critique is important but short-sighted. We all practise this first kind of critique, against other religions if we are religious, and against all religions if we are atheistic. We all see that certain world-views (always belonging to ‘others’) are poisionous and so we reject their implementation amongst us and stick to what works and seems sensible to us. As soon as one begins with this first critique it’s noticeable straight away that we are dealing with issues of power and control; as we are in all our relationships and politics.

The latter critique has a further-reaching power to it. Power and control are issues for all of us. In regards to power and control, dominance and aggression, none of us can call ourselves free, free-thinkers, objective. Even more, we’ve all been involved in wielding power against others, we’ve all played a role in the societal problems of racism, classism, colonialism and every other reduction of the power of others and the expansion of our own control. This latter critique allows none of us the higher ground. By all being now responsible for participating in structures of dominance and control, whether religious or political, we are all also responsible for dismantling those structures when they result in injustice and oppression, religious, political and cultural.

A critique of religion, alone, will not do. Marx and Freud started with a critique of power and control, basic human desires, and moved to a criticism of religion from that starting point (an important move). We need to move to self-criticism, in terms of power and control, as the ultimate criticism. I know many irreligious who feel they are ‘right’ in their rejection of belief and religiosity - but stop there in terms of their participation in helping this world be free. I know many religious who feel they are ‘right’ in their rejection of unbelief and licentiousness - but stop there in terms of their participation in helping this world be free. We must move from a critique of belief and unbelief to a critique of ourselves, all of us, in terms of how we are wielding power and control. This is not a move we a free to avoid because even in our inaction we are enabling and allowing systems of dominance and exploitation to continue.

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16 12 / 2011

Matthew 6:21 - “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”

Matthew 6:21 - “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”

(Source: pbandjellyfish, via alliemickel)

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16 12 / 2011

"The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (via lumoslegato)

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08 12 / 2011

(Source: haralambros, via ethnique)

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24 11 / 2011

Apocalypse

Apocalypse

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23 11 / 2011

Bertrand Russell, 31 January 1970: The tragedy of the people of Palestine is that their country was “given” by a foreign Power to another people for the creation of a new State. The result was that many hundreds of thousands of innocent people were made permanently homeless. With every new conflict their number have increased. How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty? It is abundantly clear that the refugees have every right to the homeland from which they were driven, and the denial of this right is at the heart of the continuing conflict. No people anywhere in the world would accept being expelled en masse from their own country; how can anyone require the people of Palestine to accept a punishment which nobody else would tolerate? A permanent just settlement of the refugees in their homeland is an essential ingredient of any genuine settlement in the Middle East. Quote found by TheAgg: http://theagg.tumblr.com/post/13171881178/the-tragedy-of-the-people-of-palestine-is-that

Bertrand Russell, 31 January 1970:

The tragedy of the people of Palestine is that their country was “given” by a foreign Power to another people for the creation of a new State. The result was that many hundreds of thousands of innocent people were made permanently homeless. With every new conflict their number have increased. How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty? It is abundantly clear that the refugees have every right to the homeland from which they were driven, and the denial of this right is at the heart of the continuing conflict. No people anywhere in the world would accept being expelled en masse from their own country; how can anyone require the people of Palestine to accept a punishment which nobody else would tolerate? A permanent just settlement of the refugees in their homeland is an essential ingredient of any genuine settlement in the Middle East.

Quote found by TheAgg: http://theagg.tumblr.com/post/13171881178/the-tragedy-of-the-people-of-palestine-is-that

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23 11 / 2011

(Source: newyorker, via thedailywhat)

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