The old culture is broken – highly dysfunctional and terribly corrupt. The areas of food, finance, energy, healthcare and media are all dominated by a few corporations, and all driven … [Read full article]
The GOP And The ACA
On October 1st, folks all across the country, regardless of their health, can begin signing up for the Affordable Care Act mandated health insurance co-ops, which offer substantial savings via … [Read full article]
An Occupier For Congress
Our federal government has now clearly established itself as an enabler for corporate special interests instead of being the champion of we, the people and the common good. All three … [Read full article]
Healing Racism: Trayvon and the Broken System
We Americans are prone to allowing our view of reality to be fed to us by mainstream [corporate-owned] media. We are quickly entranced by the talking heads who tell us … [Read full article]
A Spring that Can't Wait
As the corruption in our system continues unabated and the interminable Republican primary season continues its buffoonery of ‘solutions’ for our failing state, there is some highly unusual behavior … [Read full article]
The Drums of War: Iran Edition
We Americans are not the best at history. Because of the spin of corporate-controlled media, we are not reminded of the consistent pattern of deception exhibited by our government … [Read full article]
The Trouble with Occupy
The Occupy Movement is inspiring to many of us who long awaited a new dynamic into our dysfunctional culture. It is a powerful cultural force, engaging citizens to promote substantive … [Read full article]
Summit on CoreChange in Cincinnati
Something powerful, something new under the sun happened in Cincinnati this weekend. A three day summit on changing Cincinnati in fundamental ways, an effort to rethink our city with … [Read full article]
Occupy: New Wine and Old Skins
There is a famous biblical parable where Jesus speaks of his new way of thinking as something that cannot be contained in the existing Jewish culture. The idea is that … [Read full article]
World 5.0 Offers Priorities to Cincinnati City Council
On Thursday, 1/5/2012, World 5.0, in concert with a dozen or so Occupiers from Cincinnati, presented Cincinnati City Council with ideas for priorities for the council in this new … [Read full article]
Occupy World 5.0
We are in uncharted territory. This is like no time in our civilization’s history — global food shortages, climate crisis, unending war and violence, corporate domination, rampant systemic corruption, government … [Read full article]
Five Principles — Occupy Cincinnati
The Occupy Revolution is clearly a force to be reckoned with in our culture. Even at this early stage, the battle lines are being drawn. Many cities are resisting this … [Read full article]