This is the slogan for the latest protests in Egypt that have become violent. The battle is not yet won there and the military continue in power. It seems like the same battle over and over again but at least there is a battle! It's as if we have collectively woken up from a slumber of over a decade where no matter what corporations, banks, or politicians did, there was no way to object. Beginning with the Arab spring and continuing all over the US, that has changed.
What does the future hold? 2012 doomsday predictions may go the way of the Y2K frenzy but there is an economic crisis and the future looks challenging for many of us. Occupy Wall Street and its offshoots provides a beacon of hope that we can fight the terrible inequities and injustices that have created a tiny powerful wealthy ruling class and a diminishing middle class.
Another movement that gives a glimmer of possibility is the local Farmers and Builders http://www.farmersandbuilders.net/ This group started with a Buffalo urban farm and is now expanding by buying empty lots in a blighted neighborhood with the idea of starting a farm and a community. And if the future is bleak, that is the perfect start to another way of life that is respecting the earth and its inhabitants.
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