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peace within chaos: March 2009

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Friday, March 20, 2009. Well, it's been so long since I posted anything, I wonder if anyone's still paying attention. But the other day gave a couple priceless moments with Willow that I had to share. As we sat down for our third and final flight of the day Willow said to me, "there's no chance the same thing could happen in Sacramento that happened in Dulles is there? Dulles, what happened in Dulles? I asked. "Um, or was it Dublin? I love him so much. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I often have to stretch ...

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peace within chaos: the free town (co-athored by kassia)

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Thursday, December 11, 2008. The free town (co-athored by kassia). Most famous for are their bikes. They developed a kind of tricycle with the parallel wheels in front, supporting a large carrying container (pics below.). Christiania was the center of the european pot trade, with about $1 million passing through the community every day. The vibrancy of the arts, music, and performance culture is the focus for others. One way this has come up recently is in the struggles with the danish government. Th...

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peace within chaos: community and economy, sustainability and justice

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Sunday, September 28, 2008. Community and economy, sustainability and justice. I wrote this to a newly forming group called the Charlottesville Relocalization Community. We need community. We need a powerful social network. We need relationships. We need each other. Effective organizing is usually based on strong relationships. If the relationships are solid then you can face whatever comes. More than that, we need to change our system of economics. We need an economic system that supports and encour...

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peace within chaos: articulating the map

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Sunday, December 9, 2007. Note: This is an email I wrote to some of my new friends at Tryon. It does a good job of articulating and illustrating my current vision of how to fullfill what I am currently understanding to be my purpose in life. It's a bit rough, and all the terminology might not be totally self-explanatory, but I think you'll get the essence of the ideas and the excitment. Enjoy! I was thinking about using Mountains, Hills, and Valleys). Anarchist HR collective(s) -. Services and trainings,...

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peace within chaos: the call - co-authored by kassia arbabi

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008. The call - co-authored by kassia arbabi. But what is the right direction for our actions? Disseminating and displaying is one thing; implementing is another. So who is responsible for carrying this out? What if everyone, for no other reason than being alive, was guaranteed basic rights to "food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security."? How would people live differently? Our political and economic systems are falling ever shorte...

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peace within chaos: October 2008

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Monday, October 27, 2008. SWOMP (in Dutch) stands for Slimme Woonwagenbewoners Op Mooie Plekjes, which roughly translates to Smart Wagon-people on Beautiful Places. It's a unique and creative expression of the strong squatting movement in Amsterdam, using small trailer homes on vacant lots instead of occupying a flat or whole building. Generally, squatting in Europe happens on a level far beyond anywhere in the U.S. Why this level of tolerance, and even acceptance, in Europe? Thursday, October 9, 2008.

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peace within chaos: that's my boy

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Friday, March 20, 2009. Well, it's been so long since I posted anything, I wonder if anyone's still paying attention. But the other day gave a couple priceless moments with Willow that I had to share. As we sat down for our third and final flight of the day Willow said to me, "there's no chance the same thing could happen in Sacramento that happened in Dulles is there? Dulles, what happened in Dulles? I asked. "Um, or was it Dublin? I love him so much. I have been paying attention! Yes, pictures please!

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peace within chaos: euro-commune adventure '08

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Wednesday, January 28, 2009. Kassia and I finished a website compiling our writings and photos from europe this past fall. Here's the URL. Hope you enjoy it! Http:/ sites.google.com/site/eurocommune/. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am a Community Supported Activist (CSA) My goal is to work full time on building alternative social and economic groups, networks, and institutions. Many of my blog posts discuss this work, esp. Community and economy, sustainability and justice". View my complete profile.

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peace within chaos: applied morality

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Friday, November 23, 2007. Note: I have to credit the inspiration for this piece to some extent on the article "The Cellular Church" by Malcom. Which I highly recommend.). Somewhere along the line I became a highly moralled person. Despite a previously held position of moral relativism I've found that I have very clear ideas about right and wrong, good and bad, even if those ideas are firmly rooted in meta-ethical questions and value pluralism (I love wikipedia. I was about 20 years old when Paxus. Intro...

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peace within chaos: love, life, and bad habits

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Thursday, November 27, 2008. Love, life, and bad habits. Graffiti in Europe is as ubiquitous and impressive as the coffee and public transportation, but the other night a very simple tag caught my eye. From my part in the Twin Oaks production of the musical Cabaret I knew that "leben" in german meant life, so when I saw this scrawled on a window I was intrigued. Being in Berlin I did quite some reminiscing about Cabaret, which is set in this world famous. Over 100 people from other squats came to witness...