Category Archives: Rock on-Peace Out

When I’m No Longer Young And Beautiful. | Rebelle Society

And in listening to the music, I remind myself that the moments between songs, the bridges, the restful lulls are where I anchor my awareness so as to not be overrun by the intensity of it all. To remind myself that I am here, now.

So that when I am no longer young and beautiful, I will remember the music. And the music will take me back.

via When I’m No Longer Young And Beautiful. | Rebelle Society.

How the People Can Outwit the Global Domination Plans of Agribusiness | Raging Bull-shit

One is a vision, the other is a nightmare: in every single case where industrial agriculture is implemented it leaves landscapes progressively emptier of life. Eventually, because it vaporizes the carbon, the soil turns either into mud that washes into the rivers or into dust that blows away on the wind. Industrial agriculture has no long term future; it is ecological suicide. But for obvious reasons those who profit from it cannot allow all this to become broadly understood.  That is why the food scarcity lie is so fundamental to them. They absolutely depend on it, since it alone can camouflage the underlying issues.

via How the People Can Outwit the Global Domination Plans of Agribusiness | Raging Bull-shit.

Love Ballad Of My Generation. | Rebelle Society

Love Ballad Of My Generation. | Rebelle Society.

Sitting on the hood of my Torino
I scanned the streets of Ocean City,
smelled the sweating August tar
Of our last summers burning.

These girls hugged their diaries to their chest
and we’d gaze
we’d gaze through
Sunlit dust and dandelion fairies
eager to unbutton their secret stories about us,
always about us,
and our eyes made such nimble fingers.

We were outward bound on inward glory…
always thinking about love
hoping on plans that’ll get us laid by
a girl who wears daisies in her hair.

Big sweet flowers for the butterflies
Stirring in our stomachs
Fluttering to land softly at the entrance
of her big… sweet… flower.
… My generation loved love.

Beats out casino business? Red Lake approves marijuana study: Medicinal herb and industrial hemp could boost economy | Bemidji Pioneer

The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Council unanimously approved Tuesday a study on how medicinal marijuana and industrial hemp could benefit the Red Lake Nation.Many American Indian tribes began discussing the potential of marijuana and hemp on reservations after the federal Department of Justice released a memo Dec. 11 in response to some tribes requesting guidance on the enforcement of the Controlled Substance Act

Many American Indian tribes began discussing the potential of marijuana and hemp on reservations after the federal Department of Justice released a memo Dec. 11 in response to some tribes requesting guidance on the enforcement of the Controlled Substance Act on tribal lands by the U.S. Attorneys’ offices.

“It came seemingly out of nowhere, the federal government says Indians can go ahead and grow marijuana,” said Michael Meuers, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians public relations representative. “Most tribes across the country are looking at this.”

via Red Lake approves marijuana study: Medicinal herb and industrial hemp could boost economy | Bemidji Pioneer.

Cuba: through her eyes | openDemocracy

Eva has an interesting answer to the question of Cuba’s future. “It is no longer a fight between capitalism and socialism. We are in a transition to tierralismo.” Tierralismo translates as ‘landism’ or in a recent documentary of the same name, as ‘cultivating change.’ It strikes me as an important metaphor for the country as it searches for its way among the choppy seas of development. Change does not just happen; it is a process of cultivation and refinement. Certain seeds must be planted, tended, and nurtured if they are to survive into the future. As feminists, as activists, as those standing in solidarity with the Cuban people, our role is to listen and follow these leaders emerging from the Cuban soil.

via Cuba: through her eyes | openDemocracy.