occupytoronto

After I visited Occupy Wall Street in mid-October, I wrote my publisher Penguin and suggested that they re-issue Transforming Power as an e book since it covers a lot of elements that helped to build towards Occupy.  They came back with the proposal of a special E book that we could get out quickly with a mix of new material with some material from the previous book.  They said it would sell for $3.99.  What a great idea I thought.  Now five months later the E book is out called Occupy This! You can buy it on Kindle or Amazon.com, Kobo or Chapters and i

It's hard to create a community based on love and compassion in the middle of a society based on greed and fear. The hippies tried it without much success even in the backwoods. We tried it in the women's movement but even in all-women groups, the training we received in a patriarchal society restricted our ability to achieve it. The Occupy camps are the closest I've seen to that beloved community that has so escaped our grasp.

It's hard to create a community based on love and compassion in the middle of a society based on greed and fear. The hippies tried it without much success even in the backwoods. We tried it in the women's movement but even in all-women groups, the training we received in a patriarchal society restricted our ability to achieve it. The Occupy camps are the closest I've seen to that beloved community that has so escaped our grasp.