Consciousness-in-Action

[This is a response to Integral Life’s recent blog post, “The Need for Men’s Liberation,” a summary of the talk between Dr. Warren Farrell and Ken Wilber “about power, oppression, and the urgent need for men to begin redefining their roles for today’s world” (accessed 25 feb 2010, http://integrallife.com/node/68177). In this response, I do not attempt to evaluate or critique Dr. Farrell’s work nor his dialogue with Wilber (especially since my multiple attempts to access the audio recording resulted only in an error message). Nonetheless, being familiar with both liberation and integral perspectives, and moreover, being committed to these, … Continue Reading

Here is my first post in a while. And it really isn’t even written by me. I wish it was, because it is simply excellent. It was written by my friend, Ricardo Levins Morales, who besides being a gifted artist is also a committed labor activist, a brilliant thinker and a powerful writer — all at the service of advancing an out-of-the-box progressive perspective for liberation, social justice and transformation.

I don’t know if I would call Ricardo an “integral” thinker; I doubt he has even hear of integral theory, Ken Wilber, AQAL or any of it. (Unless, of course, he … Continue Reading

Henry A. Giroux’s important analysis on the “new racism,” or how clever white men like Gingrich and Limbaugh attempt to redefine and reframe racism in our times, is a must read for people grappling for deeper understanding of its complexities.

TRUTHOUT ORIGINAL
Judge Sonia Sotomayor and the New Racism: Getting Beyond the Politics of Denial

Thursday 04 June 2009

Judge Sonia Sotomayor with Senate Majority Leader

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Czar Peter The Great's Summer Palace

I’ve been back from Russia almost three full weeks now, but I still feel like I am only just catching up with myself. Maybe it’s because since returning I’ve been traveling back and forth from Puerto Rico to Texas as part of The People’s Institute’s Undoing Racism™ statewide effort there, and have hardly had a chance to get grounded here at home. Writing this reflection and looking through the photos I took help me finally land.

Harmony Institute’s Second International Conference on Self … Continue Reading

Sociology + Biology: Poverty, which is created by economic, political, social and cultural forces in society, produces physiological stresses leading to the “income-achievement gap” between poor and middle class white boys and girls, with negative effects lasting through adulthood, according to this new study. If you always reasoned or suspected this, or felt the need for proof beyond anecdotal evidence, you might want to check out this Wired.com article. ${socialTitleEscape}

While you’re at it, check out the research paper:
Childhood poverty, chronic stress, and adult working memory
Gary W. Evans and Michelle A. Schamberg, Cornell University
ABSTRACT: The income–achievement gap is a … Continue Reading