| Woman's March, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
| Woman's March, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
| Woman's March, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
On 1/20/17, our nation's capitol city fell into the grasp of deeply disturbed men who want to drag us all into a dystopian Handmaid's Tale / Fahrenheit 451 future: anti-woman, anti-nature, anti-science, anti-democracy, anti-reason, anti-humanism.
On 1/21/17, the great cities of America (and the rest of the world) responded. In Washington, D.C. itself, at least half a million dissenters celebrated true freedom, probably many more, and certainly twice as many as had gathered for the travesty of the previous day. Likewise, the protests in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco were bigger than the travesty of the previous day.
Marches and rallies were also held in Boston, Seattle, Denver, Miami, Houston and elsewhere across the U.S.A., as well as throughout the world, e.g., in London, Paris, Barcelona, Tel Aviv, Mexico City, Melbourne and Berlin. Millions and millions of human beings, really, at over 670 events.
Here in San Francisco, in the pouring rain, such a multitude, so many powerful women, so many brave children, so much love, so much peace, so much clarity of mind, so much rich diversity.
This post includes some images from actions in San Francisco on both 1/20/17 and 1/21/17, and embedded videos of three powerful statements delivered at the Women's March on Washington, one from Madonna, one from Ashley Judd and one from Alicia Keys.
Remember, corporations are not people, money is not speech and 2 + 2 = 4.
May the goddess of liberty prevail. May the patriarchy be overthrown in the collective psyche.
May altruism and sustainability be exalted as spiritual and existential imperatives.
May the great shift accelerate.
May the vajra of the heart be realized in this lifetime.
-- Richard Power
| Woman's March, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
| Anti-Inauguration, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
| Woman's March, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
| Anti-Inauguration, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
| Woman's March, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
| Anti-Inauguration, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
| Woman's March, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
| Anti-Inauguration, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
| Anti-Inauguration, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
| Woman's March, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
| Anti-Inauguration, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
VIDEO: Madonna, Women's March on Washington, 1/21/17
VIDEO: Ashley Judd, Women's March on Washington
VIDEO: Alicia Keys, Women's March on Washington, 1/21/17
Corporations are not people. Money is not speech. Healthcare is a human right. 2 + 2 = 4.
Richard Power is the author of eleven books, including most recently, "Cauldron Yoga, Gaian Poetics and the Way of the Ancient Future," along with the other four volumes of his "Primal Reality" series, all of which are available in both softcover and Kindle versions via Amazon.com.
For information, visit his Amazon author's page.
| Woman's March, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
| Anti-Inauguration, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
| Woman's March, San Francisco, 1/21/17 |
