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When I started organizing as part of DREAM Act mobilization in 2010, I had high hopes: I thought the act would be my way out of poverty, fugitivity, and uncertainty. But I never thought: At the expense of whom? Back then, I lived in fear, which prevented me from slowing down and contextualizing systems of oppression like […]
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Military lessons for preppers: How to “improvise, adapt, and overcome” challenges
January 14th, 2018 
Awake Goy (Natural News) Murphy’s Law states, “If anything can go wrong, it will.” Today’s world is unpredictable – there are threats of nuclear war, an impending zombie apocalypse from radiation and toxic chemicals, and the risk of being overrun by machines and artificial intelligence (AI). How in the world do we prepare for these extinction-level disasters? […]
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No Comments »9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest
January 6th, 2018 Awake Goy How to Live to Be 100+ We all inhabit this beautiful blue planet, breathe the same air, eat food grown on our world’s surface and drink fresh water sourced from the Earth, yet some people are a whole lot healthier than others, and in fact, live decades longer. These are people who live in what […]
Posted in Jewish News, World News Tags: lessons, lived, living, longer, longest, people No Comments »Lessons from Spartan Society
January 5th, 2018 Awake Goy The Spartans were a Hellenic Tribe of Aryan people. The Hellenic people were Nordic tribes who moved south and settled Greece. The Spartans had a unique way of governing their society. They had a very martial system, which was so they could mobilize their whole male population. The Spartans believed themselves to be descended from […]
10 Breakthrough Lessons I Learned Trying To Heal My Kids From Autism, Anxiety & ADHD
December 5th, 2017 Awake Goy Next Story By practice, I’m a psychotherapist who has been working for over a decade in the world of mainstream medicine, a body of experience that has allowed me to develop a strong understanding of both its strengths and weaknesses. But beyond my work, I’m also a mom who fiercely loves her children, and for […]
Lessons from the Dark Ones
December 4th, 2017 Awake Goy There are those on our world that have lived in, and ruled through darkness. These “dark ones” have sunken so low (in frequency) that their hearts cannot perceive the love and light that is washing over the planet right now. It would be so easy to fear and condemn them, but I am here to […]
5 Lessons on Parenting from the Animal Kingdom
November 22nd, 2017 Awake Goy November 22nd, 2017 By Jessie Klassen Contributing writer for Wake Up World Nature has lessons for those who listen, and for those who observe with sincerity and open hearts. Growing up on a farm, I was afforded the opportunity of having a close relationship with animals. Over my years of living my life this way, there have […]
12 Life Lessons From A Man That Has Seen 12,000 Deaths
October 14th, 2017 Awake Goy Rooted in the hearts of many Hindus is the belief that if you breathe your last in Kashi (Varanasi) you attain what is popularly known as ‘Kashi Labh’ or ‘the fruit of Kashi’ — moksh or “release from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma”. Kashi Labh Mukti Bhawan in Varanasi is […]
Lessons From The Front Lines Of Anti-Colonial Pipeline Resistance
October 11th, 2017 Awake Goy Above Photo: WNV/Jeff Nicholls Google is blocking our site. Please use the social media sharing buttons (upper left) to share this on your social media and help us breakthrough. After eight years of anti-colonial resistance and the defeat of multiple pipeline projects, the Unist’ot’en Camp is still building momentum. The Standing Rock standoff over the Dakota […]
10 Cute Lessons That We Should All Consider Teaching Our Children
September 22nd, 2017 Awake Goy Next Story It may feel intimidating to know that you have produced this little beautiful being that could either contribute to the destruction of this Earth, or make it better. But I promise you, raising a child to be conscious of other people and the world around them isn’t that difficult when you yourself have […]
Lessons from Finkelstein: a response to Seth Anderson
September 9th, 2017 Awake Goy In an article last month, ‘Lessons from Finkelstein: International Law and equal rights should be the focus for Palestine solidarity,’ Seth Anderson maps out a strategy for the Palestine solidarity movement by drawing on the analysis and prescriptions of Norman Finkelstein. There is no doubt that the movement owes Finkelstein an enormous debt of gratitude for […]
How Should We Protest Neo-Nazis? Lessons From German History
September 5th, 2017 Awake Goy Above Photo: A supporter of President Donald Trump, center, argues with a counterprotester at a rally in Boston on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer After the murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, many people are asking themselves what they should do if Nazis rally in their city. Should they put their bodies on the line […]
Can The Politicians Heed The Lessons Of Hurricane Harvey?
September 1st, 2017 Awake Goy Above Photo: Flickr/ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Hovering Hurricane Harvey, loaded and reloading with trillions of gallons of water raining down on the greater Houston region—ironically the hub of the petroleum refining industry—is an unfolding, off the charts tragedy for millions of people. Many of those most affected are minorities and low-income families with no […]
Lessons from Finkelstein: International Law and equal rights should be the focus for Palestine solidarity
August 11th, 2017 Awake Goy ‘Zionism is racism’, ‘Israel is a settler colonialist state’, ‘a settler colonialist project needs to be decolonized’. If you’re a left-leaning person and you are working for justice in Palestine, you have probably come across statements like these. And as true as they may be, we have to ask ourselves a fundamental question: “Who are […]
Posted in World News Tags: equal, finkelstein, focus, international, lessons, rights, should No Comments »25 Life Changing Lessons From Albert Einstein
August 2nd, 2017 Awake Goy Here are 25 beautiful life lessons from the brilliant mind of Albert Einstein: 1. Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death. 2. Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized. 3. Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. 4. If people are good only […]
4 Invaluable lessons from the Great Depression you need to remember
July 26th, 2017 Awake Goy (Natural News) The Great Depression was a low point in our history (pun intended), but in our collective experience of it, there are life lessons to be learned. Regardless of whether or not we are heading towards the same conclusion (hello, crypto-currency crashes), it would do well to remember some basic life hacks. It is, […]
Why Police Reforms Often Fail: Lessons From Latin America
July 21st, 2017 Awake Goy Police who were stained with yellow paint thrown by protesters on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 13, 2017. (AP/Natacha Pisarenko) President Donald Trump’s appointment of Attorney General Jeff Sessions has led people to speculate about the fate of recent police reform efforts. Early into his tenure, Sessions said he intended to “pull back […]
Posted in World News, World Order, World Politics Tags: america, latin, lessons, often, police, reforms No Comments »Lessons From The Corbyn Campaign
June 11th, 2017 Awake Goy Above Photo: By Carl Court Note: Below is an excellent analysis of what the Corbyn campaign means and how it showed the Blairites were wrong. Corbyn could win the leadership of the UK in the future and did better than the Blairites. Jonathan Cook, a British political commentator writes in “The Facts Proving Corbyn’s Election […]
The Search for Enlightenment: 5 Crucial Lessons… and Why None of It Actually Matters
June 2nd, 2017 Awake Goy June 3rd, 2017 By Juliet Tang Contributing writer for Wake Up World Throughout my life, I was on a quest for the attainment of enlightenment until eventually I surrendered the need for it. This article was born out of the insights and inspirations I received from my search, and I am guided to share these […]
