In fact they were looking for weapons eager to find something they could justify the millions of dollars and massive deployment of personnel, the col… - Starhawk

Systems change in response to forces that disturb their equilibrium. External forces, changes in conditions, new energies, and new challenges can shake up self-regulating cycles. So one way to change a system is to stir it up. That’s the role of protest and direct action, and it’s the reason why stronger forms of action are often necessary to bring change. Sweet reason, gentle persuasion, and dialogue that doesn’t challenge the functioning of the system often end up becoming incorporated in the system’s own efforts to maintain equilibrium.

We worked hard, we were just making it — then they raised the interest rates, or closed the schools, or changed the laws....

Each being is sacred — meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared to the value of another being.