July 21, 2026: Waves of Resistance/Waves of Revolt

Barbara and Opollo talked about periods of resistance and revolt, and periods of a return to "normalcy."  We agreed that these are dark times, from wars in Ukraine and Iran that take lives and funding from programs for people, such as housing, food, and healthcare; to corporate rule that infringes on our rights of speech; to an NDAA that proposes a merging of USA and Israeli military, to Presidential Memo NSPM7 that creates a Joint Task Force of FBI, IRS, Dept of Treasury, DOJ, and DHS to identify, investigate disrupt, debank and dismantle organized political violence and domestic terrorism, arresting and prosecuting those engaged  in politically motivated violence, intimidation, obstruction of lawful activity modeled after the 1959 COINTELPRO program that neutralized organizations such as the Black Panthers and anti-war efforts and more recently, BLM and Occupy, using drones and AI; to global warming on a dying planet.  

These dark times require organized resistance and rebellion to respond to what is being called the "involuntary hell that is being imposed upon us by the powers that be--a government ruled by corporate power.  It has been suggested that we begin spiritual/moral grounding that transcends the individual and brings us into our sense of connection, of community, beginning with organizing in our communities.  Opollo talked about the Bigger We, something bigger than ourselves that can take away our fears as risk levels rise.  

More to come on this topic as we explore types of resistance and revolt, while not losing sight of the counter revolution designed to keep us in this new normal.