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The War Prayer – Mark Twain

10 May ’12 1 Comment Written by Juliet Bennett
It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on..." The War Prayer, is a short story by Mark Twain about blind patriotic war and the God who is on both sides. Written around 1904, published after his death in 1923. Part 1   Part 2   It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the Read more [...]
Peace
God, Politics, War

Occupying DC

23 Oct ’11 Leave a Comment Written by Juliet Bennett
In DC on Tuesday 18th October, I had a chance to observe and talk directly with protestors, learning more about what they are really about. Camps and protests have been spreading throughout the city, I came across two of them. Each were occupied by a mixed age group, mainly students, retirees, and unemployed. Some had been there a couple of days, others a couple of weeks. Some supporters I met who have jobs join the protest even if just for an afternoon, to show their support. At the first Occupy Read more [...]
Adventure, Peace
Occupy, Politics, Travel, United States

“Shareholder Capitalism” VS “Socialised Capitalism”

21 Oct ’11 Leave a Comment Written by Juliet Bennett
Why did our political leaders bail out banks (who caused the GFC) rather than the public (who lost wealth and jobs as a result)? Why did governments spend trillions of dollars repairing a system that, in the well-known cycle of booms and busts, is destined to crash once again? Why are they bandaiding problems caught up in a powerbroker system that is visibly failing, rather than following the advice of economists like Joseph Stiglitz, who suggest seizing the opportunity for reform? Why do our political Read more [...]
Academic, Peace, Truth
GFC, Occupy, philosophy, Politics, Socialized Capitalism

“Occupy Sydney”

12 Oct ’11 Leave a Comment Written by Juliet Bennett
If you're not in Sydney (like me) or can't make it to protest, you can still spread the word about this peaceful protest to change the rules of our global capitalist game. Stop banks and corporations: - reducing humans to commodities - controlling media - funding both sides of wars - destroying the environment SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER 2:30pm Reserve Bank of Australia Martin Place and Macquarie Street Sydney, Australia Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122116297893189&ref=ts Occupy Read more [...]
Academic, Peace
Occupy, Politics

Carbon trading: the devil is in the details

14 Apr ’11 Leave a Comment Written by Juliet Bennett
Who benefits from carbon trading? Wall street??? De ja vu... Annie Leonard, my favourite "make it simple and tie a bow around it" chick, reveals the "devils in the details": Three problems: 1. Free permits to big polluters 2. Fake offsets 3. A massive distraction It's like going on a diet to lose weight. We all know in the long term, diet's don't work! If you wanna reduce carbon there's a very simple solution (which works for losing weight too): REDUCE YOUR CONSUMPTION. We Read more [...]
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Attempting Politics

15 Mar ’11 Leave a Comment Written by Juliet Bennett
Three years ago, before I went back to uni, I voted Liberal. Why? Three reasons: (1) Because my Dad voted Liberal. (2) I wasn't interested in Politics. (3) I didn't know the difference between Liberal and Labour (Australia's Right and Left). Not a good place for any voting citizen to be. And certainly not the best intellectual place for a person who has just enrolled in a Master of Arts. But that was why I was there. I felt an abyss of lacking knowledge and a desire to try to fill it. I thought Read more [...]
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Anarchy, Political theories, Politics

Youtube & The Global Pyramid

13 Mar ’11 2 Comments Written by Juliet Bennett
I am assisting the teaching of a master's subject called The Political Economy of Conflict and Peace, at the University of Sydney this semester. My first presentation was yesterday and in the lead up to it I drowned myself in the political economic papers and books I wrote or read over the last couple of years. And searching YouTube for parts of documentaries that I have found useful in the past. This entry has become a bit of a dumping ground for me to refer and share again at later times... maybe Read more [...]
Academic, Peace
Politics, The Pyramid

The gap between school and real-life

20 Jan ’11 3 Comments Written by Juliet Bennett
Does school prepare us for life in the real world? Is knowledge passed from academia to public spheres? Are we learning from the past, or do we continue to make the same mistakes? How well do we really understand ourselves and others in our geopolitical, social, and historical context? It seems to me there are major gaps within our distribution of knowledge. Today I want to focus on one of those gaps, the gap between life in school and life after school. Over the coming weeks I will look at Read more [...]
Academic, Featured Posts, Peace
Creativity vs Conformity, Education, Politics, The Pyramid

Brisbane’s Narrative Wreckage: Cataclysmic Interruptions and Redemptive Solutions

12 Jan ’11 Leave a Comment Written by Juliet Bennett
Content in living out your life: work, money, weekends, holidays, home, kids... and then something happens: a cataclysmic event changes everything. Be it a sudden illness or a natural disaster like the flooding Brisbane is now facing, everything you know - everything you care about, everything you have dedicated your life to, everything you imagined for your future - can disappear in an instant. As I write, Brisbane faces 12 people dead, 43 missing, 20,000 homes, and 3000 businesses under water. Read more [...]
Adventure, Peace, Random Life Stuff
climate change, Life in Oz, Narratology, peace, Politics, The Pyramid
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Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Personal Statement

As a "non-indigenous" Australian living on what was once the land of the Cadigal and Wangal Wangal communities, I wish to acknowledge the inter-generational responsibility that I feel toward the colonial past. As a beneficiary of "White Australia", to the Eora people of Sydney, I request your forgiveness. I stand in solidarity with your rightful demands to self determination and active participation in governmental decisions, and I hope I may learn from your eco-spiritual connection. May we, as Tom Trevorrow of the Ngarrindjeri puts it, learn to 'respect, care and share' the gifts that our planet offers us.

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