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Week Seven
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I'm not saying I’m gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the
brain that will change the world. – Tupac Shakur
May 8, Monday – Continue discussions from last week
May 10, Wednesday –
Read, View & Listen: Winder
and Comandante Ramona; Breedlove 2016; hooks 1994
(Love as the Practice of Freedom); Lorde 1984
Optional: Shakir,
on change… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uijBebYpoto
Turn In Wednesday: (1)
word; and, (2) Fourth of Five Assignments
1. Leah, Hannah, Arwa, Kiana, Anupram, Ben
2. Sophie, Trent, Raf, Darby, Jordyn, Nala
3. Mal, Alice, Brian, Conor, Patricia, Alex
4. Evan, Havanna, Riti, Kimmie, Adriana, Olivia
5. Sara, Sarina, Drew, Floyd, Victoria
Profit Margin (net income) = revenue – costs. Expressed as %.
Profit Margins of pharmaceutical companies
64% Sanofi (France pharmaceutical)
51% Taro Pharmaceutical Industries, Israel
45% United Therapeutics, Baltimore, MD, U.S.
44% Gilead Sciences, Seattle, WA, U.S.
38% Amgen (California biopharmaceutical)
28% Roche Holding (Switzerland pharmaceutical)
26% AbbVie (Illinois pharmaceutical)
25% Johnson & Johnson
24% Pfizer (New York pharmaceutical)
24% Bristol-Myers Squibb
16% Merck (New Jersey pharmaceutical)
14% Novartis (Switzerland healthcare)
https://igeahub.com/2017/03/14/top-10-pharmaceutical-companies-2017/
Insulin for Diabetes
Dermatology generics
High Blood Pressure
Hepatitis C
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cancer
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Pneumonia Vaccine
Cancer
Asthma
Cancer
“nonviolence requires stepping outside the habits of
seeing life as a zero-sum game and into the willingness
to uphold the humanity of those with whom we
disagree, aiming for solutions that truly work for all.
when the person or group being challenged can be
confident that their humanity and ultimate well-being
are cared for, that, in itself, increases the chances of an
effective outcome.”
“The psychology of violence emerges from
dehumanizing others, whereas nonviolence rests on a
radical, and ultimately positive, view of our fellow
humans, even those who act in harmful ways.
The psychology of violence stems from separation,
whereas nonviolence is rooted in an uncompromising
awareness of our interconnectedness, which leads us to
a profound and unwavering commitment to resist
injustice without harming anyone.”
“The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s
house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his
own game, but they will never enable us to bring about
genuine change.”
Audre Lorde, 1984
WHO ARE THE ‘MASTERS’?
WHAT ARE THEIR TOOLS?
back to our regularly scheduled
class and
non violent actions for social
change
that reflect a love ethic…
Martin Luther King, Jr. – Six Steps of Social Change
 Information gathering
 Education
 Personal Commitment
 Discussion / Negotiation
 Direct Action
 Reconciliation
Martin Luther King, Jr. – Six Principles of Nonviolence
 Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people
 Nonviolence seeks to win friendship & understanding
 Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice not people
 Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate &
transform
 Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate
 Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side
of justice
Gandhi’s principled nonviolence begins
with self-change
connect personal with political
feel your own power
Interlude
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Breathing Awareness
“I can enact self-change and self-love today and everyday.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op1rgjJAHb8
bell hooks, 1994
“Without an ethic of love shaping the direction of our political
vision and our radical aspirations, we are often seduced, in one way
or the other, into continued allegiance to systems of domination –
imperialism, sexism, racism, classism.
“I conclude that many of us are motivated to move against
domination solely when we feel our self-interest directly
threatened. Often then, the longing is not for a collective
transformation of society, an end to politics of domination, but
rather simply for an end to what we feel is hurting us. This is why
we desperately need an ethic of love to intervene in our self—
centered longing for change.
“Until we are all able to accept the interlocking, interdependent nature of systems of
domination and recognize specific ways each system in maintained, we will continue to act in
ways that undermine our individual quest for freedom and collective liberation struggle.”
what do we make
of a world
obsessed
with trying
to take and transform, until what is natural becomes
unnatural. who would believe
would gather in
earth's tears
salty whirlpools
gravitating
towards each other's weight or that
an Age of Doubt came
wishing upon stars
the unlikely occurs:
from the inside
shaken
slowly, radiating
Too much
into silence. When
earth splits herself open
birds fall from skies
to the Age of Silence
a presage
where intoxicated glaciers
across
unforgiving rivers,
that eventually
from wanting.
cover up
the land
in
the troubled waters
our names
stealth
1. Women, regardless of their race, creed, color or political affiliation, have the right to
participate in the revolutionary struggle in a way determined by their desire and capacity.
2. Women have the right to work and receive a just salary.
3. Women have the right to decide the number of children they will have and care for.
4. Women have the right to participate in the affairs of the community
and hold positions of authority if they are freely and democratically elected.
5. Women and their children have the right to primary attention in matters of health and
nutrition.
6. Women have the right to an education.
7. Women have the right to choose their partner, and are not to be forced into marriage.
8. Women shall not be beaten or physically mistreated by their family
members or by strangers. Rape and attempted rape will be severely punished.
9. Women will be able to occupy positions of leadership in the organization and hold
military ranks in the revolutionary armed forces.
10. Women will have all the rights and obligations elaborated in the
Revolutionary Laws and regulations.
Revolutionary
Law on Women
Comandante
Ramona
Monty Python’s Flying Circus, 1970
Ministry of Silly Walks Sketch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV2ViNJFZC8