This diary is inspired by Neil Youngs' new song "Whose Going to Stand Up and Save the Earth? and his support for the documentary "Under The Influence"
SEPARATION OF CORPORATION AND STATE
September 1, 2014, from undertheinfluencefilm.com
Under the guise of democracy, huge global corporations have purchased our politicians and are writing laws that poison our planet and dismantle our democratic process. Corporations have usurped democracy by using their vast wealth to influence politics and silence the citizen voice in government.
All natural living systems are in rapid decline, pushing the human race ever closer to extinction. Despite enacted environmental protections, global corporations have recklessly abused the four natural resources that we rely on for life (air, soil, fresh water and oceans) as an open sewer for their toxic wastes with blatant disregard for humankind.
Neither the environmental crisis nor the many other social and economic crises we face can be addressed until democracy is restored and this cycle of corruption is broken by corporate money being removed from politics.
UNDER THE INFLUEN$E focuses on what can and is being done by conscious and committed citizens,
movements and businesses to reverse the ecological destruction and take back democracy.
Read more and see the trailer here
People, please go to this link and share. This is how I feel about
what is going on in OUR world. You can learn here. --NY
Whose Going to Stand Up to Save The Earth?
Music and lyrics by Neil Young
Protect the wild
Tomorrow's child
Protect the land
From the greed of man
Take down the dams
Stand up to oil
Protect the plants
And renew the soil
Who's gonna stand up and save the earth?
Who's gonna say that she's had enough?
Who's gonna take on the big machine?
Who's gonna stand up and save the earth?
This all starts with you and me!
Damn the dams
Save the rivers
Starve the takers
And feed the givers
Build a dream
Save the world
We're the people
Known as Earth
Who's gonna stand up and save the earth?
Who's gonna say that she's had enough?
Who's gonna take on the big machine?
Who's gonna stand up and save the earth?
This all starts with you and me!
Ban fossile fuel
Draw the line
Before we build
One more pipeline
Ban fracking now
Save the waters
And build a life
for our sons and daughters
Who's gonna stand up and save the earth?
Who's gonna say that she's had enough?
Who's gonna take on the big machine?
Who's gonna stand up and save the earth?
This all starts with you and me!
Who's gonna stand up
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I'll be attended a local People's Climate March on Saturday 9/21. Amtrak is offering 10% discounts for travel to NYC for the march. They also offer carbon offsets for all travel.