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$\"\"$ <\/a>I feel like shaking everyone and saying, don\u2019t you get it? We don\u2019t\u00a0need<\/em>\u00a0a Movement of Movements \u2013 we\u00a0are<\/em>\u00a0a movement of movements.<\/p>\n

My friends, we have been trapped in old dominant paradigm thinking. We have been steeped in warmongering, hierarchical, competitive, control-based mindsets since birth. We think we are lacking something, or that we\u2019re ineffectual at organizing, or we\u2019re failing. We call for a Movement of Movements, like the War to End All Wars, a rallying cry that will amass the allies on the edge of the battlefield so we can massacre our enemies.<\/p>\n

It makes me want to laugh \u2013 and cry.<\/p>\n

We want to name, label, categorize, and control the emergent phenomenon of this revolutionary resistance. We want to take the wild flurry of activity that is erupting on a thousand fronts and turn it into an army for change. We want to call it something because then we can control it. This is what our lineage of science and religion has taught us: if we give it a name, it is ours. If we trademark the Movement, we can capitalize on it. If we organize it all in one place, we can make it work to what we consider its highest potential.<\/p>\n

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Read the rest of Rivera\u2019s blog on her own website by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Rivera Sun<\/strong> is a co-founder of the\u00a0Love-In-Action Network<\/a>, a co-host on Occupy Radio, and, in addition to her new novel,\u00a0 The Dandelion Insurrection<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>she is also the author of nine plays, a book of poetry, and her debut novel,\u00a0Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars<\/a>, which celebrates everyday heroes who meet the challenges of climate change with compassion, spirit, and strength<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This essay was inspired by a group of women during a Women Weaving the World discussion. Many thanks to all of them for the deep reflections, but particularly to Kathe Schaaf<\/strong> who spoke of the\u00a0movement of movements in an eye-opening way. Learn more about Women Weaving the World\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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