Living Freedom Archive

Recent changes in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have provided ample grounds for optimism. Our century has seen a contest between force and regimentation on the one hand, and pluralism, individual rights and democracy on the other. The results of this great conflict are now clear. While no system of government can be [...]

While we share with other creatures an inborn need for mobility, as self-transcending beings we also resist any kind of limitation, even self-imposed. There is a good sense and a non-sense to the craving for unlimited freedom, and at this late date in the human career, it’s crucial to realize in our daily lives the [...]

“End the privatization of the Earth and her resources,” and make the ownership of these, as well as the things of human creation, commonly held for the benefit of all. The private ownership of the Earth and its resources, spells disaster for much of the rest of life on the planet, human and other, and, [...]

I sing to you of freedom my friend It begins with the heart when you wish to soar beyond your suffering this is the freedom you long for when you shed your tears that angels treasure this is your freedom, my friend when you laugh with your friend from the bottom of your soul this [...]

Friendly Fire Brown Fire Ethnic Cleansing Combat Insurgence Defensive Strategy Freedom Offensive Mercy Killing Peace Keeping Mission Accidental Coalition Fire War is ugly on t.v. It’s worse in our backyard, Mr. Prime Minister. by Lenore Rowntree, Writer Vancouver, Canada

One of the primary fictions that governs our lives is that we are in any meaningful sense free. Our way of life is predicated on freedom, and is freer than any other way of life that has ever existed, we tell ourselves endlessly, drearily, compulsively, as sleep-deprived we look out the window at the concrete [...]

Senada is close to sixty, maybe a few years older. The hell she has lived through has taken its toll. The deep sea of grief she navigates has put her off balance — not broken her indomitable spirit, but sent her off spinning through eddies of unfathomable memories. Glaucoma has rendered her nearly blind. In [...]

Starting ‘close to home’ helps me begin to grasp the meaning of ‘freedom’ in other parts of the world where it involves life or death. In my world, I value my freedom of thought. It means the freedom to search for the truth with as little outside pressure or manipulation as possible. It means the [...]