A Manifesto We are the World Changers. We are in our 20's and 30's. Some of us are teenagers, others are older. A beautiful people has been called so many things. Many of them pejorative in nature, most named by those who aren't among us. Have you been classified yet? Generation X; Generation Y; Generation Z; The Net Generation; Reagan Babies; Millennials; iGeneration; the Second Baby Boom; Indigo Children; Crystal Children; the D.A.R.E Generation; the Google Generation; MySpace Generation; Generation Next; the Grand Theft Auto Generation; Pepsi Generation; Nintendo Generation; the Cynical Generation; Generation 9/11; The Next Greatest Generation; The MTV Generation; Columbine Kids; This world is changing fast. Faster than it ever has, and we are the ones who have to figure out how to live in this world. Such a generation was made to do great things. Every day is a turning point, a hinge on the story of humanity. We come in many colours, we come in many shapes, sizes. We come from all over the world. We are the outcasts. Punks, Skaters, Street Kids, Dead Heads, Meat Heads, any kind of Heads. Each has her own political views; Each has their own music. The "Main Stream" is no longer mainstream. We are not categorized by our sexual orientation. Gay, Straight, Lesbian, Bi........ Curious? None of us has The Answer that will save the world. Maybe we have a few good ideas. Put together, a few good ideas are becoming a New World. What is your religion, your faith, your lack of faith? Do you know? Do you care? One thing is evident. We all agree on one thing. We must save us from ourselves. Fuck the End of the World. Not Yet. Not on our watch. Just the End of the World as we know it. The current Economic Model is outdated. You can't get a job and rely on the company to take care of you when you are old. Job security? The only security we have is knowing how to market our skills (and our schools don't teach that). You can't get ahead working for someone else. The only way to get ahead is by working for yourself. Our education system is based on a world that no longer exists. Our political system knows only how to perpetuate it's self. Still, all this is changing, because we can see it, and we are making our own path. We are the Now Generation. We are not of our past or our future. We must take a stand Now, instead of lying happily dormant while our liberties are taken from us. Let's stop inaction and take part in a revolution. Jesus said that the Kingdom is at Hand. What does that mean? Does it mean it's close? Is it coming soon? Where is your hand? It's right in front of you. I take my hand with me wherever I go. Revolution is with me wherever I go. If we don't claim the Kingdom now... when will we? This is the day to create your own reality! Now is the time to create Our own reality. There is no one left who can tell us who we are, or who we should be, but ourselves. Life is a Gift, given to each individual to do with what they may. There is no person, or power, or authority on Earth that can take a gift given to US and mold it to their purposes. Today, I won't be labeled by the Media. I won't be labeled by a Corporation. I won't be labeled by the Government. I wont be labeled by the Legal System. I won't be labeled by the generation that came before me. I call this the Rainbow Generation. What do you call it? We are Everyman. Everywoman. Everyone. We are characterized by our diversity. WE shall inherit the Earth. This is my manifesto as it is your manifesto. This is OUR manifesto. An Open Source declaration belonging to any person(s), organization, non-organization, entity or non-entity that claims it as their own. Each has something to add, something to say. If you don't declare what kind of world you want to live in, and make it real, someone else will do it for you. No single person wrote this. No one group can claim it. If you claim it, it is yours, and is manifest in your life. If you don't claim it, re-make it as your own, or write your own. But do not be silent. A Manifesto. keepersofthemanifesto@ gmail.com
thanks for any support you can offer.... if you are interested in working on constructive ideas towards peacefull (for as long as possible) revolution, or have something to add to this manifesto please e-mail keepersofthemanifesto@gmail.com either way, please pass it along if you like the message...
A now day Karl Marx... Well done my friend! But know that violence is not the way. The revolution must stay peaceful
I've thought about that a lot.... I'm a peaceful person. In todays world, the only violent struggle within the walls of our country would be very tricky. If we had any chance of sucess (with violence) other countries would tear us to peices amid the struggle. So... though I don't forsee a point at which I would think of violence as a strategy, I can only imagine that it will happen. I'm the least violent person you'd meet, I react passivly to any violent action towards myself, but yeah... I don't know
If you can imagine it, it can happen. Ghandi, Martin Luther King espoused non-violence with no tolerance for the violent. You lost my vote.
