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3232So What Is It That Youth Should Aspire To?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/so-what-is-it-that-youth-should-aspire-to/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/so-what-is-it-that-youth-should-aspire-to/#respondTue, 20 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293692Everyone wants a good future for their children, grandchildren and students. Most would say a better future. A quality education. Good work they are interested in. A peaceful community of well-being. Some kind of dignity in all arenas of life. The more time passes the clearer the demand becomes on all of us to begin [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/so-what-is-it-that-youth-should-aspire-to/feed/0Values to Institutions – Where Are We Without Vision?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/values-to-institutions-where-are-we-without-vision/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/values-to-institutions-where-are-we-without-vision/#respondThu, 28 Aug 2025 15:58:00 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1287873Hardly anyone manages to go through their formative years without society pressing them to “have a plan,” “know where you’re going,” “plan ahead,” “get ahead,” “save up,” “save time,” “set goals.” As a question it’s “what do you want to accomplish?,” “how are you going to get there?,” “when are you going to achieve this?” [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/values-to-institutions-where-are-we-without-vision/feed/0Eroding Cynicism Today
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/eroding-cynicism-today/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/eroding-cynicism-today/#commentsThu, 16 Jan 2025 16:59:00 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1278503A plausible case can be made that in 2025 there has never before been a greater need for consciousness raising and engagement on the part of social movements among broader and broader swaths of the general population. It can likewise be reasonably argued that there have never been better conditions for this heightening and engagement [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/eroding-cynicism-today/feed/2Why Education?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-education/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-education/#respondFri, 20 Sep 2024 15:47:00 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1272598Education. Just the term itself – for those of us not in dire poverty, being sanctioned, bombed or in climate ravaged areas who had the privilege of at least having the choice to attend a school – will likely in many conjure up stale atmospheres. Static rooms, procedures and old smelly textbooks written by big [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-education/feed/0A Note to the Left (and Working Populations) on the Doorstep of the US Presidential Election
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-note-to-the-left-and-working-populations-on-the-doorstep-of-the-us-presidential-election/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-note-to-the-left-and-working-populations-on-the-doorstep-of-the-us-presidential-election/#respondSun, 01 Nov 2020 09:05:02 +0000https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1039972https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-note-to-the-left-and-working-populations-on-the-doorstep-of-the-us-presidential-election/feed/0Who Will Win – a Conscious People or Anti-Democratic Elites?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/who-will-win-a-conscious-people-or-anti-democratic-elites/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/who-will-win-a-conscious-people-or-anti-democratic-elites/#respondThu, 17 Sep 2020 09:01:26 +0000https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1038438https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/who-will-win-a-conscious-people-or-anti-democratic-elites/feed/0
Everyone wants a good future for their children, grandchildren and students. Most would say a better future. A quality education. Good work they are interested in. A peaceful community of well-being. Some kind of dignity in all arenas of life. The more time passes the clearer the demand becomes on all of us to begin [...]]]>
Hardly anyone manages to go through their formative years without society pressing them to “have a plan,” “know where you’re going,” “plan ahead,” “get ahead,” “save up,” “save time,” “set goals.” As a question it’s “what do you want to accomplish?,” “how are you going to get there?,” “when are you going to achieve this?” [...]]]>
A plausible case can be made that in 2025 there has never before been a greater need for consciousness raising and engagement on the part of social movements among broader and broader swaths of the general population. It can likewise be reasonably argued that there have never been better conditions for this heightening and engagement [...]]]>
Education. Just the term itself – for those of us not in dire poverty, being sanctioned, bombed or in climate ravaged areas who had the privilege of at least having the choice to attend a school – will likely in many conjure up stale atmospheres. Static rooms, procedures and old smelly textbooks written by big [...]]]>