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A Plague of Gods: Cultural Appropriation and the Resurgent Left Sacred
A Plague of Gods: Cultural Appropriation and the Resurgent Left Sacred
A little over six years ago now, I received a demand which asked me to use my influence and this publishing platform to help denounce someone. I read the demand with curiosity and a bit of worry. The message stated in rather vague language that the sender had been asked by...
Rhyd Wildermuth
Nomads in Search of a Villain
Nomads in Search of a Villain
The new film Nomadland is a heartfelt look at the lives of itinerant Americans cast aside by the Great Recession. But it ignores how employers like Amazon are raking in profits off this new class of worker.
Paris Marx
The Confederacy Was a Con Job on Whites - and Still Is
The Confederacy Was a Con Job on Whites - and Still Is
Ive lived 55 years in the South and I grew up liking the Confederate flag. I havent flown one for many decades but for a reason that might surprise you.
Frank Hyman
So You're Still Being Publicly Shamed
So You're Still Being Publicly Shamed
The Right wants you to believe that a coddled, overly sensitive left is propping up cancel culture. But punitive, hyper-surveillant ways of interacting online are built into the structure of privately owned social media companies, and theyre practiced across the political...
Ben Burgis
The Age of Social Murder
The Age of Social Murder
The ruling elites, despite the accelerating and tangible ecological collapse, mollify us, either by meaningless gestures or denial.
Chris Hedges
To Reason With a Madman
To Reason With a Madman
Someone sent me a video on January 19th in which the host, claiming a secret source among the White Hat power faction, said that final plans are in motion to overthrow the criminal Deep State once and for all. The inauguration of Joe Biden will not take place. The lies and...
Charles Eisenstein
The Five Real Conspiracies You Need to Know About
The Five Real Conspiracies You Need to Know About
While millions of people are spellbound by falsehoods, actual threats go unheeded and unchecked.
Jeremy Lent
You Can't Hurt the Gangsters at the Capitalist Casino by Shuffling the Chips Around to Different Bets. You Take Their Chips off the Table.
You Can't Hurt the Gangsters at the Capitalist Casino by Shuffling the Chips Around to Different Bets. You Take Their Chips off the Table.
Pumping up GameStop will do nothing to change what people hate about Wall Street. Theres a better way.
Hamilton Nolan
The Oligarchy Knows Class Warfare Is the Real Fight—Why Don't Liberals?
The Oligarchy Knows Class Warfare Is the Real Fight—Why Don't Liberals?
The Democrats and Republicans have legalized a level of greed and fraud that even heirs of the robber barons thought unsustainable.
Chris Hedges
Open Letter to Bernie, the Squad and Progressive US Lawmakers: State Repression of the Farmers’ Movement in India
Open Letter to Bernie, the Squad and Progressive US Lawmakers: State Repression of the Farmers’ Movement in India
An open letter to Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Sen Ed Markey, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Sen. Patrick Leahy, Rep. AOC, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Rep. Cori Bush, fmr Sen. Nina Turner, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, Rep. Ro Khanna...
Saib Bilaval
We Must Act With Unprecedented Boldness to Meet These Historical Crises
We Must Act With Unprecedented Boldness to Meet These Historical Crises
The headlines dominating the news understandably deal with the outrageous behavior of President Donald Trump and the attempted coup he inspired at our nation's Capitol.
Bernie Sanders
Don't Let President Biden Make Us the Dupes of Our Hopes
Don't Let President Biden Make Us the Dupes of Our Hopes
More than being a time of hopeor fatalismthe inauguration of President Joe Biden should be a time of skeptical realism and determination.
Norman Solomon
The Doomer Mentality Dooms Us to Failure
The Doomer Mentality Dooms Us to Failure
Anyone who is honest about the present state of affairs on this planet knows that things are very bad.
Max Wilbert
Who Really Designates America's Priorities, Villains and Future?
Who Really Designates America's Priorities, Villains and Future?
Why Questioning the Rationality of Capitalist Nationalism is Essential for Humanity's Continued Evolution (and Existence)
Michael Emero
Both And
Both And
A Direct Route to Feeling and Experience
Josh Liveright
Children of the Lie
Children of the Lie
Renowned clinical psychologist and social critic John F. Schumaker examines the growing power and influence of the lie in relation to ongoing reality erosion and various cultural trends that are fueling the war against truth and introducing dire threats to social...
John F. Schumaker
Racism Is No Illusion. 'Racecraft' Is.
Racism Is No Illusion. 'Racecraft' Is.
Why race is like Santa Clausa pervasive myth we love to convince each other of.
Cedrick-Michael Simmons
The Last Chance to Save SCOTUS, and RBG's Legacy
The Last Chance to Save SCOTUS, and RBG's Legacy
The Senate has scheduled a vote for this Friday, October 23rd. If we the people want to stop Barrett's confirmation, now is the time; and here are two ways to do it.
Liam Miller
Naomi Klein’s “Hard-Money” Ideas Undermine Her Laudable Climate Action Goals
Naomi Klein’s “Hard-Money” Ideas Undermine Her Laudable Climate Action Goals
2014 Book Review: Naomi Kleins This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
Michael Hoexter
#Nicecleanvote
#Nicecleanvote
Sportis a bipartisan attraction in America today. No matter your party, you probably enjoy engaging in or following some matchup that takes it to the mat, court, or gridiron. Before starting in team or solo competition of all kinds, opponents recognize a moment devoted to...
Josh Adler
What to Do When the World is on Fire
What to Do When the World is on Fire
In December of 2019, my best friend Kit took me and my partner to the place where she grew up, in the remote Thora Valley, in the pristine forested foothills of Eastern Australias Great Dividing Range. As we drove down Darkwood, the single road into the Thora, Kit told us...
Henry Coleman
World on Fire
World on Fire
Brazils Pantanal is the worlds largest tropical wetland, covering an area nearly the size of Britain. Only today, it isnt so wet. After a summer of drought, catastrophic fires are raging that have devastated 2.4 million hectares of land already this year. (Thats more than has...
Charles Eisenstein
A Vision of Creation: Progress in the Long View of History
A Vision of Creation: Progress in the Long View of History
The arc of history is long and tiresome, but the events of the past are never as far away as we would like to believe they are. To understand where we are going, we must reflect on where weve been. In doing so, we will find the troubles of the past are not yet laid behind us...
Matthew R. Bishop
We Can Do Better Than This
We Can Do Better Than This
My wife, Stella, recently shut down her account on the social-media-platform-that-must-not-be-named. It feels like Im walking away from a fight, she said. Almost everything I read there is a signal as to what side the poster is on. Or an attempt to promote the idea that, Im...
Charles Eisenstein
Ten Days of Charles Eisenstein
Ten Days of Charles Eisenstein
A Collection of Tweets That Fell on Deaf Ears
Josh Liveright
Understanding Trump's Game Plan in Portland Could Be the Key to Preventing a Coup in November
Understanding Trump's Game Plan in Portland Could Be the Key to Preventing a Coup in November
Defeating Trumps law and order strategy will mean creating a plan to win based on our strengths and his weaknesses.
George Lakey
Necropolitics, Social Fascism and Algorithmic Colonialism
Necropolitics, Social Fascism and Algorithmic Colonialism
Is the old world really dying while the new one struggles to be born? Or does it merely mutate, gorging on technology and the intensification of social fear?
Antoni Aguiló
6 Reasons so Many Spiritual People Have Been Fooled by Qanon
6 Reasons so Many Spiritual People Have Been Fooled by Qanon
At a time when paramilitary units snatch nonviolent protesters from the streets of big American cities and when even Fox News has finally begun to apply scrutiny on the occupant of the White House, seeing much of the New Age scene convert into the latest constituency for...
Martin Winiecki
Human Beings Are Not a Virus
Human Beings Are Not a Virus
'Buoyed by our present solidarity, let us look to Irelands own historical fights to protect the environment and each other.'
Sinéad Mercier
The Cure of the Earth
The Cure of the Earth
"Love of life is the guide and motivator of ecological healing on Earth. Next comes learning how to put that love into action. How do we do that for that most alive of all places, the Amazon?"
Charles Eisenstein
Free Films for Action - Summer 2020 Highlights
Free Films For Action - Summer 2020 Highlights
In this round-up, you'll find the links to watch 19 documentaries we wanted to highlight this summer.
Films For Action
Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature
Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature
How do we get from the world of now to the society we long to live in?
Michael Nagler
Degrowth and the Emerging Mosaic of Alternatives
Degrowth and the Emerging Mosaic of Alternatives
After decades on the defensive, the left has once again started to embrace positive visions of the future.
Corinna Burkhart, Nina Treu, and Matthias Schmelzer
Affluence Is Killing the Planet, Warn Scientists
Affluence Is Killing the Planet, Warn Scientists
Would you like to be rich? Chances are your answer is: Yes! Who wouldnt want to be rich? Clearly, in societies where money can buy almost everything, being rich is generally perceived as something good. It implies more freedom, fewer worries, more happiness, higher social status.
Julia K. Steinberger, Thomas Wiedmann and Manfred Lenzen
A Working Definition of Racism
A Working Definition of Racism
1. Human beings are members of the same species. The term 'racism' is useful as a shorthand way of categorizing the systematic mistreatment experienced by people of color and Third world people both in the United States and in many other parts of the world. But this term...
Ricky Sherover-Marcuse
We Need Solidarity, Not White Guilt, to Fight Racism
We Need Solidarity, Not White Guilt, to Fight Racism
The well-intentioned drive among white progressives to check their privilege or take responsibility for their unconscious biases wont do much to fight racism. But forging real solidarity through concrete campaigns, protests, and movements can.
Hadas Thier
Working Assumptions for White Activists on Eliminating Racism: Guidelines for Recruiting Other Whites as Allies
Working Assumptions for White Activists on Eliminating Racism: Guidelines for Recruiting Other Whites as Allies
Assume that all human beings desire warm, close relationships with each other. This is also true of you and of all other white people. Assume that you are a regular white person (not an exceptional white person) and that all whites are good people, caring, intelligent...
Ricky Sherover-Marcuse
What Are We Talking About When We Talk About 'A Police-Free Future'?
What Are We Talking About When We Talk About 'A Police-Free Future'?
Over the past two weeks, ourBuilding a Police-Free Future: Frequently-Asked Questions zinehas been shared tens of thousands of times. That zine is a great first step, but its also only 1000 words long! We know people still have questions, especially when it comes to some of...
MPD150
We Must Look Beyond Police for Community Safety
We Must Look Beyond Police for Community Safety
As community leaders calling for less funding for police and more funding for alternative community safety measures, we were glad to see the Star Tribune Editorial Board reflecting on the relationship between police and public safety a few weeks ago (Defunding cops is not the...
Tony Williams, Leilah Abdennabi and Sheila Nezhad
The War on Crime Is Really a War on the Poor - a Civilized Society Would Simply Abolish Poverty
The War on Crime Is Really a War on the Poor - a Civilized Society Would Simply Abolish Poverty
Invest in people, not prisons.
Tim Hjersted
Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police
Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police
Congressional Democratswantto make it easier to identify and prosecute police misconduct; Joe Biden wants to give police departments$300 million. But efforts to solve
Mariame Kaba
Native Americans Are Being Killed by Police at a Higher Rate Than Any Other Group
Native Americans Are Being Killed by Police at a Higher Rate Than Any Other Group
SUQUAMISHTRIBEDESCENDANTJEANETTARILEY,A 34-YEAR-OLD MOTHER OF FOUR, LAYFACEDOWNONASANDPOINT, IDAHO, STREET.One minute earlier, three police officers had arrived, summoned by staff at a nearby hospital. Her husband had sought help there because Rileyhomeless, pregnant and with...
Stephanie Woodard
Activists Catalog Nearly 600 Videos of Police Violence Against Protesters
Activists Catalog Nearly 600 Videos of Police Violence Against Protesters
"This kind of documentation serves as a counter-narrative to repeated denials of responsibility from the police, who are routinely claiming protesters were the ones to grow violent first."
Jake Johnson
Five Reasons Why People Defend Police Brutality
Five Reasons Why People Defend Police Brutality
As protests against police brutality are met with anunceasing barrage of police brutality, the obsequious bootlicking copologia in online discussion forums has been cranked up to eleven. Ive written a
Caitlin Johnstone
No More Money for the Police
No More Money for the Police
Redirect it to emergency response programs that dont kill black people.
Philip V. McHarris and Thenjiwe McHarris
Who’s Afraid of Vulnerability?
Who’s Afraid of Vulnerability?
Reframing vulnerability as a strength is what makes transformation possible.
Jason von Meding & Heidi Harmon
ARMY FOR TRUMP “Enlists” Citizens to “FIGHT” for Donald Trump 2020
ARMY FOR TRUMP “Enlists” Citizens to “FIGHT” for Donald Trump 2020
A terrifying new website recently opened up: ArmyForTrump.com
Matthew R. Bishop
We Have to Demand an End to the Social Order That Led to George Floyd's Murder
We Have to Demand an End to the Social Order That Led to George Floyd's Murder
At times of widespread misery, a single incident of blatant injustice can cause enormous, unexpected outrage outrage that then fuels far wider protests and more radical demands. This is exactly what weve seen across the United States since George Floyds murder.
Jeremy Gong
Police Abolition 101: What a World Without Cops Would Look Like
Police Abolition 101: What a World Without Cops Would Look Like
Can we come up with a situation where there are fewer killings, and fewer collateral consequences?
Madison Pauly
As the George Floyd Protests Continue, Let's Be Clear Where the Violence Is Coming From
As the George Floyd Protests Continue, Let's Be Clear Where the Violence Is Coming From
Using damage to property as cover, US police have meted out shocking, indiscriminate brutality in the wake of the uprising
Rebecca Solnit
Yes, the Looting Must Stop
Yes, the Looting Must Stop
Looting is the word of the day, on the lips of every newscaster, the president, and elected officials across the country. And, indeed, looting is a major problem in America.
Thom Hartmann
Don’t Fall for the Myth of the “Outside Agitator” in Racial Justice Protests
Don’t Fall for the Myth of the “Outside Agitator” in Racial Justice Protests
Whenever mass protests of any kind kick off, defenders of the status quo immediately accuse protesters as being duped by outside agitators. Dont fall for it the lie of the outside agitator is designed to weaken protests and downplay our widespread anger at injustice.
Glenn Houlihan
No Neutral
No Neutral
A letter to white people from a white person.
Josh Liveright
Dr. Cornel West Finally Said What Americans Need to Hear - Here's Why
Dr. Cornel West Finally Said What Americans Need to Hear - Here's Why
Brother Doctor Cornel West finally said what needed to be said on CNN. The one narrative a neo-fascist liberal mediasphere cant headline. Not in Venezuela. Not in Syria. Not in Yemen. Not in Tel-Aviv, Paris, the UK, or anywhere throughout the neo-liberal world. We are...
Josh Adler
The Answer to Police Violence Is Not 'Reform'. It's Defunding. Here's Why.
The Answer to Police Violence Is Not 'Reform'. It's Defunding. Here's Why.
Bias training, body cameras, community dialogues Minneapolis has tried them all. We need a better response
Alex S Vitale
May the Screams and Tears and Protests Shake the Very Conscience of This Nation
May the Screams and Tears and Protests Shake the Very Conscience of This Nation
No one wants to see their community burn. But the fires burning in Minneapolis, just like the fire burning in the spirits of so many marginalized Americans today, are a natural response to the trauma black communities have experienced, generation after generation.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Another Uprising Was Inevitable
Another Uprising Was Inevitable
This epidemic of racism is more prevalent, more real, more tangible than even a virus that is taking lives seemingly overnight. When do Black people get to rest, to be safe, to breathe?
Zenobia Jeffries Warfield
How to Fix the World
How to Fix the World
The pandemic is very quickly teaching us whats important: health, love, food, a safe and comfortable home, creativity and learning, connectedness, and being able to get out into nature. Shouldnt those things be the pillars around which our societies are organised? The virus...
Laura Basu
'The Condor and the Eagle' Takes Flight
'The Condor and the Eagle' Takes Flight
From the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, to the oil fields of Texas, to the Ecuadorian Amazon,The Condor & the Eagletells the story of the collective struggle of the Indigenous peoples of North and South America in their fight to preserve their communities and to protect the...
Linda Etchart
Forget "Looting." Capitalism Is the Real Robbery.
Forget "Looting." Capitalism Is the Real Robbery.
This morning the president of the United Statesthreatened state-sanctioned murder in response to looting,laying bare the way in which white supremacy, capitalism and the state work together to violently repress people who defend Black life.
William C. Anderson