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The Stimulator interviews Kristian Williams author of "Our Enemies in Blue" http://kristianwilliams.com/
7 min
This morning, UK Black Lives Matter activists blocked off the M4 towards Heathrow airport in protest at deaths in police custody and the racist policing of borders. Ash Sarkar reports on the #ShutDown
2 min
The Economic Enigma of Money vs Life: [A Social Value Disorder]
I received the following comment from a police officer in Sweden after my recent post “Using Force: A Reflection and Some Suggestions for Police.” I think these comments bear publishing here as a post.
David C. Couper
In the vast emptiness of space there are an unimaginable number of galaxies, each galaxy containing billions upon billions of stars. Looking at one galaxy we find an average star that hosts eight unassuming planets – four gas orbs, and four rock orbs. But one of these planets...
Rua Lupa
Colonial feminism is based on the appropriation of women’s rights in the service of empire and has been widely utilised in justifying aggression in the Middle East. But is it liberal?
Deepa Kumar
“Without doubt it is the best documentary I have watched – on any subject – in years” – Tom Secker [spyculture.com]
212 min
What is salient is not important. What is important is not salient. The media turns us away from the issues that will determine the course of our lives, and towards topics of brain-melting irrelevance.
George Monbiot
This incredible story has a lot to teach us about how we can be more effective agents for creating positive change in the world, and in involves the idea of "non-complementary behavior."
8 min
Raull Santiago is a human rights defender from Rio de Janeiro. In March 2014, he co-founded the collective Papo Reto (Straight Talk), a group of citizen journalists documenting life in the Complexo do Alemão favela. The intention of the group is to draw attention to what is...
7 min
The criminalization of poverty is a global phenomenon of mistreatment and prejudice faced by the poorest members of society due to their economic circumstances, often influenced by and perpetuating racism and other forms of discrimination. It can manifest itself in various...
Alex Besser, Alix Vadot, Ava Rose Hoffman, Eli Nemzer and Nashwa Al-sharki,
There’s a lot of misunderstanding about meditation. In fact, says Karen Maezen Miller, that’s pretty much all that meditation is — the process of seeing how much you’ve misunderstood meditation and everything else.
Karen Maezen Miller
We express ourselves in the choices we make every single day, so why not express your thoughts on issues that matter to you by voting? Let your voice be heard! Vote this November!
1 min
The editorial staff of Othering & Belonging: Expanding the Circle of Human Concern,
Daisy Rockwell
If Trump weren't so dangerously close to being the next president, his campaign would be hilarious.
9 min
As an Indigenous woman who organizes in the hopes that both Black and Brown people might know greater freedom, safety and self determination, I am no fan of electoral politics.
Kelly Hayes
for a working class orientation at the heart of white anti-racist organizing
Chris Crass
Regardless of the outcome of November’s U.S. elections, what will count most is what happens in the streets. As Frederick Douglass put it plainly a century and a half ago, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did...
Pete Dolack
Pope Francis argues that modern economy's worship of 'god of money' leads to disenfranchisement and extremism
Nika Knight
Hillary Clinton will trounce the self-destructive Donald J. Trump, but the neo-liberals secure total victory if the Sanders movement falls away
RoseAnn DeMoro
The Southern Poverty Law Center gathered hundreds of stories of everyday bigotry from people across the United States. They told their stories through e-mail, personal interviews and at roundtable discussions in four cities. People spoke about encounters in stores and...
SPLC
A man is offering kids a shoulder to cry on.
Elyse Wanshel
The real life story about two former enemies who become blood brothers for life: Zahed Haftlang was an Iranian boy who ran away from home to join the army. Najah Aboud was a 19-year old Iraqi who had been conscripted to fight in the war, leaving behind his wife and son. Both...
54 min
The Australian Government released this advert today about Census Day (August 9), and its surprisingly helpful and informative.
2 min
28 Stunning Photos Of The World’s Largest Cave
Kid Krunk
The Presidential election is not a radical nor revolutionary litmus test so let’s stop making it one.
Nelini Stamp
I spent about nine months in an isolated cell behind a one-way mirror. It was cruel, degrading and inhumane
Chelsea E Manning
John Oliver covers the Democratic convention and the unconventional state of our democracy.
18 min
On 13 May 1985, Philadelphia police bombed the Move compound, killing 11 people, including five children, and destroying an entire neighborhood. The countercultural group lived communally and had a history of violent encounters with police.
4 min
I went backstage at the biggest political show on earth- and found America telling stories about itself
Laurie Penny
This is the incredible list of links compiled by redditor marisam7 on r/EnoughTrumpSpam maks the case that Donal Trump is indeed a fascist
marisam7
My favorite definition of privilege is 'thinking something's not a problem because it's not a problem to you.'
Why Bernie Sanders supporters should advocate for Universal Basic Income.
8 min
Fresh strike took place in same area where US is said to have killed scores in airstrikes last week
Andrea Germanos
The problems with 'winner take all' or 'first pass the post' voting, explained via the animal kingdom.
6 min
This does not preclude voting for third parties at the local and state levels, which is where third party power needs to grow before a presidential campaign could win.
gblues
Something strange happened on the last night of the Democratic National Convention.
Katherine Krueger
If progressives fail to seize the populist moment, the authoritarian right will fill the void. The insurgent Bernie Sanders campaign was a big step forward in building the progressive populist political alignment we need. Now that Hillary Clinton is the Democratic Party...
Jonathan Matthew Smucker
An argument for collective expression.
Official video for Ahmed by Lowkey ft. Mai Khalil contains devastating truths about war, migration and the underlying systemic issues that surround them.
5 min
Can voter identification, registration, and protection efforts help not only defeat Trump, but build a mass movement for democratic socialism?
Jesse A. Myerson
Luz Sosa came to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia as a disappointed Bernie Sanders delegate. But she is leaving fired up to take on big political fights in her home town of Milwaukee.
Isaiah Poole
As wildfire rages in California, flooding affects millions in India and China, and eggs are fried on sidewalks in Iraq, scientists say global climate catastrophe is surpassing predictions
Nika Knight
Both Trump and Clinton are scary bad news. There's plenty of time to make a decision. You don't have to answer to anyone when you make it. Whichever decision you make, make it part of a long-term plan.
Michael J. Dumas
It's become a TV ritual: Every year in mid-January, around the time of Martin Luther King's birthday, we get perfunctory network news reports about "the slain civil rights leader."
Jeff Cohen and Salim Kujitawala
Four ways to make it through trying times with an open heart
Pema Chodron
Why “Black” Makes Us Uncomfortable
John Halstead
Taking action requires practice, and that means training for it. Simply put, we have not been training to build the skills necessary for actively evolving the institutions of our civilization — so we are not skilled in the practices needed to do the work.
Most social change...
Joe Brewer
Sometimes, words just aren’t enough, but there are other ways to get ideas across. These images will help you understand what depression feels like.
Sherrie
If you’ve struggled with depression at any point in your life, you’ve probably heard some well-meaning soul say “just try to get some exercise, it’s good for your mood!” Annoyingly, they’re right; I don’t think that exercise can single-handedly cure depression or treat its...
Sarah Kurchak
Many Americans are rightfully scared shitless of Donald Trump; in particular marginalized people. But for many of us, we do not have the privilege of it being the first time we are truly afraid for our lives.
Morgana Visser
On La Gomera, a small island in Spain’s Canary Islands, the last speakers of a language without words reside. "El Silbo," a whistled communication used in rural and isolated areas, is dying out as islanders embrace digital communication and move to cities and the mainland...
4 min
The illusion of power IS a kind of real power. There is a lesson in this for the majority of humanity.
Joe Brewer
The day after Senator Bernie Sanders spoke at the Democratic National Convention and urged his supporters to work to ensure his former rival wins the presidential race, we host a debate between Clinton supporter Robert Reich, who served as labor secretary under President...
37 min
Emails appear to violate White House policy
Nika Knight
Brilliant comic, part of the Seeing Wetiko series, from The Rules.
Christina Tran
The series documents Rob Greenfield's off the grid bike ride across America on a bamboo bicycle where he practiced sustainable living to the extreme. In 4,700 miles of cycling he used just 160 gallons of water, burned less than one gallon of gas, never turned on a light...
25 min
It seems we’re entering another of those stupid seasons humans impose on themselves at fairly regular intervals. I am sketching out here opinions based on information, they may prove right, or may prove wrong, and they’re intended just to challenge and be part of a wider...
Tobias Stone
How to Be There for the People who Need you Most.
2 min
When you shrink the United States' population down to 100 people this is what you get. The United States has over 2,000,000 prisoners. Who are they? What are they in for?
3 min