A Standing Rock Story Part 2
"We [White people] have no sense of shared identity with our neighbors, and no sense of shared purpose. We have no notion that our wellbeing is tied up with that of the people we live next to or share a building with. It is the ultimate in alienation. So much else flows from that." (From Eli Sterling)
The Caricature of Discomfort
A powerful and painful declaration of the reality of living with disability.
Why Are We All In This Handbasket?
The crust peels back and all-women are looking into a burning pit of rage…
Assigned Faggot: Gender Roles, Sex, and the Division of Labor
Sophia Burns looks at gender roles on paper vs. in practice, and the division of labor underlying both.
Regeneration = Gentrification…
“As we ever expand, as civilisation grows and spreads, the demand for space, for homes and resources increases.”
Meet Me At The Crossroads
Those of us who know that this world is a mysterious place, who have not forgotten our place and inter-connectedness within it, who remember and hold dear the knowledge that the stuff of stars is also inside of us too, it will be us who must be ready to fight, when the time comes.
Do Trees Have Rights? Toward an Ecological Politics
John Halstead proposes an alternative holistic theory of rights, one in which we can ground the rights of nature.
On Getting Perspective
I don't have the time to waste in these arguments any longer. I can feel the clouds gathering on the horizon. The storm is coming, and when it does, there will be no time left for pointless arguments and accusations.
The Democratic Party Is Not What You Think
Sophia Burns argues that activist nonprofits are front groups controlled by the Democratic Party
On Unity And Power
When we are unified, when we stand together, the vast horde that is The People, there would be no way of stopping us. The state knows this, and thus the only way to stop it is to distract us with infighting, brainwashing, and financial manipulation, to not let it happen in the first place.
Recognising The Tools That Divide Us
Recognising the tools that are used to divide us is the first step in fighting back.
You Have to Deliver
Sophia Burns urges revolutionaries to build community power by delivering tangible results.
Front Groups Kill the Revolution: Activism, Honesty, and Radical Tactics
Sophia Burns questions the ethics and efficacy of revolutionary front groups.
Bell Unrung
I've discovered a thick bell inside of me
that elegiac poetry rings
a terribly deep booming
knell
On the Wings of Birds
The phrase ‘Gods & Radicals’, was something of a koan to me when I first considered submitting material to this journal. I’m wary of the term ‘radical’ which so often slips from its original meaning of ‘seeking change from the root up’ into the values-empty ‘change by whatever means necessary’. On a recent walk, however, I found the two words ‘Gods’ and ‘Radicals’ suddenly coming together very naturally…
Being good storytellers isn’t enough
From Accipiter Nisus: Why matching your frame to your values matters ...