We had sort of been reliant on the idea that with Graeber out there, there was hope that life today would find a way out of systems of coercive authority.

We must ask whether the abolition of racism is possible without the abolition of race.

If someone worships wealth, though the idea of it might be immutable, they want how much they have of it to change. Even in worshiping deities, eternal as they might be, they are seen as having the power of Change.

internet harassment relies entirely on the physical distance of the perpetrators to the victims, but magic is a rather effective way of short-circuiting this technological distancing

The last few months and weeks in particular have also given me some hope. There are so many people out there who do not want to end up at the destination this current path leads to. We are starting to realise we are not just individual islands in a rushing river, soon to be engulfed by the dark, cold waters of Capitalism and all it stands for, but rather we are beacons.

Our two most-read guides, now together in print!

There’s no point in singling out any particular tendency of course. The hard truth is that police pose as pacifists, as street fighters, as photographers, as medics, as marshals, and as journalists.

From Rhyd Wildermuth

Today, as the cautionary tale that we have become, it’s not too late to start putting this planet back in our sights, even if it means looking at something uncomfortable and un-rescuable.

As years go by, what changed the most was my attitude. I've become more confident, sure of myself, emotionally balanced and close to immune to peer pressure. These qualities are often a turn-off for men.

A new course from Emma Kathryn

What should be clear to all citizens who believe in the promises encapsulated in the Bill of Rights is that those rights are under direct assault. We cannot let the power structure define when, where, and how we exercise our rights.

I don’t blame Mother Grundy for wanting to piss off and live in the wilds, to turn her back on a society that turns in on itself instead of standing together. I feel like that sometimes too, but of course, nowadays many of us don’t have the luxury of doing that, of escaping to live in the countryside, after all, the land is no longer free and belongs to those with deep pockets and corrupt.

Our latest offering, from Asa West

“I just stared at him for a minute, noting that he was insisting on reciprocity — a thing for a thing. It’s an ancient principle, the sort of thing an Otherworldly visitor would ask of you.”

The lobster who has never seen a kitchen before likely does not comprehend the meaning of the pot. But while lobsters in the ocean generally don’t have the means to educate themselves about kitchens, the American lack of understanding as to the mechanisms of fascism is not a matter of lack of means but willful ignorance towards something that happened far away and therefore, in their reasoning, would never concern or affect them.

Our eyes are wild. Our hair is unbound. We are aware of the enormity of the task that lies before us, and we are quite prepared to do our part. We are the witchcraft. And we shall overcome.

Dress for battle, even if all you carry is the sword of your spirit.

The autonomy of those moving needs to be supported and not hindered because the particularity of challenges are different at different scales, requiring life at those scales to be allowed to act with nuance to the complexity of a changing world. Trying to manage this from on-high as an intelligent designer or manager only makes the situation worse as it hinders the adaptation that life needs to engage in to move with changing social and environmental climates and shifting resources.

I also think that people are just unsure about how to prepare and cook foraged foods. Berries and fruit aren’t a problem, for the most part you can just eat them as you find them. Plums are so good fresh from the tree, sun warmed and bursting with sweetness! As July comes to an end and August is about to begin, it is the perfect time to get out there and find some tasty treats. Here then are some ideas on what to do with your foraged finds.