Food, the Thread of Life
Food is more than just nourishment for our bodies, it links us to people, to places and while, when we think of food insecurity, the more obvious losses from not having enough to eat come to mind, there is also a loss that comes with food insecurity that is deeper than hunger. Food is the thread that weaves through the tapestry of life, bringing people closer together.
Why We Fight by Shane Burley: A Response, Part 3
“The president may have changed, but the apocalypse continues. When you’re living through an apocalypse, the most fatal mistake you can make is to convince yourself it’s something else, that everything can somehow go back to normal. Normal is what got us here, and there’s no way out now except to go right on through it.”
Being Pagan: On Connection to Pagan Time
This was the meaning and the pace of time for our pagan, animist ancestors, not the time of ticking clocks and digital alarms but the time of the world in relation to the sky and what shone there.
The Witches Sabbat
The fear and pain of transformation, of becoming feral, returning to the wild, are worth it. This is freedom. It cannot be bought with riches, can only be gained through relinquishing.
“Savagery” in Guatemala stems from U.S. foreign policy – not Mayan civilization
“Bloodthirsty savagery”, which is often attributed to the Mayan people, far better describes U.S. foreign policy than any pre-Columbian civilization in the Americas. We ought to remember that the Mayan people still exist today, and they were and still are far from the backwards and underdeveloped stereotype propagated in mainstream media.
The Magickal History of Plants
For me that’s a major aspect to witchcraft and indeed obeah, the serving of people when they have nowhere or no one else to turn to and it’s here where the lines between healing plants and harmful plants become blurred.
The Needle and the Damage Done
The disruption to the global system caused by a six-day blockage of the Suez is only a taste of what is to come.
Our Lives Pivot on Origin Stories: On Deep Histories of Landwork
Origin stories are there for when we wonder why.
Why do so many people not have enough food to eat? Why can’t we afford a simple house? Why is your sex life unsatisfying? Why do I have a chronic health condition?
New Trackways
‘Still we are severing peatlands, woodlands, for engines that claim to be so light, so fast’
Byen og skoven | The city and the forest
To call the employment of street sweepers very civilized is something of an exaggeration. It would be truly civilized if everyone stopped throwing trash in the streets.
Summer Cooking with Foraged Foods
A good meal can bring families together and forge bonds, there’s a reason why the kitchen is often called the heart of the home. Foraging for food is an almost forgotten skill and is a great way to begin to connect with the natural world or deepen the connection you already have.
New Release: Reclaiming Food, from Emma Kathryn
Core recipes and Cooking Skills for Reclaiming Your Food Security
Why We Fight by Shane Burley: A Response, Part 2
In “The Fall of the Alt Right Came from Antifascism,” Burley gives antifascists the credit for destroying the Alt Right movement through effective organizing. To anyone who lived through the four years of the Trump regime as an antifascist, this is a welcome recognition of what we know to be true: when we confronted the Alt Right, we were able to defeat them.
Where the Sidewalk Cracks, Part 2: Interstitial Insurrection
There are cracks in the capitalist hegemony. And the life that grows there is both fragile and resilient, like a dandelion, both common and mysterious. It is irreducible to mathematical formulae or objectifying language. It is uncontrollable, wild. It is ubiquitous, and yet practically invisible to capitalist eyes. These cracks are the spaces which emerges when two or more people connect and form a relationship free from exploitation and domination.
Where the Sidewalk Cracks, Part 1: Ricochet Resistance
"I was amazed how a BLM protest could end up creating the conditions for a counter-protest and possibly even politicizing a group of people who may have never engaged in a political demonstration otherwise. While everyone was congratulating me on a great event, I was privately wondering if the most significant impact we had was to energize and mobilize people on the opposite side who might otherwise have stayed home. That was the last demonstration I organized. Ever since then, I’ve been trying to make sense of what happened."