Rojava: the Revolution Now
In the Heart of Syria’s Darkness, a Democratic, Egalitarian and Feminist Society Emerges. [Editor: As the capitalist system collapses, this is the kind of society we need to create in … Continue reading →
Get Engaged! Submit Your Beautiful Noise
ENGAGE! IS THE DHARMA OF CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT, social, scientific and spiritual. Our mission is to bring about awakening through the exploration of our deep interconnectedness, our interbeing with the phenomenal world. … Continue reading →
Contillo: Change Happens When We Are Embodied
[Editor: Another brilliant article on the connection between trauma, recovery and social change by the one and only Space Crone.] Caroline Contillo: Future Present: Change Happens When We Are Embodied … Continue reading →
Milk Tea and Democracy
I’m deeply inspired by the Milk Tea Alliance and the movement for democracy throughout Southeast Asia. What I witness in their movements are the most vibrant and life-giving forms of … Continue reading →
Ash Sarkar: This is England
Ash Sarkar’s Alternative Race Report “No other country could have made someone as obnoxious as me” Sarkar brilliantly connects institutional racism with class consciousness. She critiques the Tory obsession with … Continue reading →
Surendran: The Indian Discovery of Buddhism c. 1890-1956
” The Indian Discovery of Buddhism”: Buddhist Revival in India, c. 1890-1956 Authors Gitanjali Surendran Publication date 2013/10/18 Description This dissertation examines attempts at the revival of Buddhism in India … Continue reading →
Crisis as the New Normal
People often speculate what life will be like post-2050 when the full force of the climate catastrophe wrecks our planet. My partner’s granddaughter, who is now four years old, is … Continue reading →
Urban, Secular, Engaged: Cites, Laity and Early Buddhism
The following is the conclusion of a paper, Early Buddhism and the Urban Revolution, by Balkrishna Govind Gokhale, from The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2 … Continue reading →
Buddhist Futures: Social Care, Ecology
[Editor: The following article is by Sociologist and Buddhist José Antonio Rodríguez, on the ways that Buddhist values can shape a future world. Includes an interesting report of a ‘World … Continue reading →
Stacy Abrams’ Transit Equity
[Editor: I’m currently working on a campaign for fare-free and equitable public transit for the City of Worcester, Massachusetts. So I was very encouraged to learn that Stacy Abrams has … Continue reading →
Myanmar protesters bridge religious divides to counter military coup
Myanmar protesters bridge religious divides to counter military coup Ann Scott Tyson March 26, 2021 Seattle Christian Science Monitor Peter, a young father, looked out at the sea of tens … Continue reading →
Buddhism and the Political Process
Buddhism and the Political Process Edited by Hiroko Kawanami. “This is an important and scholarly collection of case studies – a fitting memorial to Ian Harris – which should finally put to bed the … Continue reading →