Editor’s Note: I’m posting this bulletin from Climate Disobedience because, although we forged agreements at COP 21 in Paris, it is still the direct action of people on the ground, against fossil fuel targets, that will realize and enforce those agreements. Welcome to the first Climate Disobedience email newsletter! As we reach the end of the… Read More Climate Disobedience Movement
For the Benefit of All First Edition of White Awake’s Quarterly Newsletter “No one here actually came from some place called “white”. You came from a real place, and have a heritage and a background … We have allowed a paradigm that was required to move the economy in a particular way, and to privilege… Read More White Awake Calls Buddhists for Racial Justice
The game is completely rigged: The 1 percent has more than ever — and the system is too broken to deal with it. originally published in Salon Magazine The problem of inequality, Reid-Henry argues, is a problem that manifests between places as well as over time. This is one reason why it cannot be resolved… Read More Simon Reid-Henry: The Game is Completely Rigged
Shunyata is not something you think or believe; it’s a practice, its something you do. Shunyata, as a form of Buddhist analysis, but more than that, as a form of Buddhist practice, is to smash through absolutes and totalisms, like “being”as eternal, like “emptiness” as absolute void. Smash through any statement of absolutism, so that nothing… Read More Shunyata and Destroy
Social Movements Are The Next Big Weapon Could social movements replace conventional warfare? originally published at Defense Scene: http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2015/12/social-movements-are-next-big-weapon/124707/?oref=DefenseOneTCO Author Micah White is a lifelong activist and the author of The End of Protest, a playbook for the next generation of activists. Full Bio The idea might sound far-fetched. But President Obama’s steadfast refusal to send occupation forces to fight the… Read More Micah White: Social Movements as Warfare
(De)Constructing Knowledge: Decolonization is not a metaphor I encourage Engage! readers to follow the (De)Constructing Knowledge blog, a great resource for (un)learning racism, sexism, white supremacy and colonialism. By Abaki Beck, POC Online Classroom In order to further engage with the resources, the second Tuesday each month we’ll “deconstruct” one of the texts featured on POC Online… Read More Decolonization is not a Metaphor: Settler Colonialism
Minneapolis: BLM Activists Shut Down Mall of America & Airport Terminals DECEMBER 24, 2015 HEADLINES In Minnesota, hundreds of Black Lives Matter activists shut down sections of the Minneapolis airport, the light rail and parts of the Mall of America Wednesday in a protest of police killings of African Americans and of rising Islamophobia. Actions… Read More DN: BLM Shuts Down Mall of America
