Decolonization is not a Metaphor: Basics of a Genuine Anti-Colonial Position
[Editor: the author’s name is not listed on the original web post] DECOLONIZATION IS NOT A METAPHOR: THE BASICS OF A GENUINE ANTI-COLONIAL POSITION The purpose of this short article … Continue reading
Post-Buddhism: Hipster Buddhism?
Ok, let’s take on what might be considered a legitimate critique: isn’t Post-Buddhism (as I’ve described it so far) just “Hipster Buddhism”? Well folks, Hipsterism is a style, a fashion … Continue reading
Psychiatric Diagnosis is a Fraud: The Destructive and Damaging Fiction of Biological ‘Diseases’
By ROBERT BEREZIN, MD April 5, 2016 Originally Published in Mad in America “Life is pain, Princess. Anyone who tells you different is selling you something.”– Dread Pirate Roberts, in “The Princess Bride” … Continue reading
Post-Buddhism: Networked Dharma is Swarming
I should make it clear to my readers that I am a sociologist, not a philosopher or a Buddhologist. I don’t read or translate Pali or sanskrit. So I tend … Continue reading
Post-Buddhism: The Adbusters Sutra
Post-Buddhism needs some new sutras to illuminate the experience of the dharma in the 21st century. When I want to awaken with a start to the truths of my sensory experience, … Continue reading
Farm Workers Sue Over Labor Rights in Landmark Case for ‘Dignity and Humanity’
Farm workers have sued New York for the right to organize in a groundbreaking lawsuit that demands they receive the same rights as “virtually every other worker,” the New York … Continue reading
Loretta Lynch: America’s Most Powerful Advocate for Trans Rights
Editor: This speech by US Attorney General Loretta Lynch is one of the most powerful statements of civil rights I have read in my lifetime. Story by Mark Joseph Stern, … Continue reading
US sues North Carolina over transgender bathroom law
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A potentially epic clash over transgender rights took shape Monday when the U.S. Justice Department sued North Carolina over the state’s bathroom law after the governor … Continue reading
Chicago Cops Beat Reverend in Car with Kids
2 Investigators: Pastor Says Chicago Cops Beat Her During Road Rage Incident (CBS) — A woman with two small children in her car tried to pull into her driveway. That simple task ended … Continue reading
Build-Block-Be: Give to Buddhist Social Action w/BPF
Block, Build, Be: Buddhism for Social Justice https://www.generosity.com/faith-religion-fundraising/block-build-be-buddhism-for-social-justice/x/13989916 $3,119 USD raised by 32 people in 3 days 10% of $30,000 goal DONATE NOW Share on Facebook63 Faith Oakland Buddhist Peace Fellowship, … Continue reading
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