Originally published at Open Culture: Umberto Eco grew up under Mussolini’s fascist regime, which “was certainly a dictatorship, but it was not totally totalitarian, not because of its mildness but rather … Continue reading →
Think the Women’s March wasn’t radical enough? Do something about it It might not have been as black, brown or working class as many might have liked. But criticizing it … Continue reading →
Women’s March: Linda Sarsour, Palestinian Muslim-American, leads this profoundly intersectional movement. “If you want to know if you are going in the right direction, follow women of colour.”
Democracy Now: Women’s March sets the course of activism for the next four years. Listen to America Ferrera, a US-born daughter of immigrants from Honduras, and her declaration of the mission … Continue reading →
Amy Goodman, Keenga Taylor, Naomi Klein discuss movement solidarity in face of Trump regime.
By Josh Jones; originally published at Open Culture 20 Lessons from the 20th Century About How to Defend Democracy from Authoritarianism, According to Yale Historian Timothy Snyder Rather than making … Continue reading →
What has just begun at the Inauguration of Donald Trump is the class war to end all class wars. Lately I’ve been thinking that this election is indeed a class war, … Continue reading →
In my survey of Buddhistic science fiction, I should have included the legendary Dune by Frank Herbert, published in 1965. I remember my younger brother was enthralled with Dune and read several … Continue reading →
UPDATED: Jan. 24, 2017 “All mental phenomena have mind as their forerunner; they have mind as their chief; they are mind-made. If one speaks or acts with a sick mind, … Continue reading →
I’m reading Mindful Compassion (2014) by Dr. Paul Gilbert and Choden. It’s a continuation of Gilbert’s work on the neuroscience of compassion, captured in his first book The Compassionate Mind (2009). Gilbert’s … Continue reading →
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