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Toby Rollo: Ally Work as a Practice of Critical Solidarity

The following article by Toby Rollo, a scholar of colonialism, is about doing ally work as “critical solidarity.” I found the article empowering as a white person because: 1. Rollo doesn’t like … Continue reading

2016/07/06 · Leave a comment

@BLM_TO: Don’t Stop Now

The BMLTO protest at Pride Toronto is a thrilling end to police oppression and a start to real equality and inclusion in Pride parades. And while we’re at it, let’s not … Continue reading

2016/07/05 · Leave a comment

Lance Smith: Me and My Shadow

“…feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back…They’re … Continue reading

2016/07/04 · Leave a comment

Is the next phase networked individualism or cooperative commons?

by Joe Corbett, from Michael Bauwens’ P2P blog. In this article “green” refers not to ‘Green Party’ or ‘green politics’, but “green” on he spectrum of the Inegralist model. I … Continue reading

2016/07/02 · Leave a comment

Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson: Buddhist Power Couple

Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson are not only two of my favourite  musical artists, but my favourite Buddhist power couple. They were both students of Mingyur Rinpoche. Lou was an … Continue reading

2016/06/30 · 6 Comments

Post-Buddhism: Thinking As a Tantric Practice

model of emergence: http://www.kierandkelly.com/emergence-and-the-reverse-law/ In the spirit of post-Buddhism, I’d like to offer thinking as a tantric practice. The raison d’être of tantra is to purposefully violate the tenets of virtuous … Continue reading

2016/06/29 · 1 Comment

Monbiot: Colonialism Capitalism Ecocide

Sunday, 17 April 2016 00:00 By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview George Monbiot: Never-Ending Growth Cannot Be Sustained on a Finite Planet Corruption, systemic injustice and an obsession with growth and profit … Continue reading

2016/06/27 · Leave a comment

How do I respond when I see racial abuse in public?

by Kate Lyons, originally published in The Guardian A woman faces sentencing on Friday for racially abusing three women on a bus in October. Simone Joseph called the women “Isis bitches” … Continue reading

2016/06/27 · Leave a comment

What Does “Kafkaesque” Really Mean? A Short Animated Video Explains

What Does “Kafkaesque” Really Mean? A Short Animated Video Explains by Josh Jones  Posted: 24 Jun 2016 09:00 AM PDT We derive adjectives from great writers’ names meant to encapsulate entire philosophies … Continue reading

2016/06/25 · Leave a comment

Are Black Folks REALLY a Minority?

[Editor: Whites are now and have always been a minority race in the global population. This article says whites make up 5% of the world’s population. I’ve seen estimates as high … Continue reading

2016/06/24 · Leave a comment

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