[Editor: this is some really good, practical advice on how to stay in the Resistance for the next four years without burning out or going crazy. Stay sane and peaceful. How to #StayOutraged Without Losing Your Mind: Self-Care Lessons for the Resistance by Mirah CurzerFollowLawyer. Feminist. Photographer. Jan 16 originally published at Medium Corporation Since the election,… Read More It’s the Long Haul that Matters
This is a fantastic documentary of white people talking about their own consciousness of white privilege and their personal experiences with racism.
[I copied this from an FB post by Sebene Selassie re-posted by Chance Krempasky of Trans-Buddhists; I’m not sure who wrote it originally.] calls, calls, calls, calls… Practical Advice from a Senate Staffer: There are two things that all Democrats [or anyone concerned about the planet!!] should be doing all the time right now, and… Read More Sebene Selassie: What to Do Now
by Johnny Silvercloud, The Soul Brother #1 of a Kind from his blog, AfroSapiophile You can also hear Johnny Silvercloud’s podcast at AfroSapiophile [Editor] What I like about Johnny’s work, his photography, blog and podcast, is that he speaks forthrightly to both black and white audiences. He doesn’t speak as though white people are out of the… Read More Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About The Radicalization of Whites?
"There are a lot of F-words, and one of them is fear. And the fear is real right now." Drag queen Fauxnique on feminism and fighting Trump: pic.twitter.com/tlkgabjIab — Fusion (@Fusion) February 1, 2017
The following is a reblog from a site (films-for-actions) that catalogs a list of resources for compassion-based activism. Instead of reproducing the contents here, I will link you to the site, which I assume is updated regularly. http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/films-for-actions-library-of-articles-and-videos-about-lovebased-activism/ A Library About Love-Based Activism Martin Luther King Jr and Thich Nhat Hanh By Tim Hjersted / filmsforaction.org / Dec 7, 2016… Read More A Library of Love-based Activism
In Venezuela, we couldn’t stop Chávez. Don’t make the same mistakes we did. by By Andrés Miguel Rondón January 27 , originally posted in the NYTimes Andrés Miguel Rondón is an economist living in Madrid. He is a Venezuelan citizen who was born and raised there. Hugo Chavez was a populist, too. His opponents never figured out how to… Read More How to Stop a Dictator: End Polarization
