Lynching Memorial: Ghanaian Artist Hopes Sculpture Captures Shared Pain Between African Americans and the Motherland Erica Ayisi 5/07/18 1:18pm originally published at the Root Sculpture by Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo at the beginning of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice.Photo: Human Pictures (Equal Justice Initiative) Kwame Akoto-Bamfo’s visa application for entry into the United States… Read More Erica Ayisi: The Lynching Memorial
Uncertainty is the best tool to navigate toward our post-carbon future: Why confronting the limits to knowledge about complex systems can enhance our capacity to learn Josh FloydAug 10, 2017 Energy, Systems & Society Fellow, The Rescope Project; catalysing systemic inquiry for civilisational futures; beyondthisbriefanomaly.org; rescopeproject.org.au Source: Next Nature Network In this seventh contribution to the INSURGE symposium,… Read More Uncertainty and Evolution
In these two videos, DN interviews Arundhati Roy who talks about her latest novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Roy provides an insightful analysis of the history and political dynamics of Hindu Nationalism and fascism in India, and populist counter-movements in India. Roy relates that the caste system is being reinforced, Dalits are being pushed out of jobs,… Read More DN: Arundhati Roy on Fascism in India
[Editor: Notice in this article that the ‘extremists’ in Sri Lanka advocating this ethnic violence are not named for 7 paragraphs: Buddhist nationalists. This is an example of ‘Buddhist privilege’, the widespread belief that Buddhists can’t be violent. The history of Buddhism, going back to medieval India, shows that Buddhists frequently engaged in wars and… Read More Buddhist Violence in Sri Lanka
The revenge against the commons: Why France’s biggest police operation since May 1968 is prepared to kill for Macron’s neoliberal nightmare. [originally published at Open Democracy.] by Zad Forever 3 May 2018 *Zad Forever is a collectively authored English language blog bringing together dispatches from *la zad of Notre Dame de Landes, France, a liberated territory against… Read More ZAD: The Battle Against the Commons
[Editor: This article about the teachings and practice of Pamela Boyce Simms (not written by PBS) is a fairly accurate reflection of her teaching at this time. But warning: it’s really subtle and complex. I could not absorb its true meaning in one reading. I found myself coming back to it, reading it over and… Read More The Fire of Fox in You
Dear Sangha, We are writing with an update about the current situation at Against the Stream. As you know, a few weeks ago ATS received notice of allegations involving our founding teacher Noah Levine. The Board and Teachers’ Council deemed these allegations worthy of investigation and, as is protocol in such cases, Noah was asked… Read More ATS: Noah Levine Update
