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 stop here. Let’s get rid of all religious organizations in Pride marches, because I haven’t seen a single religious organization yet that doesn’t oppress some… Read More @BLM_TO: Don’t Stop Now
“…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 like messengers that show us, with terrifying clarity, exactly where we’re stuck.” — Pema Chödrön “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, … Read More Lance Smith: Me and My Shadow
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 am exceptionally republishing an important contribution by Joe Corbett within the context of debates in integral theory, which purportedly dominated the period of postmodernity that… Read More Is the next phase networked individualism or cooperative commons?
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 avid Tai Chi practitioner who practiced the 24-move Ynag form with his last dying breath, Laurie faithfully at his side. Laurie and Lou were married for… Read More Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson: Buddhist Power Couple
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 Buddhist practice, the idea being that all phenomena are essentially pure and naturally liberated. So if “thinking” is a violation of the Buddhist edict to… Read More Post-Buddhism: Thinking As a Tantric Practice
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 at all costs have put our planet in serious jeopardy. Drawing on decades of powerful journalism, in How Did We Get Into This Mess? George Monbiot explores the consequences… Read More Monbiot: Colonialism Capitalism Ecocide
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” who had “bombs up their skirts” and told them to “fuck off back to your own country”. Fellow passengers filmed the attack, which helped to… Read More How do I respond when I see racial abuse in public?
