Lyla June, of Diné and European heritage, is an Indigenous water protector active in the struggle at Standing Rock. Her spoken word/musical recording, “All Nations Rise“, has received almost 2 … Continue reading →
Originally published on Instagram, natgeo This is Trina. She is a transwoman living in Jamaica, one of the most dangerous countries of the world for Trans and gender non-confirming individuals. Sanctioned … Continue reading →
Editor: Why are conservatives so against us? Because we trans people are the future of the human species, where there is no sex or gender, and no race, only individual … Continue reading →
Montreal Writer Kai Cheng Thom on learning to love monsters in her work, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars. By Lee Pepper on January 4, 2017 originally posted at http://apt613.ca/writer-kai-cheng-thom-on-learning-to-love-monsters/ Prolific writer, performer, social worker, and … Continue reading →
by Charles Eisenstein Originally posted on Nov 10, 2016, at http://charleseisenstein.net/hategriefandanewstory/ This essay has been translated into German as well as Spanish and French. Normal is coming unhinged. For the last eight years it has been … Continue reading →
Published on Dec 6, 2016 http://democracynow.org – The legendary singer, poet and author Patti Smith performed two songs Monday night at Riverside Church celebrating Democracy Now!’s 20th anniversary. Smith opened … Continue reading →
The EcoDharma Centre, Catalonia, is a retreat and training centre of the Triratna Buddhist Community. This brief documentary explains their view of the tensions and fruits of combining spirituality and … Continue reading →
I’ve written before about defining shunyata, or ’emptiness’ as “the possibility of existence.” The great philosophical and scientific question is, why does anything exist at all? The Buddhist answer is shunyata … Continue reading →
I’m posting this article because it captures many of the arguments on the left for a stateless transition to a post-capitalist society, achieved not through violent revolution, but through ‘interstitial’ social transformation. “Interstitial” I … Continue reading →
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