Buddhists for Immigrants and Refugees
or How to Prevent a Genocide At the start of my Recovery Dharma zoom group every morning, we say our names and where we’re from. Some of us give a … Continue reading →
Buddhists for Kamala: Text Campaign
Action Quick Link: Training for Text Campaign: https://events.democrats.org/event/672393/ Action Quick Link DNC Slack group: dncorganizeeverywhere.slack.com If you’re like me, you find it difficult to fit into the designated phone bank … Continue reading →
Buddhists for Kamala Action: Zoom Rallies
ACTION QUICK LINK: KAMALAHARRIS.COM/ORGANIZE Zoom has become the platform for Kamala’s “virtual rallies”. Volunteers have held five Zoom major rallies so far: Win with Black Women ($1.5 M), Win with … Continue reading →
Buddhists for Kamala Actions: Postcards
ACTION QUICK LINK: KAMALAHARRIS.COM/ORGANIZE POSTCARDS: Here’s another way you can get actively involved in the Kamala campaign: write and send postcards to voters in the swing states. This personal touch, … Continue reading →
Buddhists for Kamala
ACTION QUICK LINK: KAMALAHARRIS.COM/ORGANIZE I’m kicking off Buddhists for Kamala here at Engage. I searched for it on the web, but couldn’t find anything like that, so I’m doing it … Continue reading →
Food Not Bombs – Myanmar
Punks among grassroot groups providing hope as millions struggle with hunger in Myanmar Our friend Kyaw Kyaw, teenage Buddhist monk, now leader of punk rock band Rebel Riot, feeds hungry … Continue reading →
Iran: The Revolution Now
Upon of the death of President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran, who died on Sunday in a helicopter crash in the mountains of Azerbaijan, the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini announced five … Continue reading →
Byung Chul Han: The Burnout Society
Byung-Chul Han’s The Burnout Society, published in 2015, was his first popular book of philosophy and social theory published in English. In The Burnout Society, he lays out the themes, … Continue reading →
Han: The Dictatorship of Transparency
Byung Chul Han Psychopolitics: Ch. 1 Part 3: The Dictatorship of Transparency Social Media as The Digital Panopticon “Today, unbounded freedom and communication are switching over into total control … Continue reading →
Why I am not a Communist or a Capitalist
[Editor: I wrote this in April 2021 and for some reason, never published it. Forgot perhaps? But it’s still relevant.] Why I am not a Communist or a Capitalist–and why … Continue reading →
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