Sulak Sivaraksa: Tackle Social Structures
“We would do better to understand and de-structure these corporations. My main concern is social structure that is unjust and violent. Corporations are the biggest and most powerful examples. Most … Continue reading →
Bishop Desmond Tutu Speaks Out for Climate Action
Bishop Desmond Tutu calls for end to fossil fuel era.
Slavoj Žižek: Love as Subversive Politics
” I think today, more and more, love is emerging as something dangerous and subversive. Think about how you are addressed in your everyday life by society, what society demands … Continue reading →
Welcome to the Real World
The so-called real world is a perpetual cycle of suffering and discontent called samsara, in which base emotions such as hatred, envy, grasping, and ignorance reign. In our own time … Continue reading →
Nathan Thompson: Our Social Movement Need More Movement
Our Social Movements Need More Movement! by Nathan G. Thompson A little over a week ago, I co-taught a workshop with Mushim Patricia Ikeda at the Buddhist Peace Fellowship’s National Gathering entitled … Continue reading →
Insurrectionist Theology: critical studies in religion, politics and culture
Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture Slavoj Zizek, Clayton Crockett, Creston Davis, Jeffrey W. Robbins, Editors [Editor: Creston Davis, the editor of the Insurrections series, is looking for material that covers … Continue reading →
Trans*Buddhism: interview with transbuddhists.org
August 21, 2014 by Justin Whitaker I am honored this month to share an interview with the creators of transbuddhists.organd a guide to trans*competence (links below). Please read on and visit their website to find out … Continue reading →
Injustice in Ferguson, Long Before Michael Brown
Peter Coy August 21, 2014 Photograph by Philip Montgomery A woman watches protesters on West Florissant Avenue on Aug. 19 Early this year, before the summer weather in Ferguson, Mo., … Continue reading →
Take the Buddhists Bowling
WE COULD STOP PUTTING LIDS ON OURSELVES It is as if we were extraordinary children, possessing all sorts of genius, and we were being undermined by the society around us, … Continue reading →
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