Jayarava has published a great article on class dynamics and contemporary Buddhism, including analysis of British Imperialism in Asia and how it contributed Buddhist modernism. Read the full article here: The Problem of Class and Popular Buddhism “What I particular want to draw attention to here is that the first substantial European contacts with Buddhism were: some of… Read More Jayarava: The Problem of Class and Popular Buddhism

Mark your calendars on February 29, 2016 as “International Leap Day.” Early this December, Naomi Klein and the Leap Manifesto team joined thousands of activists and grassroots leaders from around the world during the UN climate negotiations in Paris. We were there to make clear that we refuse to leave our future in the hands of the… Read More The Leap in Paris

This is another instalment in the series on “emptiness” as “seeing through” the institutional facades that construct the power of capital and the corporate state. The following is an excerpt from Sociologist John Holloway’s Crack Capitalism, a follow-up to his popular book, Changing the World Without Taking Power. Both are available for free download as pdfs. The following passage… Read More Seeing Through: John Holloway’s Crack Capitalism

Democracy Now: The mayor of Flint, Michigan, has declared a state of emergency to address lead poisoning in the city’s water supply. Last year, the city’s unelected emergency manager switched the city’s water source from the Detroit system to the long-polluted Flint River in an attempt to save money. A study released in September found the… Read More ACLU: Flint Water Supply State of Emergency

Ferguson Nears Deal With Justice Dept. to Overhaul Police Force Mayor James Knowles III of Ferguson, Mo., announced the resignation of the police chief in March, shortly after a scathing report by the Justice Department. Jeff Roberson/Associated Press  WASHINGTON — Officials in Ferguson, Mo., have reached the outlines of a deal with the Justice Department that… Read More BLM: DOJ Cuts Deal with Ferguson Police to Avoid Civil Rights Suit

As Naomi Klein made clear in her book, This Changes Everything, it’s the World Trade Organization and international trade agreements that set the real agenda for climate change, agriculture, industry, wealth distribution, and basically who eats and who starves. Everything we won at COP21 could be lost, or already has been lost, in a WTO Trade Agreement, which… Read More The Dark Shadow of COP21: WTO

1. Black Friday 14: Interfaith group joins push to Drop the Charges against Black Lives Matter activists Co-Directors Dawn and Katie, plus another BPFer, teamed up with interfaith leaders to get arrested at the Oakland courthouse, part of a strategy that succeeded in persuading the Oakland District Attorney to drop charges against Black Lives Matter activists,including Black Lives… Read More BPF & BLM: Charges Dropped Against Black Activists