The destruction of burial mounds in Detroit paralleled the displacement and genocide of Indigenous peoples throughout the United States.
Opinion
“Could it be that the fragmentation of our relations has been a fundamental cause of our exhaustion?”
Occupy Wall Street gave the left ideas, skills, and a base in a way no one could have imagined a decade ago. The radicalization of a generation, the ability to easily explain class, the potential for mass nonviolent direct action, and crowbarring politics to let in socialist ideas and elected officials are all invaluable legacies.
The COP26 meeting is an opportunity for world leaders to prove me wrong, to show us that they can act boldly on climate change and do more than make empty promises.
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, we look into sharing the climate crisis panic without having it backfire on you.
We can’t talk about corruption and tax dodging around the world when we’re encouraging it at home.
“We all have a story to share, and I believe knowing someone’s story creates connection.”
If done right, they should be prompting uncomfortable conversations, not self-congratulations.
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, we look into the restless mind, kept awake by the climate crisis.
The Bush administration used the attacks to label dissent and protests against international trade agreements as terrorism. Now movements have recovered their lost momentum.
Native women and women of color are the ones doing the work of surviving, recovering, and building resilience.
Research shows that polarized political discourse is actually addictive. We need a mass movement to break the cycle.
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