The radical movement has overestimated the role o activism and underestimated the role of reflection.
Grace Boggs
Articles: A Free Man's Worship
Like most people whose ideas were ahead of their times (or at least ahead of the cherished prejudices of the conventional), Bertrand Russell held many unpopular and controversial views, however his logic was invariably difficult or impossible to refute. In a Free Man’s Worship, Russell peers unblinkingly into the infinite void and arrives at a discomforting conclusion. He thought that evidence gathered through the scientific method of inquiry indicated that we live in a universe without purpose or plan. He felt that the Laws of Thermodynamics predict that the universe will end in an entropic death, and no matter how humans may strive, their own end, decreed by nature, is certain. Yet, Russell believed that humans may have some freedom of choice. he thought we might ge able to assert a ‘subtle mastery over the thoughtless forces of Nature’ and stand ‘proudly defiant of irresistible forces. It’s a disturbing vision, but as the monotheistic fairytales of a friendly father god in the sky lose their relevance, Russell’s heartfelt prophesy may help bridge the modern existential moral predicament so devastatingly identified by Nietzsche.”
Articles: A Free Man's Worship
Like most people whose ideas were ahead of their times (or at least ahead of the cherished prejudices of the conventional), Bertrand Russell held many unpopular and controversial views, however his logic was invariably difficult or impossible to refute. In a Free Man’s Worship, Russell peers unblinkingly into the infinite void and arrives at a discomforting conclusion. He thought that evidence gathered through the scientific method of inquiry indicated that we live in a universe without purpose or plan. He felt that the Laws of Thermodynamics predict that the universe will end in an entropic death, and no matter how humans may strive, their own end, decreed by nature, is certain. Yet, Russell believed that humans may have some freedom of choice. he thought we might ge able to assert a ‘subtle mastery over the thoughtless forces of Nature’ and stand ‘proudly defiant of irresistible forces. It’s a disturbing vision, but as the monotheistic fairytales of a friendly father god in the sky lose their relevance, Russell’s heartfelt prophesy may help bridge the modern existential moral predicament so devastatingly identified by Nietzsche.”
Articles: The Metacrisis
Metacrisis is a term that describes a complex, multi-systemic breakdown in society. It arises from the foundational views and values of modern culture, which contribute to various global crises. The concept emphasizes the interconnectedness of these crises, suggesting that they are not isolated issues but rather symptoms of deeper systemic problems.
Articles: The Metacrisis
Metacrisis is a term that describes a complex, multi-systemic breakdown in society. It arises from the foundational views and values of modern culture, which contribute to various global crises. The concept emphasizes the interconnectedness of these crises, suggesting that they are not isolated issues but rather symptoms of deeper systemic problems.
Organizations: Listening for a Change
Programs support listening and oral history to create a caring community.
Organizations: EARTHLINGS
A film about humankind’s total dependence on other animals.
Articles: A Basic Call to Consciousness
The Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse) Address to the Western World, offered to the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, May 17, 2013. This document comprises a powerful message given by the Hau de no sau nee (or traditional Six nations council at Onondaga) also called the Iroquois Confederacy to the Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) of the United Nations. In an unprecedented move, the UN meeting was relocated to Geneva, Switzerland to bypass illegal impediments implemented by the settler-colonial regime in Washington D.C., which did not want this message of peace and understanding to go out.
Articles: A Basic Call to Consciousness
The Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse) Address to the Western World, offered to the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, May 17, 2013. This document comprises a powerful message given by the Hau de no sau nee (or traditional Six nations council at Onondaga) also called the Iroquois Confederacy to the Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) of the United Nations. In an unprecedented move, the UN meeting was relocated to Geneva, Switzerland to bypass illegal impediments implemented by the settler-colonial regime in Washington D.C., which did not want this message of peace and understanding to go out.
Organizations: Across The Great Divide
Music among friends; folk and acoustic music; singers and songwriters. Familiar and new songs from home and across the sea. Stories of Life, Struggle, and Humor. Hosted by Kevin Vance. Listen live on Sundays, 1:00 PM Pacific Time.
Organizations: The Onion
The Onion is the world’s leading news publication, offering highly acclaimed, universally revered coverage of breaking national, international, and local news events. Rising from its humble beginnings as a print newspaper in 1756, The Onion now enjoys a daily readership of 4.3 trillion and has grown into the single most powerful and influential organization in human history.
Organizations: The Marginalian
Marginalia on our search for meaning. Every month, Maria Popova spends hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars keeping The Marginalian going.
Organizations: HowardZinn.org
Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922–January 27, 2010) was a historian, author, professor, playwright, and activist. His life’s work focused on a wide range of issues including race, class, war, and history, and touched the lives of countless people.
Articles: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
In the film “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” Baldwin traveled south to find out what really became of Black Americans after the protest movements of the nineteen-sixties.
Articles: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
In the film “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” Baldwin traveled south to find out what really became of Black Americans after the protest movements of the nineteen-sixties.
Articles: Lockhart's Lament
A classic critique of mainstream mathematics indoctrination by a master mathematics teacher.
Articles: Lockhart's Lament
A classic critique of mainstream mathematics indoctrination by a master mathematics teacher.
Organizations: Films for Action
Films For Action is a community-powered, digital library for people who want to change the world. Their mission is to provide citizens with the knowledge and perspectives essential to creating a more beautiful, just, sustainable, and democratic society.
Articles: Democracy and Education
The seminal work on public education by one of the most important scholars of the century.
Articles: Democracy and Education
The seminal work on public education by one of the most important scholars of the century.
Articles: Civil Disobedience
Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a moral duty to avoid allowing a government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated to write this essay by his disgust with the U.S. system of enslavement and the illegal land grab commonly referred to in the U.S. as the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), and in Mexico as the Intervención Estadounidense en México (U.S. intervention into Mexico).
Articles: Civil Disobedience
Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a moral duty to avoid allowing a government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated to write this essay by his disgust with the U.S. system of enslavement and the illegal land grab commonly referred to in the U.S. as the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), and in Mexico as the Intervención Estadounidense en México (U.S. intervention into Mexico).
Articles: Ishi: The Last Yahi
Recollections of the last free Californian as setter-colonialist violence extended the ‘benefits of civilization unto the savages of California’. (Obvious implications implied.)