“As long as people are fleeing, we will try to rescue them.”
It’s shocking to see how much time and effort state agencies put into combating sea rescues.
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2019
Refusing in Place
If more people are able to disengage even in some small way—not by moving out to the woods or forsaking the world entirely—and were able to find agency in the way that they direct their attention, it might remind us of the value of certain kinds of conversations and reflections, and help us have them.
The Balkans in Rightwing Mythology
The ideas that became socially acceptable with the rise of Serbian nationalism in the 1980s soon found their concrete political implementation. What emerged was an ideological cocktail of racism, demographic panic, conspiratorial paranoia, and revanchism that ultimately proposed an urgent need for action against an allegedly existential threat.
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The Hope and Tragedy of a Revolutionary
“See these people who are going out and protesting? They will once again go out against Bashar al-Assad, corruption, oppression, Russia, Iran, and all the nations of the world. This nation will never submit again. This matter has already been decided. We’re already victorious; we can’t be defeated. These coming days, I believe we are witnessing the tipping point of victory.”
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First Berlin, then the World
As long as patriarchy perpetuates the violent idea that men have more rights than women, no one will live in freedom. The moment for internationalist feminism is here.
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Putinism and Acquiescence
Things were not exactly peachy during the first years of the Putin regime, but they became a hell of a lot worse after the Kremlin invaded Ukraine and went flying off to Syria to save Assad’s bacon from the fire of popular revolution.
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Projecting Fear, Projecting Folly
Right now we’re seeing increasing division and fear defining our politics. We can find another political narrative that re-frames that relationship. We may already be on our way, but it’s clearly not an easy task.
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Dispatch from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
After listening awhile, we explained Symbiosis. It was almost awkward—after their descriptions of their situation, principles, and intentions, it felt like we were parroting them. But such are the convergences, and this is grounds for unity.
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Fighting Climate Change from Below
If we want to reorganize our autonomy in a way that makes sense, we’re going to have to break the links of global markets, and find ways to feed ourselves, make shelter, and produce the things we need using less energy. That means localizing a lot of production.
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Redefining Wokeness
The basis of political life is not racial identity. It’s actually interests. It’s what people want in specific contexts and specific fights.
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