Suddenly, at Google It’s Get on the Program or Get Out
The party’s over, everyone back to work. Someone has run out of patience at Google and a a corporate culture marked by freedom of expression, open debate and conversations on all issues in any field...
View ArticleHashtag Activism Alone Won’t Save Us
I woke up this morning and there they were waiting for me, the latest round of black and white saviors from the ether: the hashtag warriors. Some of them still remain from the previous day or two, but...
View ArticleOral Histories of Love, Identity and Activism
— by: David Govier David Govier uncovers the oral histories of a range of people from LGBTQ communities and others who fought for sexual equality. What was it like to be lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
View ArticleArchiving Activism: The Animal Guide
— Animal Rights Activism has a long history in the UK, and with a growing surge in ethical veganism, environmental awareness, and the health-based evidence turning people away from animal consumption,...
View ArticleDear Women: It’s Okay to Be Disliked
We all want to be well-liked. Girls are conditioned from a young age to prioritize being liked and accepted above nearly all else. Pleasantness and agreeableness are important traits of femininity. In...
View ArticleCreativity and Our Love for Others Can Save Us
This morning, like almost every morning, underneath the rush to run off to do this or that, or to lie in bed and watch the day begin, there is a yearning to create something beautiful and meaningful....
View ArticleChecking Privilege (While Not Being an A-Hole)
I used to brace for it, ready to strike at the first sign of its emergence. Like an exterminator waiting for a cockroach to crawl from the drain so he can zap it with deadly chemicals, there I would...
View ArticleI Don’t Care What Your Job Is
In our capitalist-driven culture, it feels nearly impossible to separate your job from your sense of self. “What do you do?”, strangers ask you as polite small talk. Maybe you do gardening, maybe you...
View ArticleGood Men Who Fight Abuse Find Love
Patriarchy — male self-empowerment for privilege, abuse, and power — is the seed of Autocracy. I’ve just finished watching a Thai film in which human trafficking is exposed. The “bad guy” defends his...
View ArticleSt. Nicholas to the Rescue
— How do you support a woman’s concern? 1600 years ago, St. Nicholas of Myra is said to have rescued three girls from forced prostitution by throwing gold coins through their house window so their...
View ArticleWeaving Together 4 Main Themes Amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic
My 4-year-old cried because his school performance was canceled, believing I was responsible for restricting his social gatherings. “Why won’t you let me go anywhere,” he yelled over and over from the...
View ArticleEquality, Climate, and COVID-19 Are All Related
Exploitation Affects Us. The Coronavirus outbreak came to us, part, courtesy of wildlife trafficking. There are other reasons, too, having to do with our inequality and climate justice inaction....
View ArticleLabor Relations 101: Even If You’re the Richest Man in the World, Don’t...
After several occasions when its employees have publicly expressed their views over a number of issues, among them the environment, Amazon has decided to take drastic measures, threatening a number of...
View ArticleThe Real Working Class Heroes
“A basic principle of the modern state capitalism is that cost and risk are socialized, while profit is privatized.” – Noam Chomsky Coronavirus has impacted the globe. Many nations are on lockdown,...
View ArticleFirst They Came for the Rape Crisis Center…
A local woman walks around the city of Vancouver pulling ads off of telephone posts and public bulletin boards, throwing them in the trash. She brags about her good deed on social media, posting a...
View ArticleThe New Role of Non-State Sovereign Entrepreneurs and Non-Territorial...
— By Michel Bauwens “Two key insights are, first, that non-state sovereign entrepreneurs (NSEs) already have formed non-territorial sovereign organizations (NSOs) – sometimes in embryonic or hybrid...
View ArticleEvolved Man Series: Neil Sardana
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s Evolved Man Series, where we highlight individuals that embody what it means to be an evolved man—famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their...
View ArticleDo We Have to Be Angry to Be Activists?
What would your activism look like if anger were not the one driving it? — I asked. I had asked her many questions about her anger, but this one struck a chord. Barbara was silent. And quite curious....
View ArticleHealing White Shame: Choosing Responsibility
I’m writing this article for antiracist white folks whether you work in an affinity group — other white folks fighting racism — or not. There are some patterns I notice in progressive spaces. I’ve...
View ArticleEvolved Man Series: Dr. Armen Henderson
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s Evolved Man Series, where we highlight individuals that embody what it means to be an evolved man—famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their...
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