Our Grief Is a Starting Point in the Fight against Fascism
The following essay appeared on Truthout on November 6, 2018, at https://truthout.org/articles/our-grief-is-a-starting-point-in-the-fight-against-fascism/. * * * Daily, and sometimes hourly, we are assaulted by the latest losses. It isn’t simply that time … Continue reading
Solecast w/Cindy Milstein on Rebellious Mourning
I feel like I’ve been neglecting my blog for many months, not for lack of desire to get it up and running again. But between anarchist organizing at home, doing … Continue reading
Stay Woke, Stay Kind
To all who carry the weight of this world on their shoulders as a constant companion. To all who can’t not see hierarchy and domination everywhere in this social order. … Continue reading
How Can “We” Anarchists in the United States Live Up to the Fight at Hand?
During the early part of the 10-day Mediterranean anarchist “Three Bridges” gathering in Athens (October 9 to 18), a comrade from a revolutionary anarchist group in Turkey sat next to … Continue reading
Feminism as Pillar of Freedom
Quick shout-out to women (broadly/queerly defined) around the globe, typically struggling so much harder to survive the many assaults on their bodies, minds, and lives. But when push comes to … Continue reading
#Gentrification: Some Montreal Moments
#Gentrification: when the Greek-immigrant barber you used to go to whenever you were visiting/living in Montreal, and who said he’d been cutting hair in the same spot for 50 years … Continue reading
Finding Our Way
My friend Jose Cruz shared this stencil of his recently, noting that “bigger than hate is our natural love 4 each other.” He then paired this pair of kids with … Continue reading
J20: Keep Loving, Keep Fighting
This time last year, tens of thousands (or more) put their hearts, minds, and bodies into resisting the inauguration of an increasingly fascistic regime — itself embedded in the genocidal … Continue reading
Light at the Darkest of Times
We humans are pretty simple creatures. Although we may make up all sorts of complicated stories, myths, and holidays as intellectual justification, our need for illumination — whether in the … Continue reading