Culture

We Are Happy, Tonight WE ARE HAPPY, TONIGHT by James C. Henderson We have eaten and drank and talked and now we sit on the veranda in the warm evening enveloped by darkness a blousy wind fluttering the candle flames. We welcome the darkness and the trees that close in around us how they obscure us. Frogs sing in […] No responses 3 min read January 11, 2016
Harder than the Truth: the power of our powerlessness HARDER THAN THE TRUTH: THE POWER OF OUR POWERLESSNESS by Jeff Clark Nothing but the truth Common words in use Hard to find excuse Harder than the truth […] No responses 11 min read May 2, 2013
99% Brighid-A Pagan Liberation Theology 99% BRIGHID–A PAGAN LIBERATION THEOLOGY by Scott Thompson he year 2011 saw massive uprisings and popular protests all over the world in the name of democracy and social justice. From October 2011 onward I was personally involved in these struggles as an activist for Occupy Minnesota. Given the reputation of Minneapolis as “Paganistan,” it’s not […] No responses 7 min read April 5, 2013
Harder Than the Truth: the power of our powerlessness 2 HARDER THAN THE TRUTH: THE POWER OF OUR POWERLESSNESS 2 by Jeff Clark Nothing but the truth Common words in use Hard […] No responses 8 min read April 2, 2013
Untitled Untitled, by Christina Kouvaras, Greece 2012. Oil on canvas, 45 x 45 cm No responses 0 min read February 4, 2013
Ditched on the Road to Progress DITCHED ON THE ROAD TO PROGRESS by Carol Benedict knew the risks. I knew my name would be smeared, that I would be blamed for it. I knew the minute the investigator leaned across the desk and asked, “What were you wearing?” But I reported my rape anyway. That was in 1977. That was when […] No responses 7 min read February 1, 2013
Cultural Succession CULTURAL SUCCESSION by Afterparty Jones from Occupy Vacant Lots of Philadelphia Originally published at Cultural Succession Occupy Vacant Lots Facebook The Movement Grows like the Forests: Cultural Succession ou may have read about – or if yer a seasoned OG (Original Gardener) you may have witnessed – the pattern that emerges over time as forests […] No responses 20 min read October 3, 2012
What Happened to America? WHAT HAPPENED TO AMERICA? by James C. Henderson t this point, I thought America would be farther along. I did. I really did. I was born in 1955 and grew up in a time when progress was not just a slogan but was being achieved. All the old mistakes, prejudices, and conceits were being swept […] No responses 11 min read September 7, 2012
Occupy Is a Consciousness OCCUPY IS A CONSCIOUSNESS by James C. Henderson t the beginning of the Occupy movement, people often asked, what is Occupy? The answer was not forthcoming then, and it is still not clear to most. This is because Occupy is something new in politics, at least American politics. As a species that learns through analogous […] No responses 9 min read August 7, 2012