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How Big Business Bailed Out the Nazis
The Prophetess: Greta Thunberg, Global Warming, and the Legacy of Prophecy in Our Own Day by Jill Hammer
Greta Thunberg, Global Warming, and the Legacy of Prophecy by Rabbi Jill Hammer
… the most primary function of a prophet or prophetess is to correct the moral failings of the people, and particularly of the powerful. The prophet Nathan criticizes King David for having a man killed so that David may safely marry his wife (II Samuel 12), and the prophet Elijah accuses King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of having a man named Naboth killed so that they can possess his vineyard (I Kings 21). The prophet Isaiah accuses the people of fasting and praying while oppressing their workers (Isaiah 58). The prophetess Huldah critiques the religious practices of her day and expects humility from the king who has sent men to see her (II Chronicles 34). So it is not only those who see the future who are given the title prophet, but those who truly see the present. In this sense, all workers for justice and societal change are prophets and prophetesses.
Understanding patriarchy
Understanding Patriarchy bell hooks zine by Louiseville Anarchist Federation Federation (LAFF) and No Borders Louisville's Radical Lending Library https://ImagineNoBorders.org
Rotten to the Core: How the Gaza genocide has revealed anti-Palestinian racism at Apple
Apple has silenced employees who have spoken out for Palestine and shown bias toward Israel through statements and actions. In the process it has lost all credibility as a company that claims to believe in racial equity or social justice.
Mutual Aid is Mutual! Recap + Readings
A recap of the Mutual Lemon-aid (get it) series that ismatu did in short-form video.
Running Amok | Mary Turfah
about the audience meant to receive Israeli soldiers' displays of genocidal sadism, and why medicalizing language ("settler psychosis") conflates illness with morality and obscures culpability and history and everything else
Metamates For Ceasefire
Meta employees publish an open letter to management (see below) to show how meta has promoted the genocide. This is how the suppression happens
The radical need for friends to become informed safe spaces
"Safe space is not only a place where I want to feel heard and seen with my vulnerabilities, it is also a place where my radical hope for the future meets your radical preparedness... Safe spaces devoid of knowledge and empathy are fragile. Such spaces prevent one from unveiling their broken hearts because the potential of healing is unknown. They put the weight of the conversation and the expectation of action, on the speaker. They can turn into a one-sided relationship, with the work of developing clarity, having an informed opinion and doing the emotional labour, placed on one person."
I Live Near My Friends
Hello, I’m Daniel. On June 1, 2022, I moved into a co-living arrangement in Brooklyn; now I share an apartment with four best friends, with tens more living within a short walk.
Headers:
- Conceptions about “roommates” are incorrectly anchored
- Live with people who take living seriously
- Peace, solitude, separation
- Order reigns in an apartment of five
- On the topic of Brooklyn
- Be brave
Quote: "If you want what I have (and many people do), you need to be brave, and you need to recognize the reward of discomfort. Obtaining a proper fit in lifestyle and social sphere is not easy, otherwise we would all have it. It’s not exactly something you “find,” although that’s the way most people erroneously pursue it. It’s something you build. That means you have to be willing to move, willing to judge, willing to be judged, willing to give different ways of living (apartment arrangement, cohabitants, neighborhoods, and more) a proper trial."
How to Live Near Your Friends
People often tell me that their friend group talks about living near each other. And yet, almost none of them have successfully clustered their friend group yet. Here's how I got 22 of my friends to live within walking distance ✨
Betrayal Blindness: Not Seeing What’s Obvious
Revolutionary Love costs you something.
We Need to Literally Declare War on Climate Change
We’re under attack by a powerful enemy—and our only hope is to mobilize like we did in WWII.
Student protests are exposing our whole system
They threaten the power structure — that's why they're under attack
Supporting the Suicidal No Matter What
Holding body autonomy, dignity, and grief all at once.
When You Live Your Values Every Day, There's No Need for Activist Guilt.
Responding to reader questions about decision fatigue, organizing tactics, and the shame of never doing "enough."