The Cotton Belt in the Southern USA—the area of almost total cotton growing through Jim Crow—has a lot in common with the history of the folx oppressed in the West Indies. We would do well to think about what we share in common.
Tag: violent struggle
Our twin presiding deities: irony and violence
The current mainstream debate regarding the crisis in Iraq and Syria offers a near perfect example of both the death of historical memory and the
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If you have a spare 25 minutes, I continue forward with thinking about the Loving Struggle. The text that I quote at length in this
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–by Sharon Salzberg (Mar 15, 2013) A friend of mine, at the end of a retreat, offered a provocative reflection that intrigued…
Already Falling in Love
The deluded among us who confound power with political position and happiness with wealth propagate a great confidence game, a colossal con, a great grift.
Healing Injury
“It is not violence that best overcomes hate — nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.” ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre Source: socialphy.com via Keith Wayne on
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