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One of the things the coronavirus pandemic opened up is the possibility of exposing the incapacity of the market to attend to need. If the market were able to attend to needs, there wouldn’t have to be any governmental mobilization anywhere, because it would happen by itself through the mechanism of the “invisible hand.”
Because just about all of us have deeply internalized the mindset of scarcity, separation, and powerlessness, going for liberation will take a long time before it becomes spontaneously available.
The power to choose to speak in ways that will support what we want, is one of the ways the oppressed can have strength.
Laura Johnson shows her daughter abundance instead of scarcity.
Valerie Elverton Dixon shares her thoughts about life and death.
The first in a series of pieces exploring the opportunities for transformation borne from the coronavirus crisis. This piece gives context for the perspective that this crisis is an immense opportunity while also being a dire catastrophe in the making, and gives an overview of what comes in the following segments.
Brenda Peterson describes how we can emotionally and spiritually navigate this pandemic and social distancing drawing on her own personal experience of social isolation.
In this powerful piece, Eddie Chavez Calderon shares his personal experience as an immigrant along with his work on behalf of refugees on the border.
What can console us in the face of the Great Unknown? I thought I understood that safety was always an illusion: any of us could be struck down at any moment. But having the illusion of safety erased, that's uncertainty of another magnitude, so vastly out of proportion to the "normal," default reality that words can't do it justice. When I painted the first of these self-portraits in August—the one with my hair on fire—I had no idea it would add up to something much larger and more urgent, compelling me to share with you. I soon had the idea of depicting the remaining three elements: water, earth, and air.
A review of a film, "Murer - An Austrian SS Mass Murder Stands Trial" by Thomas Klikauer and Norman Simms
I feel sad this morning. There is blame-slinging all around. It's all about the last few weeks at the moment, as if all that came before had been forgotten. I’m seeing people blame sexism as the sole cause for defeating Warren, as if her own choices were entirely irrelevant. I'm seeing people focusing on the putative sexism of Sanders supporters, charging that those supporters are solely to blame for Biden’s wins.
This article looks at the limitations of NVC as a personal practice in the face of global systemic challenges and what it might take to restore NVC to its radical roots.
Valerie Elverton Dixon cordially invites the presidential candidates to come to East St. Louis to share their policy positions and to leave blessed with East St. Louis-ness.
A Call to Action - Trump is proposing massive cuts in Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, and more. Call your Representatives and Senators to oppose these cuts that will hurt the poor and vulnerable.
Valerie Elverton Dixon writes an open letter to Prince Harry reminding him of the power of Divine Love.