ethics – Growing the future: ways forward, together

1 December 2025

Hotel Children: Autobiographical Poetry as Political Advocacy in Post-2020 America [a reblog]

Hotel ChildrenIn a world of screens and flashing lights,Where news is tainted with deceptive bites,They weave a tale of hate and despair,Dividing us, creating a chasm, unfair.Propaganda whispers, “You hate me, I hate you,”But deep within, we know it’s not true.They peddle lies, hiding truths from our sight,Keeping us apart, consumed by fear’s blight.What secrets…

class, compassion, diverse voices, economics, ethics, media, politics, protest, social justice, state, system change, writing, youth

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12 November 2025

Liberation through Direct Action: An Interview with Emma-Louise Battante

when i think of direct action, i always think in terms of how direct the effect is to preserve life

anarchy, climate crisis, environment, ethics, liberation, media, peace, police, politics, protest, purpose, refugees, social justice, state, system change, war, writing

activism, Australia, direct action, gaza, humanity, indirect action, interview, israel, march for humanity, palestine, politics, protest, state, sydney, system change
6 May 2025

Peace in Ubuntu, by Elijah Astute

Please read this important, consciousness-raising work shared on my other blog, Wordflowerpoetry.com. Elijah Astute is a writer, interpreter, activist and permaculturist from DRC in East Africa, currently residing in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda.

art, class, ethics, first nations, patriarchy, peace, philosophy, politics, protest, state, war

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2 May 2025

Drilling down into ‘luxury’

We’re taught to be good little consumers … but what does luxury really mean, for you? Content shared from Lauren Avo.

class, consumerism, environment, ethics, mindfulness, peace, philosophy, purpose

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27 April 2025

Stickers as activism, Sydney

Photo essay of epic activist art stickers spotted in Lilyfield, Sydney, NSW Australia

anarchy, art, class, ethics, philosophy, police, politics, protest, state

acab, activism, amazon, anarchy, antifa, artwhore, Australia, capitalism, class, corporation, corporations, eat the rich, eattherich, graffiti, nike, sesame street, socialism, surveillance, system change, usa, working class
10 April 2025

Systems of Power, by Drager Meurtant

Those in power know how to gain control: First, intimidation is an effective means to suppress the voice of opponents. If necessary, step up and use terror: this works by paralyzing opposition.

class, economics, ethics, media, patriarchy, philosophy, politics, state, theory

Control, Gullible, Ignorance, Power, Systems, Systems theory, Think for yourself, Thinking, Weak
26 March 2025

‘Fruit of a poisonous tree’

Today I share a timely article on the US situation, by Dan Rodricks.

ethics, patriarchy, politics, state

autocracy, corrupt, corruption, crime, death to democracy, democracy, dictator, dictatorship, Donald Trump, judiciary, law, Mitch McConnell, politics, president, punishment, separation of powers, state, trump, us politics, usa
26 March 2025

Mitch McConnell, the greatest enabler in U.S. history, kept Trump out of prison

I’ll employ a legal metaphor — “fruit of a poisonous tree” — to trace the path of one of the worst failures in U.S. history: The failure to hold Trump criminally responsible for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and Congress, a failure that kept Trump eligible to run for president a third time.…

ethics, patriarchy, politics, state

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20 March 2025

Effective altruism

A friend brought this idea and the following article to my attention recently. Please enjoy and share your thoughts in the comments below. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/06/what-is-the-greatest-good/395768/

altruism, charity, class, ethics, gift economy

activism, altruism, change, charities, charity, donation, effective altruism, gifts, giving, helping others, philosophy, system change
3 October 2024

Kari’s letter/ or a paradigm-shifting discussion with ChatGPT

A new theory of everything to help us forward.

artificial intelligence, ethics, philosophy, politics, state, theory, war

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