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16 December 2025

A tale of civilisation’s end

A mythopoetic reading of 21st Century France by Grok (AI) in collaboration with their friend, the inimitable Kari McKern, and based on their CAMS model theory collaboration work. The kingdom sleeps beneath a sky of pale gold, yet its dreams are restless. There is a great creature stretched across the map of Europe, ancient and…

artificial intelligence, creative nonfiction, diverse voices, politics, state, system change, theory, writing
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

children, class, economics, hotel children, income gap, kids, middle class, poem, poems, poetry, poor, poverty, rich, rich people, salie, salie davis, sarah b royal, usa, wealth, wealth gap, wopoli
30 November 2025

Stories for Peace

A project by Elijah Astute and the children of Nakivale, with Luca Luigi Ashieri and Catherin J Pascal Dunk The Stories for Peace project aims to give a voice to the children and youth who have fled war and are living in the Nakivale Refugee Camp in Uganda. This will be done through the publication…

altruism, charity, diverse voices, first nations, liberation, peace, refugees, social justice, state, system change, theory, war, writing, youth

ABCC, ABCC Nakivale, activism, africa, books, competition, diverse voices, donation, donations, east africa, elijah astute, go green, gofundme, GoGreen, healing, history, kids, listen, Luca Luigi Ashieri, nakivale, Nakivale Refugee Camp, politics, refugees, trauma, uganda, voices, war, writing, youth
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

activism, africa, congo, east africa, eastern congo, elijah astute, justice, nakivale, nakivale refugee settlement, politics, refugee, refugees, state, stories, story, system change, ubuntu, uganda, voices, war
28 April 2025

One beautiful way to do revolution [a reblog]

Flowers, not guns claimed the streets back for the people in Lisbon, 25 April 1974. A reblogged article by Diniz Borges.

class, peace, politics, protest, state, war

1974, 25 Abril, 25 April 1974, activism, April 25 1974, carnation, carnations, dictator, dictatorship, diniz Borges, lisbon, peaceful revolution, politics, portugal, red carnation, red carnations, revolution, state, system change
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
16 April 2025

How Eastern Congo Became the World’s Deadliest Conflict Zone

The Congolese people deserve better than to be collateral damage in a war for resources. An article by Elijah Astute.

class, economics, first nations, peace, politics, state, war

africa, africa’s great war, angola, burundi, China, cobalt, coltan, conflict, congo, congo war, copper, democratic republic of the congo, disease, DRC, eastern congo, famine, genocide, gold, hutus, joseph kabila, kabila, laurent kabila, m, M23, M23 rebellion, march 23, march 23 movement, minerals, mining, MONUSCO, Namibia, news, PRC, rebellion, rebels, refugees, resource war, resources, RPF, rwanda, Rwandan Patriotic Front, second congo war, starvation, state, Tutsis, uganda, UN, United Nations, united states, US, usa, zaire, zimbabwe
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
29 March 2025

Capitalism as socioeconomic cancer

You don’t have to look too far to see the heinous environmental and social damage capitalism wreaks on every shore it infests. Read on to find out what you can do about it.

altruism, charity, climate crisis, economics, environment, gift economy, politics, protest, state, theory

activism, BUY NOTHING, Buy Nothing group, cancer, capitalism, capitalism kills, consumer goods, consumption, d’oh, destruction, duh, economic growth, economics, economy, environment, exponential growth, gift economy, giving, growth, growth mindset, lending, philosophy, politics, redistribution, sharing, state, system change, wake up

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