By Ivy Brashear, YES! magazine
Stories about Appalachia, who tells them and who gets to claim them, matter a great deal when it comes to understanding the place and people more fully. And that understanding is critical, because without a deeper and more complete understanding of Appalachia, it will be hard for its people to build a brighter future that crosses lines of division and works toward parity between race and class.
By Michael Edwards, openDemocracy
The Ford Foundation believes we have an obligation to strengthen capitalism. In fact we have a duty to transform it.
By Lucie Bardos, Degrowth.de
Those proposing just sustainability argue that if sustainability only includes or is only for the benefit of privileged people, then logically we don’t have any hope of actually achieving it.
By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report
Every human society without exception gives some members more say in making decisions than others.
By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report
If it’s true that the suppression of talk about privilege in general, and class privilege in particular, is in the process of breaking down, it’s not a minute too soon.