Transition Political

By Erik Lindberg, Resilience.org

My overall purpose in writing this series is to raise questions about how Transition might become a space and a community that provides what people want and need while staying true to its missions of powering-down and building resilience.  My working answer is to consider modeling Transition Initiatives more like a faith community and more like a political party — two things that are central to many people’s identity, and to which they show up and work at and for (dare I say) religiously.

Staving Off the Coming Global Collapse

By William E. Rees, TheTyee.ca (BC)

‘Overshoot’ is when a species uses resources faster than can be replenished. We’re already there. And show no signs of changing. Humans have a virtually unlimited capacity for self-delusion, even when self-preservation is at stake.

A Fairy Tale from 2050: Donald Trump and the Triumph of Anti-Politics

By John Feffer, TomDispatch

I remember the birth of antipolitics. I was a young woman when dissidents in the communist world began to associate official political activity with support for an immoral order. Voting, they believed, was an empty gesture if the ruling party won 99% of the ballots cast.

Tap O’Noth Farm, Aberdeenshire – Market Gardens, Dirty Fingernails and Politics

By Julie Deconchat, Permaculture Association

So being a political being doesn’t necessarily mean knowing anything about parties, about who won what and who did what to who. Being political, in my understanding, first means dreaming, imagining the society you want to live in, the interactions you want to have, and acting upon it.

The Sacred, the Profane, and the Fatal Flaw in Politics

By Vanessa Spedding, Vivid

Nor is there any need for politics to be something inflicted on us, at great cost to our souls, by tyrannical, abstract systems. Instead it should and could be something we recapture from its lofty conceptual realms, disarm, bring down to earth, and revive — in the process remaking ourselves and our world.

The Commons: A Quiet Revolution

By European Green Journal Editorial Board, P2P Foundation Blog

In the contemporary political landscape, the commons blur the lines of the ‘private’ and ‘public’ sectors as we have known them in the last century.

The day Theresa May visited Standing Rock

By Rob Hopkins, Transition Culture

How different would the world be if the grace and poise shown at Standing Rock were to influence our wider political culture? Very different.

The Coming of the Postliberal Era

By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report

One of the big challenges faced by any student of current events is that of seeing past the turmoil of the present moment to catch the deep trends shaping events on a broader scale.

Scientific Education as a Cause of Political Stupidity

By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report

While we’re discussing education, the theme of the current series of posts here on The Archdruid Report, it’s necessary to point out that there are downsides as well as upsides to take into account.

Ireland in a Strange Time

By Brian Kaller, Restoring Mayberry

My American friends and family will be interested to note that their country is not the only country having a bizarre election.