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On Friday we have an event in NYC to discuss Migration and how cities respond to migration. People can join in via Zoom. It will be interesting! Here is the link to register for the Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Debt is brutal and it has been hurting people for 1,000s of years. There is a book about this history.
The average 🇺🇸 American household owes $10,000 in credit card debt, $58,957 in student loan debt, $241,840 in mortgage debt and $22,612 in auto loans according to a survey by PolicyGenius.
Elsewhere, people are already building welcoming centers to replace refugee camps. indypendent.org/2024/02/migran…
If you are in New York on the 25th July, come along to our Visual Assembly. Its free!
A few stories that struck me: Women traveling alone with children through the desert are sometimes forced to leave behind sick children who can no longer walk—left to be eaten by hyenas—just to save the others. And then they live in fear that the authorities will find out and…
If you are in New York on the 25th July, come along to our Visual Assembly. Its free!
Proletkult offered a glimpse of what real communism could look like, before it was crushed. museum.care/visual-assembl…
If mutual aid, social co-operation, civic activism, hospitality or simply caring for others are the kind of things that really go to make civilizations, then this true history of civilization is only just starting to be written. David Graeber 1961 - 2020
If you are in New York on the 25th July, come along to our Visual Assembly. Its free!
Join us on the 25th of July for the Visual Assembly and talk museum.care/events/visual-…
On Friday we hold a free event in New York called; VISUAL ASSEMBLY. The topic is about migration and how our cities welcome (or don’t welcome) migrants. If in NYC, come along or if elsewhere, join the Zoom on the internet. This is the Zoom link for the meeting.…
On Friday (25th July) we are holding an event called; VISUAL ASSEMBLY. The topic is about migration and how our cities welcome (or don’t welcome) migrants. If you want to join, this is the zoom link. us02web.zoom.us/j/85958513763?…
The film Libertarias examines the Spanish Civil War though the fate of the Free Women (Mujeres Libres) of Spain. During the Spanish Civil War over 30,000 female anarchists were Mujeres Libres, and many fought and died for the revolution. The action begins in July 1936, as the…
Who are the real wealth creators? The bankers, the corporate lawyers, the marketeers and the CEO's? Or the teachers, nurses, garbage collectors, plumbers, cleaners, care workers, etc.?
They call you lazy if you reject wage slavery. Delusional if you see a different system. Mentally ill if you can’t adapt to one that’s making you sick. These aren’t diagnoses. They’re defense mechanisms of a crumbling order.
💭 “La mayoría de nosotras ya sospechamos que el sistema actual no nos llevará a ninguna parte. Al menos, no a ningún lugar que queramos estar. La única razón por la que seguimos nutriéndolo es porque no podemos imaginar una alternativa”. - David Graeber.
"My own conclusion was psychologically it’s not that people want to work, it’s more people want to feel they are transforming the world in a way that makes some kind a positive difference to other people. In a way, that’s what being human is all about."
"Debt: The First 5000 Years" by David Graeber is mind-blowing. The same goes for "The Dawn of Everything" by him and David Wengrow. If you haven't read them, try. Will blow up your understanding of the world. Added a few dimensions to my perception of history and humanity.