Prometheus Among the Cannibals: An Open Letter to Edward Snowden
Dear Edward Snowden, Billions of us, from prime ministers to hackers, are watching a live espionage movie in which…
The Indypendent
Rebecca Solnit
Occupy is now a year old. A year is an almost ridiculous measure of time for much of what…
Mad, Passionate Love — and Violence
Occupy Heads into the Spring
Compassion Is Our New Currency
Usually at year’s end, we’re supposed to look back at events just passed — and forward, in prediction mode,…
Throwing Out the Master’s Tools and Building a Better House
Violence Is Conventional Violence is what the police use. It’s what the state uses. If we want a revolution,…
Letter to a Dead Man About the Occupation of Hope
Dear young man who died on the fourth day of this turbulent 2011, dear Mohammed Bouazizi, I want to…
Unpacking for a Disaster: What You Need to Survive the Unexpected
The first American responses to the triple calamity in Japan were deeply empathetic and then, as news of the…
Iceberg Economies and Shadow Selves: Further Adventures in the Territories of Hope
After the Macondo well exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, it was easy enough (on your choice of screen)…