Activism
We stand in defiance. We reject theocracy, oligarchy, and logracy. We reject patriarchy and the revision of history to serve the powerful. We reject detention without due process. We reject techno-nationalism and techno-feudalism. We reject surveillance capitalism, misinformation, and the commodification of our lives. We reject deportations and the criminalization of poverty. We recognize that
Capitalism
Left versus right is just divide and conquer while all our political parties are owned and controlled by upper class influences based on campaign contributions and political lobbying. The political right is controlled by the upper class, the political left by the upper middle class. Meanwhile, the working poor have no political representation, this is
Equality
The tastes and privileges of affluent people will never be, “normal.”
Capitalism
Wealtherty is the state or condition of prosperity in abundance of possessions or riches, plus concomitant political power and influence, and resultant risks to the democratic process. This articulation assumes that the social (of social policy) is made up of richer and poorer people. It assumes that there is such a thing as morally and
Democracy
The far right was at the gates of power. In the initial round of voting on June 30, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally came first with 33 percent support, topping more than half the local races. With the party projected to fall just short of an absolute majority, France was in a frenzy of speculation and anxiety. National
Democracy
How do cities assert their rights and defend local democracy from rising authoritarianism? How do they master their own destinies in the face of digital transformation and overwhelming power? And how might they solve planetary problems that threaten their lives and homes? Over the past two generations, such big questions have fallen increasingly to small, local governments.