In his lecture at the Schumaker Center, George Monbiot explains how the myth of land ownership was proliferated in a way that is undermining the wellbeing of our society. According to Monbiot, common land use is the only way to save ourselves and our planet.
Confronting the Ghosts of Racial Terror
Election Day demanded that we examine the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and what’s possible in the United States. With history as our gentle messenger, we can take heed and correct course for the protection and preservation of all we hold dear.
At 7:30, the couple headed out to join the record number of North Carolinians who have been voting early across the state. Many, like her, are African Americans who have long been the target of voter suppression efforts, from literacy tests during the Jim Crow era to the state’s 2013 passage of a strict voter ID law that was later struck down by a federal appeals court.
But 2020, Brown said, felt different.
“There was something about this election, all the talk of voter suppression, all the paranoia about mail-in ballots, that was driving me to be present,” she explained as she and her husband stood masked in a long line outside Cape Fear Community College’s north campus.
For the retired human resources professional, the election wasn’t just about the future; it was also about the past.
“I thought about my great-grandmother Athalia,” Brown said, “and what happened here.”
A Post-Election Message from Common Good Collective
Tanguma’s 1973 East End (Houston) masterpiece, “The Rebirth of Our Nationality,” was recreated in 2018 by artist Gonzo247
The “common good.” The term could slip easily into both-sides-ism, or “going along to get along,” some anodyne acceptance of being nice instead of being truthful.
That’s not what we mean.
The image could easily give rise to an image of two very different people meeting in the middle, along a path, and engaging in a polite discussion. At the end, they agree to disagree. They go their separate ways.
That’s not what we mean.
Famous
Over the next week, you’ll notice a bunch of folks calling attention to themselves. Perhaps that is necessary at the moment, perhaps not. What is necessary is for each of us, in our own places and with our own people, to do the thing that is ours to do.
Famous
By Naomi Shihab Nye
The river is famous to the fish.
The loud voice is famous to silence,
which knew it would inherit the earth
before anybody said so.
The cat sleeping on the fence is famous to the birds
watching him from the birdhouse.
The tear is famous, briefly, to the cheek.
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