I wrote yesterday about our new Amnesty project and community building and how healthy communities need empathy and care to be able to do the hard work of activism: https://blog.weareopen.coop/strengthening-community-f64c5f34385a

Today @monteiro published a WONDERFUL piece about coalition building and explains that we don't all have to agree: https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-build-a-better-mosh-pit/

Lao Socialism with Buddhist Characteristics

https://monthlyreview.org/2025/04/01/lao-socialism-with-buddhist-characteristics/

Through the doctrine of karma, it encourages a prudent approach to natural resource use and discourages greed and overexploitation. This ecological ethic has shaped Lao environmental policies and practices, fostering the integration of 'green growth' principles into national development strategies.

New Pod Alert
Re-Segregation, The Economy, & Living in Reality

I’m Speaking Directly to Project 2025's Reality that the media is too shocked to tell. Jerome Powell, #thefed and the #democrats aren’t living in reality so they’ll never meet the moment.

Facing reality is step one to stopping #fascism and building our #activism and #movements

https://www.rootschangemedia.com/re-segregation-the-economy-living-in-reality/

Don't panic, organise #movements
https://theconversation.com/social-movements-constrained-trump-in-his-first-term-more-than-people-realize-248843

"Layla" is a song written by #EricClapton and #JimGordon, originally recorded with their band #DerekAndTheDominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, #LaylaAndOtherAssortedLoveSongs (1970). Its contrasting #movements were composed separately by Clapton and Gordon. The piano part has also been controversially credited to #RitaCoolidge, Gordon's girlfriend at the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWMf26uDH8g

Looking for a #hero to worship / contribute to.

Someone good - but not dead yet.

Not joking. Reply if you're for the good.

#SocialMovements / #EcoSystem
= #Social #Individual #Movements #FreeSchool

Off to Birmingham today to talk about #Queer(ing) #Ecologies, and #Reimagining our relationship with ecology and nature, for STEM, LGBTQ and You!

This is a culminated talk.

Culminated from the many interactions I've had in the last few months and years even with ecology through so many lenses, be this #decolonial #theory in #conservation and ecology, #critical ecology, queering theories and practices, techniques and behaviours of #divestment, #discussions on #regeneration and #movements

I'm not a fan of Rachel Shabi and disagree with her a lot, including with parts of this article. But she is circling an important recognition of the left ceding the ground of antisemitism to the right. To all our detriment.

"With the #farright in ascendancy across the world, #Jewish people turned to leftist movements that had long served as our political homes—and found them not only lacking the language to speak to what was happening but also often mired in ignorance over #antisemitism. As American communications specialist Sharon Goldtzvik told me: “We as #progressives should be leading on the issue of antisemitism, but it has become a critical vulnerability, rather than a critical strength.’” This Achilles heel has been seized upon by the #rightwing, derailing #progressive #movements and thwarting efforts at social, economic, and climate #justice across the world."

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/inconvenient-truths-antisemitism-left/

Art as a Vehicle for Anarchist Ideas as a visual presentation https://youtu.be/C3HOfsiElvI

Unlike #ShepardFairey, the longtime #anarchist #artists #NOBonzo, #DesRevol, and #SugarbombingWorld explore the role that art plays in #resistance #movements, along with remembrance of the past and #visions of the #future.

“They’ll look at ways that art brings people together, and can serve as a great tool, whether in organizing and agitating, and/or inviting people into anarchism.”
http://ACABookfair.NoBlogs.org

#graffiti #graphic #design #guerilla #ART #screenprint #punk #stencils #streetart #calligraphy #counterculture #creativecommons #anarchy

The #NEAT Effect: How Small #Movements Can Lead to Big #WeightLoss

https://www.artofmanliness.com/health-fitness/fitness/neat/

Hey #library, #archives, #oralHistory & #memoryWorker friends!

I'm teaching a course with @LibraryJuiceAcademy

Solidarity Memory Work
February 3 - March 2

This 4-week class begins with an examination of emerging #solidarity practices in allied fields, such as #journalism, academic #history, and #law. We then explore the practice of #documenting #movements and #organizations, as well as activating #archival records for a more just society.

https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/shop/course/334-solidarity-memory-work/

#Wolff didn’t just write from and for the Ivory Tower—he was a loud and insistent voice for various #social #movements, from Black #liberation to #protests of the #war in #Vietnam to #nuclear #disarmament.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/01/13/robert-paul-wolff-1933-2025/

Oh… #privacy where.. oh, wait ..

Massive breach at #location data seller: “Millions” of users affected

Like many other #data #brokers, #Gravy is a company you may never have heard of, but it almost certainly knows a lot about you if you’re a #US #citizen.

Gravy Analytics specializes in location intelligence, meaning it collects #sensitive #phone location and #behavior data.

One of the buyers is the US #government who increasingly circumvents the need to get a #warrant by simply buying what they want to know from a data broker. Ironic, given that the #FTC sued Gravy Analytics after saying it routinely collects sensitive phone location and behavior data without getting the #consent of #consumers.

And now, apparently, it’s Gravy Analytics’ turn to be #breached. According to 404 Media, #cybercriminals breached Gravy Analytics and stole a massive amount of data, including customer lists, information on the broader industry, and location data harvested from #smartphones which show peoples’ precise #movements.

The cybercriminals claim to have stolen 17TB of data and are threatening to publish the data. Considering the sensitivity of location data for some groups, this breach could potentially be just as significant as the National Public Data leak.

The whole ordeal, whether the data will be published or not, proves once again why data brokers should stop trading health and location data.

More: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/01/massive-breach-at-location-data-seller-millions-of-users-affected