On May 29, 2025, our community lost a dear friend and comrade, Patty Berne. Patty was co-founder and longtime Executive and Artistic Director of Sins Invalid and a primary architect of the Disability Justice movement, its 10 Principles, and core practices that center...
1) This interview with Mahmoud Khalil is incredibly compelling. What an amazing human being. Fascinating to learn how his childhood in Syria impacted his political development & understanding of authoritarianism. Spotify link. Apple Podcasts link. 2) Looking for...
Cooperation Over Chaos In the midst of the chaotic political moment of 2025, we are seeing interconnected social movements working to keep families together; to ensure that every human from Oakland to Gaza has access to food, health care, and land in order to live...
By Michelle Mascarenhas In the Kurdish region of Rojava over the past decades, under the collapsing Syrian state, various forces contended for the space to govern culture and economy. One of them was ISIS. Another was the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North...
By Desi Guest speaking and attending Critical Ecology Lab’s (CEL) 2nd annual Eco-Afro Futures event in Oakland on February 15th has been the highlight of my Black History/Futures Month. Me and my colleagues had the pleasure to share wisdom and be in community with a...
What does it mean to restore reciprocal human relationships with land? This past summer we got to explore this question with artist and animator Lily Xie as we co-created a magical short film for the Center for Cultural Power’s Climate Woke campaign. As a member of...
