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 dignified lives; and to protect the sacredness of all life, from our queer, trans, and femme relatives to our plant and animal kin who share this home with us. Because our social movement agenda and demands are visionary, popular, and rooted in love, the opposition uses force to squash our powerful peoples’ movements for justice and liberation.
We win when we sow community as a response to the ongoing violence waged against us. We won’t stop at outrage—as we resist, we must continue to advance our work by organizing, taking bold action together, and deepening relationships with our peoples. There is an opening now for us to shift what’s politically realistic away from the false promises of the right, toward real solutions that advance justice and ecological and social well being.
This summer newsletter is an ode to the work of choosing cooperation over chaos, solidarity over silos, building power over panic. We hope you find a sense of revolutionary optimism in these pages.
{Cover IMAGE ID: Illustration by nicole gervacio. A vibrant image of an intergenerational group of people, including an elder and children, are playing together in a drum circle with many different types of traditional drums and percussion. They are protected and surrounded by giant corn, bean, and squash plants, as the sun shines down on all and bees and a ladybug bear witness. Cursive text encircling the group reads: Cooperation Over Chaos. Text at the bottom reads: Movement Generation. Summer Newsletter. June 2025.}
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