Hannah Provost The swirling hurricane of thousands of tiny black birds plunging into the Masonic Temple chimney at the gateway to the southside of Bethlehem is certainly a beautiful and haunting sight. It is also a reminder of the ways that nature has adapted to the structures we build for our own human purposes. These tiny dark birds swirling in the evening sky are chimney … [Read more...] about Save our Swifts
Global Environmental Justice
Ian Morse Life on a small island is by necessity confined to the resources available in immediate surroundings. Settlements grow near water springs, and what protein the land cannot provide, the sea makes available in excess. Such is the case with Wawonii, an island in the center of 17,000-island Indonesia, but at least two days from an international airport. The island’s … [Read more...] about Global Environmental Justice
Welcome
We invite you to enjoy the ideas and ideals expressed in the following pages! As spring seeps into our valley, we’re reminded we’ve been living for more than a year now in this liminal, pandemic-induced reality. It exposed our societal weaknesses, exacerbated already-existing disparities, and pushed the climate emergency to the back burner — making it increasingly clear that we … [Read more...] about Welcome
Recognizing the Original People of This Area
We are located in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, a small part of Lenapehoking, the home of the Lenape people for thousands of years. We understand that the Lenape were friendly and helpful — until the settlers gradually, and often violently, forced them out. We acknowledge the injustice and mistreatment Indigenous people faced (and still face) as a result of settler … [Read more...] about Recognizing the Original People of This Area
Spring 2021 Sustainable L V
Contents Recognizing the Original Inhabitants of This Area Welcome Global Environmental Justice Ian Morse Save Our Swifts Hannah Provost Fourth Grade Artists and Activists Jennie Gilrain Education for Sustainability Kermit O Unlearning What We’re Taught in School Clare Meehan What Darkness Reveals Rebecca Canright It’s Time to … [Read more...] about Spring 2021 Sustainable L V
Runaway Inequality Problem
FARAMARZ FARBOD One of the great unexamined questions of our times is why there is so much suffering, despair, misery and rage in the midst of unimaginable wealth. Naturally, pundits and politicians wish to avoid this question because an open public discussion of the widening wealth gap can impart critical insights into the nature and logic of the capitalist system they’ve … [Read more...] about Runaway Inequality Problem
Violence in the Capitol, Dangers in the Aftermath
Glenn Greenwald From the Cold War to the War on Terror: the harms from authoritarian “solutions” are often greater than the threats they are ostensibly designed to combat. In the days and weeks after the 9/11 attack, Americans were largely united in emotional horror at what had been done to their country as well as in their willingness to endorse repression and … [Read more...] about Violence in the Capitol, Dangers in the Aftermath
‘Anarchist jurisdiction’ State of Mind…
Some thugs like to Lie all day— strip our rights away, make The People pay, Chanting, “U-S-A…!” Hopping flights of fantasy for the greedy bourgeoisie And the confederacy— But we’re taking an Anti-fascist stand: ‘Cause we’re in an ‘Anarchist jurisdiction’ State of Mind… It seems so easy Lying day to day— stripping … [Read more...] about ‘Anarchist jurisdiction’ State of Mind…
1st 100 Days—Portland
I have a friend—some-time bandmate—Daily…Whining, wringing his hands.Distressed and depressed—anxious and agitated—heKnows nuclear war andArmageddon are on theagenda if Boss Tweet’sBack—big lies, gas-lightinganother four years… My meditation and its compassionkeep me from screaming,“Come on out of thatcannabis cloud, read writing on other walls—smell … [Read more...] about 1st 100 Days—Portland
1%-Funded Rally Actors
Re-open Americaas colonial settler thugsOpened her—oceans of blood, rivers of tears… Calling All Rally Actors—Calling All Rally Actorsfor psy-wars—for encoresfrom gun stores—ol’ hardcoresGun-toting rally actors who ride or die—Black Panther Party-types need not apply… LIBERATE MICHIGAN!!LIBERATE MINNESOTA!!LIBERATE VIRGINIA!! Boots on the … [Read more...] about 1%-Funded Rally Actors