Editor’s Note: David Graeber died unexpectedly on 2 September 2020 at the age of 59 from internal bleeding while vacationing in Venice. His loss leaves all of us with a gaping hole in our hearts and in the struggle for a radically different world. To commemorate him, we decided to publish likely his last writing, co-authored with Andrej Grubacic, as the introduction for Pyotr … [Read more...] about Introduction to Pyotr Kropotkin’s Mutual Aid: An Illuminated Factor of Evolution
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Ken Burak: ‘The Sun’
Summer vacation with the family in Vermont. Rainy morning. Aha! Monopoly! I decide to teach my two girls — Hannah (7) and Dhara (5)— how to play. I figure it’s best for them to learn by playing. First they pick their pieces. Dhara: top hat. Hannah: ship. After a bit, Dhara-top hat lands on Park Place and I advise her to buy it. She asks why and I explain that if she does, and … [Read more...] about Ken Burak: ‘The Sun’
Lighting Up the Dark
I just read an article by Sanjay Khanna that discusses how the government of Norway partnered with agricultural research organizations to create the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. [‘Stories That Light Up the Dark’,Yes! Magazine, September 2010.] Even more interesting than the seed vault itself is Khanna’s observation that the lore of farmers and and indigenous people can also be … [Read more...] about Lighting Up the Dark