Plastic Primate

"No man earns punishment, no man earns reward. Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think." - Ursula K. Le Guin

We won not only against Bolsonaro, but against the full force of the USian's Big Techs, Meta, CIA, Trump, the Brazilian right-wing elites, the billionaires' press and more.

Peter Falk sketching in his Beverly Hills home in 1984.

"What if, instead of telling a story about how our species fell from some idyllic state of equality, we ask how we came to be trapped in such tight conceptual shackles that we can no longer even imagine the possibility of reinventing ourselves?" - David Graeber

This was true during the fight to abolish slavery in the 19th century, it was true during the civil rights movement of the 20th century, and it's true today. Spirituality has always been the beating heart of movements fighting for social and economic justice.

It appears that the New Atheists have found their new secular religion.

This is what religious pluralism looks like in practice. May Mamdani's example inspire all of us on the left to embrace an inclusive spiritual politics.

The late John Prine's lyrics are as relevant now as they were in 1971. "Your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore They're already overcrowded from your dirty little war Now Jesus don't like killin', no matter what the reason's for And your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore"

More of Steve Martin on the banjo

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

Minnesota is the best of us.

#OtD 6 Dec 1961 Frantz Fanon, the Martinique-born psychiatrist, anti-colonialist philosopher, revolutionary and writer, died. Works include 'Black Skin, White Masks' and 'The Wretched of the Earth'. Learn more about his life in this biography: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

If you're rich and you criticize capitalism, you're a hypocrite. If you're poor and you criticize capitalism, you're just jealous of others success.

“The historical unity of the ruling classes is realized in the state." —Antonio Gramsci

Gerontocracy is a symptom of oligarchy, not the cause.

"What if, instead of telling a story about how our species fell from some idyllic state of equality, we ask how we came to be trapped in such tight conceptual shackles that we can no longer even imagine the possibility of reinventing ourselves?" - David Graeber