Rest as Resistance聽
Tricia Hersey鈥檚 new book insists we have the power to refuse capitalism鈥檚 grind culture and instead prioritize rest.聽
Capitalism
Breaking Up With Capitalism
A paradigm shift for our economy begins when we name and see the anti-democratic bias that lies at the heart of our capital-centric system.
Love Your Person (and the Planet) This Valentine鈥檚 Day
Flowers, chocolates, and jewelry are carbon-intensive ways to show your love. Try these alternatives instead.
Video | Housing | Florida | 猫咪社区! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Disaster Capitalism | Hurricane Ian
Lessons in Climate Adaptation From Florida鈥檚 Hurricane Recovery
When Hurricane Ian hit Florida in late September 2022, it took more than 100 lives, becoming the deadliest storm to hit the United States since Katrina in 2005. Hurricane Ian
Centering People in a New Economy
Fed up with capitalism鈥檚 destruction and inequality, there is a growing movement to build a new model based on 鈥減eople鈥檚 prosperity.鈥�
A People鈥檚 Prosperity
Capitalism鈥檚 endless economic growth prioritizes the individual over community and creates extreme inequality. But it doesn鈥檛 have to be that way.
Free Your Mind(set)
To reject the growth mindset, we must divorce ourselves from careerism.
Analysis | colonialism | Land Back | Progress 2025: Colonialism and Sovereignty | Progress 2025 | Slavery
Stolen Lands: A Black and Indigenous History of Land Exploitation聽
Colonization, through genocide, land theft, and the imposition of private property, has dispossessed Indigenous and Black peoples of their homelands across the continents for generations.
Reclaiming Abundance Under Capitalism
Is there a way we can be critical of our cultures of consumption, while also preserving the spirit of abundance?
Stop Asking Me What I Do For Work
鈥淲hen I think of the many ways we鈥攍aborers, neighbors, people in community with one another鈥攁re failing each other, I think first and foremost of the institution of work as we know it.鈥�
The Work of Radical Frugality
Frugality isn鈥檛 just a virtue practiced by bygone generations. It can also be a break with an all-consuming capitalist system.
These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things
The pursuit of pleasure in our modern capitalist society is inextricably linked to money.
The Disaster of Philanthropy and Capitalism
Philanthrocapitalism enables the destruction of nature and the erosion of democracy.
The Pursuit of Rest Under Capitalism
鈥淐ould it be that the fragmentation of our relations has been a fundamental cause of our exhaustion?鈥�
How 9/11 Set Progressive Causes Back鈥攁nd How We Rebounded
The Bush administration used the attacks to label dissent and protests against international trade agreements as terrorism. Now movements have recovered their lost momentum.
When Less Is More
If we鈥檙e going to survive as a species and heal the Earth, we鈥檒l need to drastically cut back on our consumption.
Rethinking Money as a Force for Equity
Money has become concentrated in very few hands. Now some experts are considering that money itself may be part of the problem.
An Economy Built on Sharing
Instead of conspicuous consumption, try the conspicuous sharing of 鈥淏uy Nothing.鈥�
Out With Predatory Capitalism, In With a 鈥淟ife Economy鈥�
Prioritizing short-term profits over everything else has created a system that is consuming itself to extinction. Here鈥檚 what an economy that valued human life and the planet would look like.
Building a Global Economy That Was Bound to Fail
A former economic hit man describes his part in setting up what he calls a 鈥淒eath Economy.鈥�
The Coronavirus Outbreak Has Shown That Capitalism Is Failing
Our social safety net and the government鈥檚 response so far have been woefully inadequate for addressing a national emergency.
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