"The Uihleins have used their wealth to funnel millions of dollars into the most extreme right-wing politicians and movements in the United States."
Crypto For The Homeless is a non-profit that uses cryptocurrency to reimburse volunteers who deliver supplies and food to homeless and houseless humans around the world.
Listen to it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sfnwFV92XY
"This form of Christianity with no justice and no compassion must be rejected. It’s not worth preserving and it is not liberative, prophetic, and Christ-centered to emancipate Black people and people of color in this nation. Its basic premise is the denial of Black humanity and dignity, and Black rights and future possibilities in this society."
"Dolge is an anarchist, an atheist and a communist." – Judge Hardin
Somehow I have never heard of Alfred Dolge -- an inventor of musical instruments and an industrial-socialist who built a utopian town in New York around a felt factory. This audio program by Dave Hilowitz tells the story of the the rise and fall of Dolgeville.
I didn't listen to this whole thing (almost 6 hours!) but it seems comprehensive!
Here's a link to my own AT hike in 2011/2012:
https://mretc.net/~cris/AT2011/
Good 2018 talk by Cory Doctorow on the impossibility of crypto-anarchy (or at least of crypto-anarchy alone).
This is the article where I first learned about Kurt Steiner
"I did make a bunch of money by winning the Netscape Startup Lottery, it's true. So did most of the early engineers. But the people who made 100x as much as the engineers did? I can tell you for a fact that none of them slept under their desk. If you look at a list of financially successful people from the software industry, I'll bet you get a very different view of what kind of sleep habits and office hours are successful than the one presented here."
I met this guy on my 2013 Colorado Trail thru hike when he was doing a section he skipped. He also has a good journal of his Northville-Placid Trail thru hike (https://trailjournals.com/journal/entry/477698)
"Over 40 people delayed the sweeping of a South Dallas homeless encampment on Friday morning, blocking off the camp with their bodies and cars. Some were armed with rifles."
"We are abolitionists fighting for the rights of unhoused people through mutual aid and direct action."
an essay on nostalgia
On the JIS ghost characters
video essay comparing EZLN to anarchist thought of Magon.
good guys FIF
I found this helpful for an aran sweater I'm about to start