https://www.routledge.com/Solidarity-Economics-Building-Sustainable-Social-Relations/Kaufman/p/book/9781032853055 Organizers all around the world are working to build ways of managing resources that serve human and ecological needs. But how can these projects be more than small islands of solidarity and sustainability surrounded by oceans of domination and environmental destruction? Solidarity Economics: Building Sustainable Social Relations lays out the landscape of these projects aimed … Continue reading Solidarity Economics: Building Sustainable Social Relations
Jewish Safety and the Weaponization of Antisemitism
This is a very strange time to be Jewish. There is much talk about a rise in antisemitism, but all around me I see people doing things in the name of protecting Jews—such as dismissing criticism of Israel as antisemitic—that are likely to make us less rather than more safe in this world. The very … Continue reading Jewish Safety and the Weaponization of Antisemitism
It Is Time to Build a World Based on Solidarity
In Los Angeles, one of the wealthiest cities in the world, a city responsible for producing the images of style and happiness that are propagated around the globe, there are 40,000 people living on the street. Even its wealthy neighborhoods were not safe from the disastrous wildfires of 2025. These problems are the result of … Continue reading It Is Time to Build a World Based on Solidarity
7 Rules for Narrative Discipline in the Time of Trump
We need to focus on helping people to see that the current administration is not on their side, to see the damage being done, and to see that there are alternative policies that actually would meet their needs. The next period in U.S. politics will be won on the battlefield of narratives. The recent presidential … Continue reading 7 Rules for Narrative Discipline in the Time of Trump
Taking Political Power From the Fossil Fuel Industry
Taking Political Power from the Fossil Fuel Industry Post ReviewDownload To access the formatted published version go to: https://www.pdcnet.org/radphilrev/content/radphilrev_2024_0027_0001_0001_0019
Restoring the Public Purpose of America’s Urban Universities
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On Safety, Comfort, and the Importance of Speaking Out
Approximately 1,200 human souls were killed in Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel on Oct 7. Since that date 30,000 human souls have been massacred by the Israeli Military with bombs paid for by the United States in Gaza. Hate crimes are increasing against Jews and against Muslims. The climate crisis is putting millions of people’s lives … Continue reading On Safety, Comfort, and the Importance of Speaking Out
Bridges to Another World: Call for Book Proposals
Call for Submissions to a Routledge Book Series Editors: Fred Block, Belinda C. Ramírez, Kathryn Kish Sklar, Cynthia Kaufman Deadline: Rolling Submissions We are living in revolutionary times. Social structures that have stabilized the world order since the end of World War II can no longer function. The climate crisis, deep challenges … Continue reading Bridges to Another World: Call for Book Proposals
Pro-Palestine Allies Need to Speak Up for Israeli and Palestinian Lives
The position of the left in the U.S. should be simple, even if it is not easy. Bombing or killing civilians is wrong. That is true whether you have been suffering under an occupation for over half a century. And it is wrong if you are retaliating for your people being murdered. It has been … Continue reading Pro-Palestine Allies Need to Speak Up for Israeli and Palestinian Lives
My Cross-Country, Low-Carbon Road Trip
Climate activists need vacations too Union Station in Los Angeles. | Photo by S. Greg Panosian/iStock By Cynthia Kaufman August 9, 2023 Sierra Magazine I am a climate activist committed to serious policy change, but I also wanted a vacation. I had a big chunk of time off work, and I wanted to go snorkeling. I … Continue reading My Cross-Country, Low-Carbon Road Trip
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