When the people on the streets in Iran use the slogan "Woman, Life, Freedom," the freedom they refer to is freedom from domination. Iranians are living under a regime that limits what they can say, how they dress, and how they may gather and organize. Their government is imprisoning, torturing, and killing people who are … Continue reading Freedom: Challenging Domination or License to Dominate?
Advice for Joining the Climate Justice Movement
The reason the world is not making the transition away from the use of fossil fuels at the speed required for human thriving is because of entrenched systems of power. Getting those systems to change will take everything we have. As Frederick Douglass said, “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and it … Continue reading Advice for Joining the Climate Justice Movement
Consumerism, Sustainability, and Happiness: How to Build a World Where Everyone has Enough
Forthcoming Spring 2023 What would it take to have a world where everyone had enough? How can we eliminate poverty, leave enough for non-human nature, and increase wellbeing? This book explores ways the reader can live their life, engage with cultural change, and engage with policy making, to build that world. We are presently on … Continue reading Consumerism, Sustainability, and Happiness: How to Build a World Where Everyone has Enough
What Does it Feel Like to Be White?
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Thoughts on Anti-Capitalist Organizing: Imagining a Way Beyond Revolution or Reform
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Cynthia Kaufman
Kaufman.cynthia13@gmail.com VIDA at De Anza College21250 Stevens Creek Blvd. Cupertino, Ca 95014USA
Preparing to Protect the Election Results
Most people I know are working hard to ensure that Trump and the Republican Party lose on November 3rd. Whatever you think of the Democrats, it is clear that if we want a country that is not ruled by brute force and hateful ideology, we need to win this election.With days to go before the … Continue reading Preparing to Protect the Election Results
Getting out of this Mess by Building support for Economic and Social Justice
The election was terrible and means huge setback in the things we who support social and economic justice care about. For the climate it may mean the difference between the possibility of building a sustainable future and getting to the changes too late to avoid catastrophe. The current period is likely to give a major stress … Continue reading Getting out of this Mess by Building support for Economic and Social Justice
White Supremacy won the Election
Ever since last Tuesday I, and most people I know, have felt shattered. It is a blow to our common humanity that someone who expressed such hatred toward so many of us could have gotten a majority vote for the presidency. What was the most striking to me was how overwhelmingly white voters, including white … Continue reading White Supremacy won the Election
On Surviving the Trump Years with Our Spirits Intact
The day after the election most people I knew were exhibiting physical signs of stress. I felt it mostly in my stomach. The morning after the election, I spent time commiserating with an undocumented student I mentor, and who I love. I held her and tried to be supportive of her in her fear that … Continue reading On Surviving the Trump Years with Our Spirits Intact
Cynthia Kaufman 