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Michael Laxer
2 days ago5 min read
This Clinic in Chicago Offers Free Legal Aid to Solidarity Economy Groups
The Community Enterprise and Solidarity Clinic is part of a growing mutual aid movement in Chicago, Illinois. The University of Illinois...
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Michael Laxer
7 days ago24 min read
Why We Evolved to Dream at Night and What Dreams Mean
We forget most of our dreams. So why do we have them? By Leslie Alan Horvitz No one knows why we dream. It stands to reason that dreams...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 2711 min read
A New Military Strategy of French Neocolonialism in Africa: Reorganizing Under the Cover Retreat
Left parties of West Africa warn that announcements of withdrawal of troops by France-backed regimes in its former African colonies are...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 236 min read
Abolish Climate Disasters
We need to apply an abolitionist framework to climate change, pouring money into a safe and resilient climate and out of the oil-based...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 64 min read
How a Community Collaborative in Arkansas Is Pioneering Solutions to Long-Standing Social Problems
Sankofa Village Arkansas is building an “intentional community centering Black healing, liberation, and regeneration.” Brandonrush, CC...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 413 min read
How the World Hides Liability for Climate Deaths
Unfair family planning regimes have stalled progress in the climate fight and prevent children from having a fair start in life. People...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 13, 202411 min read
How the Braiding Seeds Fellowship Works to Uproot Racism in the Food System
This Petersburgh, New York, organization fights racial injustice in the food system. By Damon Orion Racism has been embedded in America’s...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 11, 20245 min read
With Martial Law Defeated, Now Is a Decisive Moment for Change in South Korea
South Koreans protest against the president, December 4 -- image via Hashflu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Steven Lee Late at...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 6, 20246 min read
Time for Truthful Narratives on Immigration
The “migrant crisis” was manufactured and is the fault of both Trump and Biden. We need to understand that the U.S. needs immigrants more...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 23, 20246 min read
Cities Made Differently: Try Imagining Another Urban Existence
We know from history that there are many ways we can live together—let’s explore the idea. Aerroscape & Lino Zeddies, CC BY-SA 4.0 By...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 21, 20243 min read
Canada Reinvents the Xenophobic Wheel
By Saurav Sarkar Bikram Singh is running out of time on his post-study work visa in Canada. Singh is one of about 70,000 migrants who...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 18, 20244 min read
This Chicago Community Envisions a World Without Prisons and Police
The #LetUsBreathe Collective offers a hub for art, activism, and healing to those impacted by mass incarceration. By Damon Orion Often...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 8, 20245 min read
How Local and Federal Institutions Are (and Aren’t) Taking Care of North Carolina’s Hurricane Survivors—and What Mutual Aid Groups Are Doing to Help
Grassroots organizations are helping rebuild North Carolina communities after Hurricane Helene. Haywood County North Carolina after...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 7, 20244 min read
Community Support Helps the Olympia, Washington Orca Book Cooperative Stay Afloat
When COVID-19 hit, U.S. bookshops were an endangered species. Olympia, Washington’s largest independent bookstore survived by embracing...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 1, 20244 min read
Montana’s First Worker Cooperative Is In It for the Long Haul
How the custom steel fabrication and design company Crucible built a “gravel road” for other Montana worker co-ops to follow. Photo of...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 25, 202410 min read
Why Is Prehistory Inspiring So Many Artists?
What draws us to such a distant and long-gone time? A fruitful relationship has always existed between prehistory (a scientific...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 23, 20245 min read
COP16: It’s Wild-West Capitalism Versus Life on Earth
The stakes for our collective future could not be higher, yet many decision-makers are doubling down on destructive policies. Image via...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 19, 202418 min read
The ‘Blue Economy’ Myth: We Have to Stop Thinking the Ocean Can Be Run Like a Business
Protecting the Earth’s oceans is problematic when profit is the leading concern. kees torn, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/lic...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 13, 20244 min read
Mapping the Solidarity Economy
The worker-owned collective ChiCommons helps Chicago residents find local mutual aid-based organizations. The community owned Wild Onion...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 9, 202411 min read
What Would a Real Renewable Energy Transition Look Like?
The seven steps that could help build a social movement and ensure a sustainable future. kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0...
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