Building Online Power
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, likes to claim that his company’s goal is to bring all the world’s people closer together through networking. That’s a truly astounding fiction, as Facebook – and effectively all of the firms dominating the internet today – are motivated … Read more
The World is Dying, Darling
The world is dying, darling. Humanity as we know it has existed for nearly three hundred thousand years. In that time, only the last 150 years of capitalism has managed to destroy the planet. Clearly there must be a way out of this mess and … Read more
Perspectives’ “Power” Introduction: What Happens When the Power Goes Out
What has happened? In some ways, the answer is simple because what’s happened is the natural progression of a sick society that has forsaken collective stability and health (of all kinds) in favor of power and profit. In other ways, the answer is impossible because … Read more
In the new Power issue the Perspectives collective collaborates with Kai Lumumba Barrow who provides cover art and images from Gallery of the Streets. Gallery of the Streets is a network of autonomous artists, activists, and scholars committed to abolitionist movement building. Led by queer … Read more
Time Under Tension: Lessons in Organizing from a Kettlebell Gym
Strength is a Skill Your spine is straight. You have shifted your weight back so that your knees are above your ankles—this is such an uncomfortable position until you learn to trust the muscles that hold you there—and you check to make sure the bell … Read more
Regenerative Power
Knowing glory and staying modest, be the valley of the world. Being the world’s valley of eternal inexhaustible power is to go back again to the natural. . . . Natural wood is cut up and made into useful things. Wise souls are used to … Read more
