Posts tagged capitalism
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on Diverse Expressions of a Living Earth /311
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on Diverse Expressions of a Living Earth /311

Vandana and Ayana piece apart the threads of our global culture that lead to exploitation and extraction - focusing on the policies of division and distraction that keep us from each other. The divisions that world-leaders focus so much time on are created in order to dominate and exploit the nature on which the earthly community depends.

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Climate Solutions, Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, Global South, Globalization, Multispecies Justice, The Cost of CapitalismFor The WildDr. Vandana Shiva, Vandana Shiva, My Life in a Biodiversity of Movements, The Seeds of Vandana Shiva, biodiversity, commons, GMOs, seeds, Navdanya, Earth School, food, earth, life, food sovereignty, Indigenous food sovereignty, diversity, Monsanto, health, peasant movements, farming, farmers movements, gardening, collapse, capitalism, health under capitalism, health under colonialism, climate change, colonialism, vandana, shiva, Vandana, ShivaComment
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on the Promise of the Commons /280
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on the Promise of the Commons /280

Dr. Shiva warns that the ruling class operates from a place of fear of any being alive and free on their own terms. We end this conversation with a call to a paradigm shift away from capitalism, control and fear to one of partnership with the earth.

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Climate Solutions, Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, Global South, Multispecies Justice, The Cost of CapitalismFor The Wildbiodiversity, commons, GMOs, seeds, seed saving, Dr. Vandana Shiva, Vandana Shiva, Navdanya, Earth School, food, earth, life, food sovereignty, Indigenous food sovereignty, diversity, India, reclaiming, health, Monsanto, Gates, microbiome, toxins, glyphosate, GMO, globalization, late-stage capitalism, peasant movements, farming, farmers movements, gardening, collapse, capitalism, health under capitalism, health under colonialism, climate change, colonialism, Reclaiming the Commons: Biodiversity, Indigenous Wisdom, and the Rights of Mother Earth, Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy: A Global Citizens’ Report on the Corporate Control of Technology, Health, and Agriculture, reclaiming the commons bookComment
BRONTË VELEZ on the Necessity of Beauty, Part 2 [ENCORE] /274
BRONTË VELEZ on the Necessity of Beauty, Part 2 [ENCORE] /274

brontë and Ayana explore topics including appropriating propaganda and memetics, reorienting ourselves away from the spectacle of terror, tending to erotic energy and sensual spaces, and the nuances around beauty and aesthetics in dominant culture.

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Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Sexual Body Liberation, Racial Equity JusticeFor The WildUses of the Erotic, BDSM, Pleasure Activism, embodied pleasure, Liberation, patriarchy, white supremacy, capitalism, liberation of pleasure, denial of pleasure, transition, domination, submission, brontë velez, queer culture, dominatrix, kink, dominance, care economy, craft work, feminine energy, masculine energy, gender, leather play, Allyship Guide 1, paradigm shiftComment
BRONTË VELEZ on the Pleasurable Surrender of White Supremacy, Part 1 [ENCORE]/273
BRONTË VELEZ on the Pleasurable Surrender of White Supremacy, Part 1 [ENCORE]/273

Ayana and brontë delve into topics surrounding authentic expression, the distortion of feminine and masculine powers, beauty and aesthetics, queerness, dominatrix energy, and power as agency.

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Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Sexual Body Liberation, Racial Equity JusticeFor The WildUses of the Erotic, BDSM, Pleasure Activism, embodied pleasure, Liberation, patriarchy, white supremacy, capitalism, liberation of pleasure, denial of pleasure, transition, domination, submission, brontë velez, queer culture, dominatrix, kink, dominance, care economy, craft work, feminine energy, masculine energy, gender, leather play, Allyship Guide 1, paradigm shift, bronte, bronte velezComment
TRICIA HERSEY on Rest as Resistance [ENCORE] /267
TRICIA HERSEY on Rest as Resistance [ENCORE] /267

With a historical analysis of slavery and plantation labor, Tricia Hersey of Nap Ministry prompts us, at this critical time, to consider what is stolen from those among us who cannot rest under white supremacy and capitalism.

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Cultural Strategy, The Cost of Capitalism, Spirituality Theology, Racial Equity Justice, Radical ImaginationFor The WildTricia Hersey, The Nap Ministry, rest, rest as resistance, rest is resistance, reparations, capitalism, white supremacy, womanism, afrofuturism, napping, plantation labor, grind culture, productivity, slavery, Jim Crow, ancestral wisdom, intuition, radical imagination, bell hooks, community care, self care, soul care, Audre Lorde, movement culture, embodiment, dreaming, slowing down, healing, Tricia, Hersey, Return Guest TriciaComment
BANI AMOR on Tourism and the Colonial Project /234
BANI AMOR on Tourism and the Colonial Project /234

Bani discusses the fetishization of land and lifeways and how tourism facilitates ongoing cycles of domination creating unstable economies, and rendering local communities vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Bani urges us to ask questions that aren’t really encouraged in the travel space including: how can we have a connection to place that isn’t based on escapism and domination?

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Cultural Strategy, The Cost of Capitalism, Transition Transformation, Sacrifice Zones, Racial Equity Justice, GlobalizationFor The Wildgeography, human geography, critical geography, placemaking, capitalism, colonization, space, power relations, development, global development, climate migration, Bani Amor, bani amor decolozing travel, extractive tourism, extractive tourism meaning, extractive tourism industry, decolonize travel writing, hawaii military tourism, military tourist attraction, hawaii tourism bad, spiritual tourism, spiritual tourism in india, spiritual tourism scholarly articles, bali tourism bad, is bali rouned by tourism, how does tourism affect bali, tourism bad for environment, tourism bad impact, ayahuasca appropriation, ayahuasca cultural appropriation, ayahuasca tourism appropriationComment
TRICIA HERSEY on Rest as Resistance /185
TRICIA HERSEY on Rest as Resistance /185

With a historical analysis of slavery and plantation labor, Tricia’s work prompts us to consider what is stolen from those among us who cannot rest under capitalism, laying the groundwork for deep inquiry into the emergent possibilities of “DreamSpace.”

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The Cost of Capitalism, Radical Imagination, Racial Equity Justice, Spirituality TheologyFor The WildTricia Hersey, The Nap Ministry, rest, rest as resistance, rest is resistance, reparations, capitalism, white supremacy, womanism, afrofuturism, napping, plantation labor, grind culture, productivity, slavery, Jim Crow, ancestral wisdom, intuition, radical imagination, bell hooks, community care, self care, soul care, Audre Lorde, movement culture, embodiment, dreaming, slowing down, healing, Allyship Guide 1, Essential ListeningComment
TEJU ADISA-FARRAR on Remapping Our World /177
TEJU ADISA-FARRAR on Remapping Our World /177

Teju discusses how gentrification originates through the calculated and supremacist devaluation of place, its environmental impacts, and urbanization and urban futures in response to climate and economic migration and changes.

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Cultural Strategy, The Cost of Capitalism, Sacrifice Zones, Globalization, Design+Strategy, Racial Equity Justice, Transition TransformationFor The WildGentrification, the Freeway revolts, geography, human geography, Black geography, critical geography, Oakland, placemaking, capitalism, environmental justice, space, power relations, development, global development, urbanization, climate migration, urban futures, ecofascism, Allyship Guide 1, paradigm shiftComment
Homebound: Decentralizing the Power of Healing with Dr. RUPA MARYA /169
Homebound: Decentralizing the Power of Healing with Dr. RUPA MARYA /169

Rupa reminds us that the blatant neglect for people’s wellbeing amidst this global pandemic is not coincidence or negligence, it is the result of a global system that has historically centered profit over people.

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Homebound, The Cost of Capitalism, Racial Equity Justice, Activism AllyshipFor The Wildracism, stave violence, Rupa Marya, The Justice Study, Rupa and the April Fishes, health impacts, capitalism, colonization, medicine, medical reparations, inflammation, chronic illness, systems, social illness, decolonizing medicine, police violence, community medicine, gentrification, houselessness, wellbeing, healing, health justiceComment
Dr. RUPA MARYA on Decentralizing the Power of Healing /153
Dr. RUPA MARYA on Decentralizing the Power of Healing /153

How can we understand our own ailments as a map of society’s illness? A by-product of an inhuman, unbridled industrialized society where the pressures of productivity and the harm inflicted by violent institutions are causing a collective decline in health... we explore these topics with Dr. Rupa Marya, whose work explores health issues at the nexus of racism and state violence.

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The Cost of Capitalism, Racial Equity Justice, Activism AllyshipFor The Wildracism, stave violence, Rupa Marya, The Justice Study, Rupa and the April Fishes, health impacts, capitalism, colonization, medicine, medical reparations, inflammation, chronic illness, systems, social illness, decolonizing medicine, police violence, community medicine, gentrification, houselessness, wellbeing, healing, health justiceComment
BRONTË VELEZ on the Necessity of Beauty, Part 2 /140
BRONTË VELEZ on the Necessity of Beauty, Part 2 /140

brontë and Ayana’s ripe conversation explores topics including appropriating propaganda and memetics, reorienting ourselves away from the spectacle of terror, tending to erotic energy and sensual spaces, and the nuances around beauty and aesthetics in dominant culture.

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Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Sexual Body Liberation, Racial Equity JusticeFor The WildUses of the Erotic, BDSM, Pleasure Activism, embodied pleasure, Liberation, patriarchy, white supremacy, capitalism, liberation of pleasure, denial of pleasure, transition, domination, submission, brontë velez, queer culture, dominatrix, kink, dominance, care economy, craft work, feminine energy, masculine energy, gender, leather play, Allyship Guide 1Comment
BRONTË VELEZ on the Pleasurable Surrender of White Supremacy, Part 1 /139
BRONTË VELEZ on the Pleasurable Surrender of White Supremacy, Part 1 /139

Ayana and brontë delve into topics surrounding authentic expression, the distortion of feminine and masculine powers, beauty and aesthetics, queerness, dominatrix energy, and power as agency.

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Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Sexual Body Liberation, Racial Equity JusticeFor The WildUses of the Erotic, BDSM, Pleasure Activism, embodied pleasure, Liberation, patriarchy, white supremacy, capitalism, liberation of pleasure, denial of pleasure, transition, domination, submission, brontë velez, queer culture, dominatrix, kink, dominance, care economy, craft work, feminine energy, masculine energy, gender, leather play, bronte Comment
RAJ PATEL on Cheapness in the Age of Capitalism /137
RAJ PATEL on Cheapness in the Age of Capitalism /137

Raj and Ayana discuss cheapness in relation to the prison industrial complex, the invisibility of domestic labor and care work, the fallacies of fair trade, and the enclosure of the commons.

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The Cost of CapitalismFor The WildRaj Patel, Jason W. Moore, capitalism, Capitalocene, history of capitalism, enclosure of the commons, the commons, invisible labor, forced labor, domestic labor, slave labor, worker power, labor organizing, fair trade, resource redistribution, reparations, food sovereignty, green consumerism, cheap, cheapness, prison industrial complex, land reform, Waste & ConvenienceComment
ADRIENNE MAREE BROWN on Pleasure as Birthright /115
ADRIENNE MAREE BROWN on Pleasure as Birthright /115

Explore how the denial of pleasure contributes to our own oppression, how radical honesty and kindness can transform our relationships, moving through the limitations placed on radical imagination and desire, the importance of pleasure beyond sex, and how our pain and sorrow is a measurement of our pleasure and joy.

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Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Sexual Body Liberation, Racial Equity JusticeFor The Wildenbodied pleasure, Uses of the Erotic, Pleasure Activism, social conditioning, performative identitiies, capitalism, patriarchy, liberation of pleasure, emergent strategy, denial of pleasure, bodily oppression, transformative relationships, liberated relationships, Happy Heart Salve Bright Futures, Slow Study 1Comment
ZAYAAN KHAN on the Place of Sweet Waters, Part 2 /84
ZAYAAN KHAN on the Place of Sweet Waters, Part 2 /84

We meet with Zayaan Khan to discuss water scarcity in South Africa and a point of no return at which culture can change rapidly. Suddenly people become accustomed to the unthinkable —no showering! no laundry!— and they begin to ask, how could we have ever been so wasteful, so indulgent?

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Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Decolonization, Global SouthFor The Wildthresholds, resilient systems, diversity, collapse, Adaptive Cycle, South Africa, climax state, available energy, natural disasters, capitalism, wild water wild iceComment
ZAYAAN KHAN on the Place of Sweet Waters, Part 1 /83
ZAYAAN KHAN on the Place of Sweet Waters, Part 1 /83

With Zayaan, we trace the ways that the white colonization of South Africa not only destroyed the complexities of the human-to-land relationship, but also continues to ignore the intricacies and connectivity of the landscape and how South Africa is still living within the echo chamber of a shockingly repressive colonial system

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Decolonization, Global South, Colonial Violence, The Cost of CapitalismFor The Wildthresholds, resilient systems, diversity, collapse, Adaptive Cycle, South Africa, climax state, available energy, natural disasters, capitalism, wild water wild ice Comment