Living Freedom Archive

In the eloquent book, “The Unconquerable World,” author Jonathan Schell traces the grim and brutal history of warfare. A core notion of the book is that war has become non-winnable in the settling of disputes. Due to the evolution of nuclear weapons and the mutual annihilation inherent in their use, the reliance of politics on [...]

we still stay out here I’m in you You’re in me we don’t stick around lousy town we don’t practice the old sloggy routines we create our own Paths even if they’re other way around this planet is owned by bastards who come and go as they please and rub our face in our inability [...]

Freedom may never be lost. Freedom is an essential part of man. Likewise, Mother Earth is the essence of freedom, and while we reside upon her we will always have our freedom. But what makes us feel as though freedom is erased from our daily living is the element of man in which we have [...]

We can re-invent civil disobedience in a million different ways. In other words, we can come up with a million ways of becoming a collective pain in the ass. Our strategy should be not only to confront Empire, but to lay siege to it. to deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. [...]

Freedom is about aligning one’s desires with a commitment to action. We say we want freedom, yet allow ourselves to be enslaved by old patterns that compromise our freedom. Patterns that indicate disrespect towards oneself and others. Our ability to be free from limiting thoughts and actions is also the path for liberating the world. [...]

“Freedom” has very different meanings for women than men in most parts of the world. For women, freedom constitutes a reprieve (always temporary) from being a target of male violence. Whether directly or indirectly, anti woman violence affects all women. In Elizabeth Stanko’s words, “To walk the streets warily at night is how we actually [...]

The history of war in both the ancient and modern world makes one wonder if war is an irresistible compulsion for man. Perhaps the pull toward violence or at least occasional bloodletting is a deep need in the human psyche, an evolutionary adaptation we struggle to understand. What is this love of war, of violence, [...]