
Saved by Helen
anarchism starts in the now: hope for a better future
Saved by Helen
Hope just means another world might be possible, not promised, not guaranteed. Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope.
possible to observe the unfolding human attack on nature with horror, be determined to do whatever you can to stop it, and at the same time know that much of it cannot be stopped, whatever you do? Is it possible to see the future as dark and darkening further;
People are aware that they cannot continue in the same old way, but are immobilized because they cannot imagine an alternative.
world whose hopefulness lies in its unfinishedness, its openness to improvisation and participation. The revolutionary days I have been outlining are days in which hope is no longer fixed on the future: it becomes an electrifying force in the present.
Meg began by acknowledging the central place of hope in our lives and culture. “The idea that history moves forward, the idea of progress, is one of the building blocks of Western civilization. Part of the bedrock we stand on. But we made it all up. We think our technology will save us, but it actually traps us. Our activism is fueled by similar no
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