Poem: Catastrophe Is Next to Godliness

For there is a real connection between such catastrophes and a certain frame of mind which refuses to expect them.

A hurricane is an act of God. But failure to prepare, when the necessity for preparation is well known—that’s sin.

The catastrophe I want, to use your phrase, is one provoked when the people demand — and the system can’t deliver on — two really important, very pragmatic sets of rights. The rights of Mother Earth, and the right of people to have access to the resources required to create productive, dignified, and ecologically sustainable livelihoods.

We’re all going to travel the same shocks and slides; the question is how do we experience it and who gets to decide how it lands. That’s the contest. Credit: Developed by Movement Generation with Our Power Campaign; Updated May 2017 When folks say, “Catastrophe is inevitable,” I think: well, yeah, but change is also inevitable; transition is inevi

We’re all going to travel the same shocks and slides; the question is how do we experience it and who gets to decide how it lands. That’s the contest. Credit: Developed by Movement Generation with Our Power Campaign; Updated May 2017 When folks say, “Catastrophe is inevitable,” I think: well, yeah, but change is also inevitable; transition is inevi

The catastrophe I want, to use your phrase, is one provoked when the people demand — and the system can’t deliver on — two really important, very pragmatic sets of rights. The rights of Mother Earth, and the right of people to have access to the resources required to create productive, dignified, and ecologically sustainable livelihoods.

We’re all going to travel the same shocks and slides; the question is how do we experience it and who gets to decide how it lands. That’s the contest. Credit: Developed by Movement Generation with Our Power Campaign; Updated May 2017 When folks say, “Catastrophe is inevitable,” I think: well, yeah, but change is also inevitable; transition is inevi

He chose a better catastrophe and so should we. If catastrophe is where we’re headed, let’s fight hard to get the best catastrophe we can.