ACTIVISM / HUMAN RIGHTS These are articles previously published by Toward Freedom related to this category.
What’s It Really Like to Deal in Regional Currency?
Want to encourage the local economy? Try printing your own regional money.
Activism
As Radical As Reality: An Interview with Mickey Z
"We're on the brink of economic, social, and environmental collapse. What an extraordinary time to be alive. How lucky are we? We've been trusted with the most vital mission of all time: survival." - Mickey Z
Building an Independent Left Movement
The “Shock Doctrine” author tells Laura Flanders, “We have to build that independent left. It has to be so strong and so radical and so militant and so powerful that it becomes irresistible.”
Take Back the Land: Giving Root to Democracy
In our moment of crisis and stagnation, Take Back the Land is a group full of creativity, improvisation, and highly potent political analysis.
A Paradise Built in Hell: Communities That Rise to the Challenge of Disaster
Few speak of paradise now, except as something remote enough to be impossible. But what if paradise flashed up among us from time to time—at the worst of times?
Chris Hedges on Moral Courage
Chris Hedges begins this speech to the Veterans for Peace convention by saying, “Physical courage is something you see on a battlefield. Moral courage you almost never see.”