“I am not here to create more followers. I am here to inspire more leaders.” – Xiuhtezcatl Martinez “Look at Parkland. Look at the extraordinary courage of those young people. We all must be engaged in that. To not just not take pride in Emma González and her cronies; but to say, ‘How can I be Emma González?’” – Eugene Jarecki “They thought that the bullets would silence us, but […]
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Free at Last | Lessons learned behind bars
“Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with them are relegated to cages.” – Angela Y. Davis “I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime, but perpetuates […]
Beyond capitalism | MOON Shine
“It is unambiguously clear that trickle-down economics does not work. But what does that mean? That means we have to structure our economic policies to make sure that we have shared prosperity. You don’t do that by giving a tax cut to the big winners and raising taxes on those who have not done very well. Your economic policy has to respond to the way our economic system has been […]
Indigenous leadership
Perhaps many of us are familiar with quotes from Indigenous leaders of the past. There are many worthy ones, some of which The MOON has shared in previous issues (The Earth speaks, for example). What I like about this collection of quotes is that most of them are from contemporary Indigenous leaders–powerfully demonstrating that Indigenous leadership is a current phenomenon. Let’s listen. “Just being born Native, you’re born an activist. […]
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