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Off Route: A Marxist Midlife Crisis
If you ever wanted to know about your bus driver’s sex life or their recovery journey, how much they love their wife, their feelings about their coworkers, or how often they’re disassociating while driving you to work, Off Route might hold the answers to some of your burning questions. If you’re wondering how we liberate ourselves from the drudgery of capitalism, well, you might want to look inwards– this book will encourage you to do so.
An Excerpt from “Off Route”
By: Rick Levin, author I am exaggerating my response to the pandemic, of course. Yes, it scared the hell out of me. But I never feared the virus killing me, really. What I feared was other people—that’s always been my core fear, only here it was amplified and...
It’s a Wonderful Community Christmas
The halls of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Eugene (UUCE) were jolly on December 25th thanks to the hard work of community members and the hospitality of church membership. The Christmas Day event was the second iteration of what organizers have named Community...
A Review of Eric King’s A Clean Hell by Indigenous political prisoner Oso Blanco
by: Oso Blanco This book Eric King has published will tell you many truths of what US colonialism has come to in the form of US federal prisons, especially the abuses of humans in the SHU and at the ADX Supermax in Florence, Colorado. The haves who seek to destroy and...
Disabled Love: telling the truth in community
carnelian: telling the truth in community "So does it work? Does carnelian help you tell the truth?" my radical mental health friend asked. "Well, something does!" I said. We laughed. I thought of causes-- all the ways we get here. ...
FROM THE BACKCOUNTRY TO THE FRONTCOUNTRY: What the Pacific Crest Trail can teach us about Mutual Aid
While hiking the Pacific Crest Trail last summer, I found that backpackers traveled in a special kind of bubble. The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is a 2650-mile hike that runs from the Mexican to Canadian border through California, Oregon, and Washington. Thousands walk...
Disabled Love: Racism in Community
I go to the altar in my heart and light the candle, asking Spirit to bless my writing about racism in community. Mother God, Parent Earth, and all that is Love, please help me tell the truth, now and every day of my life. Thank you. admit it...
Acting and Activism Unite in MEND: An Anti-Capitalist Theatrical Spell
A DIY community performance weaving art, ritual, and resistance This November, a queer, multi-generational cast of performers will debut an original play at the Lavender Network (440 Maxwell Rd). MEND is a theatrical spell for dismantling empire: featuring...