This blog is about big-picture politics. More about the forest than individual trees. I discuss current events in a wider context — looking beyond today’s breaking news to examine larger social, political, economic, & cultural trends and the deeper structures that influence these trends. Call it slow blogging.
Understanding the big picture is essential to thinking strategically about how to best change that picture, which is the real point to me. I believe humanity faces an important test in the 21st century: Our very survival hangs in the balance, as well as “liberty and justice for all.” We must evolve quickly — socially, politically, economically, culturally — in order to meet the challenge. What are progressive activists and organizations currently doing to move us forward? What could we do better? How can we best address root causes and make the deep structural changes needed and not just win temporary, narrow victories?
Finally, while taking a planetary perspective, this blog is located in a particular place — the city of Seattle in the Cascadia bioregion (including Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia). I discuss what we can do where we are, in our lives & in our communities, as we address national & planetary challenges.
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