Author: traiascarevolutia
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Seeds of Resilience: Building Community Through Local Seed Exchanges
How to Start and Maintain a Seed Exchange in New England In a time when corporate agriculture, seed monopolies, and unstable food systems dominate the American landscape, starting a seed exchange — or even a local seed bank — is a serious act of resistance. Saving and sharing seeds reclaims the right to grow food…
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MAY DAY 2025
Find Your May Day Event – Thursday, May 1 I want to make sure everyone knows how to find their local May Day event this Thursday, May 1. There are a lot happening — with over 30 in Boston and its suburbs, 25 across Vermont from Bennington to Newport, and events throughout Maine from York…
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Stories Are Survival: Why We Must Keep Speaking
How writing, imperfection, and ancestral memory remind us of our power to connect and transform I have been writing for a very long time. It has not always been good writing; a lot of it is messy, unrefined, raw. There are notebooks filled with half-finished thoughts, Word documents abandoned mid-sentence, and stories that never quite…
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Not All Activism is Loud
About a week ago, I bumped into a friend of mine in the community. After we went through the usual motions of two people reconnecting after some time apart, our conversation shifted to resistance, mutual aid, and how we’re each finding ways to get involved. I decided to show him the website I’ve been working…
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Resisting Burnout: The Radical Necessity of Self-Care
Every day, the waves of new terror, unrest, and chaos break through our news and media, relentless and overwhelming. It’s hard to keep up, and even harder to find peace amidst the constant barrage. In these times, it can be easy to forget to take care of ourselves. But it is crucial to remember: self-care…
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Reclaiming the Trickster: Resistance and Revolution in the Modern World
In the beginning of almost every creation myth involving a trickster, humans often live in darkness and despair. These tricksters, however, bring humanity the gifts it needs to thrive—culture, inventions, fire, and life-giving forces like the sun and the moon. Loki, for instance, is often credited with “accidentally” delivering culture to humans by providing them…