Little Chinese Everywhere
Tulou has been the inspiration of many famous movies, such as Mulan, Big Fish and begonia, Kung Fu Panda, etc. In reality, they are the traditional home of Hakka people, housing up to 800 people! Nowadays, few people live in Tulou because of a lack of modern facilities, but they are still a masterpiece of architecture! Luckily, I have met a very hospitable Hakka lady who showed me the real life inside the Tulou!
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The Purity Fetish of Right and Left Political Extremes | Midwestern Marx
Starting with Carlos L. Garrido’s The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism, Alan Freeman leans in.
American Psychosis with Chris Hedges | Wombat City Studios
Chris Hedges speaks on the US Empire of Narcissism and Psychopathy.
Directed by Amanda Zackem
The White Leftist Industrial Complex | Soulbunni
Food Delivery Apps Are Trying to Kill a Worker Uprising
More Perfect Union • Delivery workers in NYC made history when they won a $24/hour minimum wage. It was supposed to go into effect in January, until it didn’t. DoorDash and Grubhub ran a shady, backroom campaign to delay and water down the law. But Los Deliveristas are fighting back.
The TRUTH about Black Republicans | F.D Signifier
Treat this as F.D Signifier’s lead into a more in-depth essay The REAL faces of Black Conservatism on Nebula, examining the true nature of Black American conservatism, and seeks to understand how and why it exists and differs from white conservatism. F.D Signifier @ Patreon
How Neoliberalism Tricked The Working Class | The Majority Report
Jeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams, authors of “Hegemony Now” talk about how neoliberalism increases private luxuries for the few while decreasing democratic power for everyone, but specifically Black, other Peoples of Color, Women, Children, and those who are LGBTQ+.
Pocket Hoods behaving like Villages, boost wellbeing | Kirsten Dirksen
How to turn your Neighborhood into a Village | Communitecture
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys to Portland, Oregon to speak with architect Mark Lakeman, founder of Communitecture Architecture and the City Repair Project. Mark initiated a movement in Portland to transform the homogenous neighborhoods of the city into places that have many of the qualities and characteristics that are found in some of the most treasured villages on Earth. Mark reveals the things you need to know to transform your own neighborhood into a village.
Mark Lakeman @ Communitecture Architecture
https://communitecture.net
The City Repair Project
https://cityrepair.org
Special thanks to Maitreya Ecovillage, Eugene, Oregon for letting us film their sweet spot.
http://maitreya-ecovillage.org
Here’s How We Escape Climate Apocalypse | Our Changing Climate
In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at the importance of speculative climate fiction, sci-fi, and utopias for political movements. Specifically, I look at various short stories, films, and books that introduce us to worlds beyond capitalism, that have, in their own way, addressed our ecological and climate crisis.