Illustrated quotes from Americanah
“Cada memoria la aturdia con su luminosidad enceradora. Cada una traía consigo una sensación de pérdida inatacable. Una gran carga que se precipitaba hacia ella, y ella deseaba poder sumergirse, agacharse para que la memoria la sobrepasara, para que ella pudiera salvarse ” De Americanah, por Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie “… Su cliente estaba dispuesto … Continue reading
Drawing birds in Scotland – is this work?
Dibujando pájaros en Escocia – esto es un trabajo?
The drop
The drop that overflows everything I have inside, when anything that hurts outside vibrates
Berta Vive!
“A 1 AÑO DE SU SIEMBRA: BERTA VIVE, COPINH SIGUE” Recordando hoy la demostración el año pasado, frente a la embajada de Honduras en Londres. Después de un par de horas afuera de la embajada, el embajador salió de su oficina (al terminar la jornada labiral), y se encontró con nosotrxs. Junto a Ana Mirian Romero … Continue reading
You who laugh without shame
“y tu que te ries sin vergüenza vives cada momento debido, y cantas cuando la luna no se levanta tu que no esquivas la dulce descomposición de los sueños que te rebelas y te niegas a ser pequeña y eliges este camino inconcluso por sobre la ordenada arquitectura del genocidio tu eres mi nación” Cynthia … Continue reading
Building Effective Solidarity – Workshop notes
Last month I attended a workshop organised by more than ten groups* based in the UK, who organise in active solidarity with struggles locally all over the world. This event was part of The Spark 2016. The workshop was divided into a series of sessions seeking to answer some of these questions: How can we … Continue reading
Inspiration: No Cause is an Island
No Cause is an Island New report published by the Common Cause Foundation. Regardless of which values people currently hold as important, when they are presented with a message that speaks about a cause in terms of social justice, equality, unity with nature… (intrinsic values) they are more likely to support that cause than when the … Continue reading
Stuff: props or protagonists of our lives?
(Abajo en español) Last Thursday, as part of Waste less, Live more Week (WLLM), we (the WLLM team at Keep Britain Tidy) organised a screening of the documentary My Stuff + live Q & A with director and lead character Petri Lukkainen and special guest Jen Gale (@makeandmendyear). A definitive must watch, My Stuff is … Continue reading
Swim
“You will never learn how to swim until you get in the water” Martin Luther King, Jr. “Nunca aprenderás a nadar hasta que entres al agua” Martin Luther King, Jr.
Beware of the bubbles
(Abajo en español) Beware of the bubbles … The renowned book ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’ written by the by Brazilian educator and philosopher Paulo Freire, is a transformational piece of literature that I highly recommend. Freire’s words are especially relevant in tense, difficult times like these, regardless of the ideology one identifies oneself with. “I … Continue reading
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