Archive - Sacred Headwaters

On the American election and the question of fascism

The rise of fascism is not uniquely American. It is part of a global trend across Europe, in India, Israel, and elsewhere. What does that mean for our…

Nov 7

March 2024

Some Newsletter Business + On Blockadia and Palestine

What role does "Blockadia" play in a rapidly changing global environment defined by the tension between a growing internationalist left and a new…

Mar 20

October 2023

Stop the genocide in Gaza

It feels like 1939. A far-right regime is in the early stages of killing thousands and thousands of people. But instead of entering the war, the Allies…

Oct 17, 2023

August 2023

Sacred Headwaters #61: "Critical Minerals" Pt 3 - a New Cold War?

The concept of "criticality" is a national security one, not an energy needs one. How can we avoid concerns about control of mineral production fanning…

Aug 7, 2023

May 2023

Sacred Headwaters #60: "Critical Minerals" Pt 2 - the Mineral Production Gap

Investment in new mineral production is nowhere near on track with what most Paris-compliant scenarios demand. Why is that, and how can we close the…

May 8, 2023

April 2023

Sacred Headwaters #59: "More Mobility...Less Mining"

EVs are gaining momentum. But the current policy path entrenches car dependence and commits us to unrealistic, unjust and unsustainable levels of…

Apr 10, 2023

March 2023

Sacred Headwaters #58: Reform or Revolution?

An age-old debate in socialist circles continues to be relevant both on its own and as a useful frame for understanding climate change and ecological…

Mar 20, 2023

Sacred Headwaters #57: The Four Day Workweek

A wide range of groups - from degrowth economists to the World Economic Forum - have started calling for reducing working hours as, among other things…

Mar 7, 2023

February 2023

Sacred Headwaters #56: Stop Cop City

The fight against Cop City in Atlanta draws the connections between climate and ecological crisis, capital, and the police and surveillance states…

Feb 13, 2023

January 2023

Sacred Headwaters #55: Rebel Cities

What does the "right to the city" mean? What are the boundaries of the urban environment in globalized capitalism? And can cities themselves be sites of…

Jan 16, 2023

December 2022

Sacred Headwaters #54: TINA Pt 6 - Cooperation Jackson

The Zapatistas and the Rojava revolution sprung up in circumstances that don't seem replicable in the Global North. Cooperation Jackson offers a model…

Dec 19, 2022

Sacred Headwaters #53: Radical Municipalism

Electoralism can often feel like a dead-end for the kind of radical transformation needed to avert ecological catastrophe. Can we build power locally as…

Dec 6, 2022

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