OPINION
Our Collective Liberation Means Forging Community & Forgoing Capitalism
It’s an uphill battle, but a necessary one
Only when the last tree has been cut down,
Only when the last river has been poisoned,
Only when the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.
~ Cree Indian Prophecy
From the Indigenous lands of Boriken, our angst is palpable — on the faces of la juventud (the younger generations), in the hearts of decades-long freedom fighters and on the minds of those who truly want a kinder world.
A thousand miles away — in our [second] colonizer country — I sense the same is happening, as the sexist, racist, narcissistic person will soon enjoy a second term in office.
While the 2024 elections I’m referring to are specifically related to the occupied, colonized, stolen Indigenous lands of Puerto Rico and the stolen Indigenous land of the U.S., I am confident the effects are of a global nature.
To say millions of us around the planet are in distress is an understatement.
Fear of the I, S and C words
As a teenager, I remember being told that Cuba and the Russians were dangerous because they adhered to a political/economic…
