Lead Me

If, like me, you sometimes have moments of not knowing what to do – this is for you. From my friends Luke, Arthur, Wheaton and Kenny.

The 99% Spring – 100,000 Strong

This looks awesome. Especially the wide variety of organisations behind it.

Link Loving 28.03.12

• Building social license to operate – take the alternative guided tour of the Tate Britain/Modern/Boat. Tate à Tate.
• Riots panel to call for curb on youth-targeted brand adverts. Daniel Boffey.
• Welcome to the Anthropocene. Nice graphics.
• Beautiful images of remote cabins where you can imagine writing profound things and reading even more profound things.
• Interested in food and social change? Live in London? Come to this workshop – We Are What We Eat.

Celebrating Two Years On This Blog

It all started with a trip to Montenegro and the idea of decreasing informational input, and increasing productive output.

I’m subscribed to more blogs and mailing lists than ever, have more interesting podcasts that I want to listen to, and my bookshelf is in a permanent state 0f near-collapse – so I have obviously not really learnt my lesson. However, much has happened over the last two years, and that is worth celebrating.

The most-read posts are, thankfully, when I write some content. Top posts include:

• The attack on Johann Hari is an attack on our progressive infrastructure.
• What are practical, meaningful actions campaigns can ask people to take?
• What Rio+20 could be about.

Here’s to the next two years – and thank you for reading, sharing and commenting.

Link Loving 27.03.12

• Robert Reich on saving capitalism and democracy. h/t Alex Evans
• Are rich people unethical?
• Coming soon – MPs Direct.
• Do we need an EU-specific online progressive community? Tom Baker reflects on three days of campaigning in Brussels.
• Are we seeing the difference between change and defense in our social change strategy? George Lakey is spot-on as ever.
• On success and failure. Penelope Trunk.

If I Had A Hammer

Loving this summery social justice-themed number from Trini Lopez

How To Talk To A Climate Sceptic

Link Loving 26.03.12

• Meet the new leader of Plaid Cymru – Leanne Wood. Daran Hill.
• Why are coups always led by colonels? Elizabeth Dickinson.
• New Ruckus Society guide to strategic action. h/t Rhizome.
• Remembering Bayard Rustin at 100. Matt Meyer.
• A Nursing Home Abolitionist explains what he does. Sounds very cool.
• The relationship between religiosity and wellbeing. Thomas Sander.
• Shilpa Shah travels to her parent’s native Kenya and reflects on race and friendship.

On Gratitute

Link Loving 25.03.12

• If you get the sense that you ought to know a bit about Marx, read this. Insightful to the max. Terry Eagleton.