Life in the Liberated Zone
Delights and Dangers of Being an Activist
Juliana Barnet (JB) and friends write about:
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Daily life in the belly of the beast we’re fighting to transform
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Liberated zones, where social change activists begin creating the world we want to see
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Stereotyping and marginalizing activists in film and literature
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Fiction featuring activists: creating truth-filled stories of our experience.
We invite you to participate in projects probing activist culture:
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SOOP (Stories of our People)
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LLZ Tours
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Neighborhood Novelists
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Conversations on Activist Experience
The Crew
JB, the Writer
Granny Gus, the Story-Collector
Detective Drunella, the Questioner
Sour Puss, the Conflict Catcher
The Beast
The Blog: LLZine
The Projects
Neighborhood Novelists
Stories of Our People
LLZ Tours
Life in the Liberated Zone
activist culture in fiction and reality
Billy Elliot: soaring dancer, sinking union
Billy Elliot - Soaring Dancer, Sinking Union Activists know that workers and labor organizing get attacked from many directions, but we don't generally expect assault from popular fiction. Nonetheless, movies, TV, novels and other storytelling formats can be potent...
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