Bureaucratic Battles in the Belly of the Beast

JB's Journal

Bureaucratic Battles in the Belly of the Beast – My Aunt Eve My aunt Eve, 86, is an intrepid activist in the radical, pacifist community of Washington, DC. She goes to all kinds of protests against war and torture, and has been arrested often for crimes...

About LLZ

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Activists are a wildly diverse bunch of people connected to many cultures, but all of us share a unique culture as activists. Regardless of our particular identities and types of activism: Like most people, we oppose injustice and desire a healthier, kinder and more...

LLZ Tours Dispatch #1

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Good morning, dear Acturistas!  Welcome to LLZ Tours. Thanks, Granny Gus. Gracias! Merci! Obrigado! Salamat! अनुगृहितास्मि, 谢谢… , We go on exciting thanks you for joining our Fact- and Fiction-Finding Expeditions’where we’ explore the activist experience....

Neighborhood Novelist event

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  Join us December 10th to...

Events

Standing Rock: Community Sustains the Struggle Panel discussion at the Institute for Policy Studies in DC, with Juliana Barnet, Jay Winter Nightwolf and Lolly Bee. Juliana Barnet will share observations and experiences of life and community-building at the Oceti...

Water Protectors Create Communities to Sustain the Struggle at Standing Rock

Activist Culture, Life in Liberated Zones

Scenes of unarmed Native Americans facing police aggression at Standing Rock are riveting, but behind the front lines quieter work goes on 24/7 to sustain the struggle against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Several thousand Tribal members and allies–children,...

Who are we?

Activist Culture, LLZine

And What is Activist Culture? We are the global grab-bag of boat-rockers, neck-sticker-outers, city-hall-fighters, tree-huggers, community-builders, trouble-makers, thought-provokers, rabble-rousers, visionaries, and gadflies. Diverse as we are, we share specific...

Billy Elliot: soaring dancer, sinking union

Featured Post, Fiction Featuring Activists

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...

Creating Activist Community in an Ocean of Oppression

Global Activist Community, LLZine

Activists live in the belly of the beast we’re struggling to transform.We know better ways of being, we try some them out, and we feel bad that we can’t always follow through or make changes in all aspects of our lives. We believe in equality, justice and...

Fiction featuring activists

Fiction Featuring Activists, LLZine

-“A romantic comedy about a community organizer juggling activism and family life…” – “Don’t miss this compelling drama about Native American activists fighting an oil pipeline.” – “Tune into the season premier of Occupy! the saga...