The Shape of War: Ukraine and Florida

The Shape of War: Ukraine and Florida

I have spent the week watching the inimitable Zarina Zabrisky, an American novelist and journalist who is currently documenting the Russian war in Ukraine. Zabrisky was born in the USSR, in Leningrad (which was later renamed St Petersburg), and spent part of her...
The Wuji Stance and Double-Mindedness

The Wuji Stance and Double-Mindedness

Lately, my Qigong practice has been focused on the warrior stances, the best known of which is the Wuji stance. These are meditations in stillness for the gathering of qi. You feel grounded through your feet and practice letting go with the rest of your body. Energy...
Resistance and the Corona Virus

Resistance and the Corona Virus

The new corona virus sweeping through our communities is deadly and disruptive, but its infinitely more toxic in an environment of corruption. It will take organizing and action to get the testing, care and prevention measures our communities need. The millions of us...
Viral Politics – US and Hong Kong

Viral Politics – US and Hong Kong

Andrea Hildebran Smith interviews Sharon Fast from the University of Hong Kong about adjusting to social isolation policies and the cancellation of in-person schools, universities and workplaces for another 3-4 months due to the corona virus 19. How will people in the...
Mass Protest-Lebanon

Mass Protest-Lebanon

My latest episode launched this morning, with the incredible voice of Luna Safwan from Lebanon from Beirut, Lebanon. She’s in the midst of and reporting from the unprecedented mass protests there, where people are in the streets by the millions to demand a new...
Out Out Out

Out Out Out

The crisis of the Trump presidency escalates with the open embrace of foreign interference in our elections and the betrayal of US Kurdish allies in Syria. It’s time to look to leaders from movements that have successfully used mass protest to force corrupt...