Tim Hjersted

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Tim Hjersted added an article on Mar 31, 2024

Close-Up of Death Culture: 1,000 in Entertainment Biz Proclaim Support for Gaza Slaughter

Last week, Variety reported that “more than 1,000 Jewish creatives, executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter denouncing Jonathan Glazer’s ‘The Zone of Interest’ Oscar speech.” The angry letter is a tight script...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Feb 18, 2024

AI Prompt: Turn Lawrence, Kansas Into a Bioregional Ecocity With Indigenous Values and Wisdom

This is the unedited first response to the title prompt, using Copilot with GPT-4.

Tim Hjersted added an article on Nov 21, 2023

War Is Always Justified

I just heard someone say, “One war crime does not justify another.” My reflex as a peace advocate is to agree with that statement, but something gives me pause. It starts with a grammatical issue but it doesn’t end there.

Tim Hjersted added an article on Nov 19, 2023

Wisdom from The Elders: An Open Letter to President Biden on Israel and Palestine

On 16 November 2023, The Elders delivered an open letter to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, on Israel and Palestine.

Tim Hjersted added an article on Feb 21, 2024

What I Learned From Reading Osama Bin Laden's 2002 "Letter to America"

Ironically, I didn’t even know about the letter until The Guardian removed it from their website last November after it started getting attention from semi-viral TikTok posts.12

Tim Hjersted added an article on Nov 9, 2023

When Will We Learn That Violence Doesn't Lead to Security?

For the past month, Israeli bombardment of Gaza has been presented to the world as if it hasn’t already happened repeatedly (five times to be exact) since Gaza was put under brutal siege in 2007. “We will teach them a lesson that they...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Nov 3, 2023

To My Liberal Friends Who Support Israel's War: This Is Not What Defense Looks Like

According to a December poll, 76% of Democrats and 61% of Americans support a permanent ceasefire. That still leaves 24% of Democrats who support Israel's war on Gaza.

Tim Hjersted added an article on Oct 30, 2023

Our Job Is to Speak Out Against the War Crimes of Our Own Government and Its Allies

Some people say our calls to #CeaseFireNow should be directed towards Hamas rather than Israel. But there’s a good reason for focusing on Israel, which I&

Tim Hjersted added an article on Sep 7, 2023

How the "15 Minute City" Conspiracy Theory Fooled People Into Fighting for the Status Quo

Tim Hjersted added an article on Nov 15, 2022

Why Do Conspiracy Theories Flourish? Because Proven Conspiracies are Too Daunting

The greatest conspiracies are open and notorious — not theories, but practices expressed through law and policy, technology, and finance. Counterintuitively, these conspiracies are more often than not announced in public and with a...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Nov 1, 2022

The "No Illusions" Guide to Elections: Vote to Choose Your Opponent, Then Organize!

This guide is for people who are ambivalent about voting in elections. It directly addresses the objections of the "don't vote" position while finding common ground. To summarize the position of this guide: "Year-round activism +...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Oct 29, 2022

What Activists Can Too Easily Forget

Activism today, call it engaged citizenship, ought to have more humility than it often does, and perhaps a bit more compassion and curiosity, too. No matter how great our understanding, we'll always have something valuable to teach and...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Jun 23, 2020

A Working Definition of Racism

1. Human beings are members of the same species. The term 'racism' is useful as a shorthand way of categorizing the systematic mistreatment experienced by people of color and Third world people both in the United States and in many...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Jun 19, 2020

We Need Solidarity, Not White Guilt, to Fight Racism

The well-intentioned drive among white progressives to “check their privilege” or “take responsibility” for their unconscious biases won’t do much to fight racism. But forging real solidarity through concrete campaigns, protests, and...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Jun 19, 2020

Working Assumptions for White Activists on Eliminating Racism: Guidelines for Recruiting Other Whites as Allies

Assume that all human beings desire warm, close relationships with each other. This is also true of you and of all other white people. Assume that you are a regular white person (not an exceptional white person) and that all...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Jun 18, 2020

What Are We Talking About When We Talk About 'A Police-Free Future'?

Over the past two weeks, our “Building a Police-Free Future: Frequently-Asked Questions” zine has been shared tens of thousands of times. That zine is a great first step, but it’s also only 1000 words long! We know people still have...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Jun 18, 2020

We Must Look Beyond Police for Community Safety

As community leaders calling for less funding for police and more funding for alternative community safety measures, we were glad to see the Star Tribune Editorial Board reflecting on the relationship between police and public safety a...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Jun 16, 2020

The War on Crime Is Really a War on the Poor - a Civilized Society Would Simply Abolish Poverty

Invest in people, not prisons.

Tim Hjersted added an article on May 6, 2020

Planet of the Humans Is the Media Literacy Exercise of the Year

"In disputes upon moral or scientific points, let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never shall be at a loss in losing the argument, and gaining a new discovery.” - Arthur Martine

Tim Hjersted added an article on May 6, 2020

How Permaculture Can Build Resilience and Meet Basic Needs During a Pandemic

As COVID-19 spreads, people are showing a growing interest in permaculture principles and techniques to heal their lives, communities and the planet.

Tim Hjersted added an article on May 6, 2020

Lifeboat Culture: Planning Future-Proof, ‘Too Small to Fail’ Communities

Building a lifeboat culture is about taking action and preparing communities to be sustainable and functional in the face of a global, national or regional economic and environmental collapse. Unless we rapidly move through the stages...

Tim Hjersted added an article on May 4, 2020

What Would We Do If There Was No One to Blame?

Bill Mckibben, Planet of the Humans, and the power we gain when we stop seeking villains

Tim Hjersted added an article on Apr 24, 2020

Forget About Planet of the Humans

SHAME on these filmmakers for making a film like this, full of misinformation and disinformation, to intentionally depress audiences, and make them think there are no alternatives.

Tim Hjersted added an article on Apr 23, 2020

Skepticism Is Healthy, but Planet of the Humans Is Toxic

It can be refreshing to watch a true believer taking a deeper look at their own sacred cows. But in his rush to be open-minded about his long-cherished environmental beliefs, Jeff Gibbs has thrown out the baby with the bathwater. He...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Apr 23, 2020

Bill McKibben's Response to Planet of the Humans Documentary

A Youtube video emerged on Earth Day eve making charges about me and about 350.org — namely that I was a supporter of biomass energy, and that 350 and I were beholden to corporate funding, and have misled our supporters on the costs and...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Apr 23, 2020

Conspiracy Theorists Are Falsely Claiming That the Coronavirus Pandemic Is an Elaborate Hoax

In the midst of a global pandemic, conspiracy theorists have found yet another way to spread dangerous disinformation and misinformation about COVID-19, sowing seeds of doubts about its severity and denying the very existence of the...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Apr 22, 2020

23 Films to Watch After (Or Instead Of) Planet of the Humans

So you just watched Planet Of The Humans, and your spirits are feeling pretty crushed.

Tim Hjersted added an article on Apr 19, 2020

Why I Stopped Protesting and Started a Garden

“The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Apr 19, 2020

Mourn and Organize!

We all love Joe Hill, but his famous piece of advice — “Don’t mourn, organize!” — is only half right. Given the state of the world today, with Bernie Sanders out of the presidential race and hundreds of thousands dead from the...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Apr 19, 2020

Like It or Not, If We Run Third Party, We Will Lose

Socialists say they either want to “realign” the Democratic Party or break with it entirely. But those aren’t political strategies — they are outcomes of political struggle. We need a way to develop working-class politics without...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Apr 18, 2020

2020 Voters Guide: Use Your Vote to Choose Your Opponent

This guide is for people who know that "year-round activism + voting" is the best strategy for creating the world we want. Voting alone won't do it, but "year-round activism + not voting" needlessly puts us at a tactical disadvantage...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Mar 24, 2020

HOLY SH*T! 7 Things to Do Instead of Hoarding Toilet Paper

Beautiful Trouble’s irreverent guide to activism in the time of pandemic

Tim Hjersted added an article on Mar 23, 2020

A Debt Jubilee Is the Only Way to Avoid a Depression

Even before the novel coronavirus appeared, many American families were falling behind on student loans, auto loans, credit cards and other payments. America’s debt overhead was pricing its labor and industry out of world markets. A...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Mar 23, 2020

What If You Thought of It as the Jews Consider the Sabbath— The Most Sacred of Times?

What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and selling. Give up, just for now, on trying to make the world different than it is. Sing. Pray. Touch only...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Mar 20, 2020

Brother Richard Hendrick Wrote a Poem About the Coronavirus. It's Beautiful.

Yes there is fear.

Tim Hjersted added an article on Mar 19, 2020

Friendly Reminder: Humans Are Not a Virus - the Virus Is a Cultural Ideology

This bears repeating: Humans are not inherently toxic and destructive. Humanity is not a cancer.

Tim Hjersted added an article on Feb 13, 2020

Regenerative Cultures, Regenerative Economics & Bioregional Regeneration

Some people are starting to talk about regenerative cultures as possible pathways towards a thriving future of people unfolding their unique potential within the context of the communities and regions they help to regenerate — cultures...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Feb 12, 2020

All I Ask Is That You See My Humanity, Which Means Seeing the Humanity in All People

With this foundation, I think we can have healthy disagreements.

Tim Hjersted added an article on Jan 29, 2020

Voting Is a Chess Move, Not the Whole Game

"Voting is a chess move, not a valentine. And here's the joy of being politically engaged all year round every year; you get to work with a whole lot of chess pieces and players and strategies and longterm visions, so you don't agonize...

Tim Hjersted added an article on Jan 7, 2019

This Radical Plan to Fund the Green New Deal Just Might Work

A network of public banks could underwrite the new New Deal in the same way President Franklin Roosevelt financed the original.

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