Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine.
Henry David Thoreau, "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" (1848)
Last week: “Mourt’s Relation” by William Bradford and Edward Winslow
It was election week in The Netherlands, and the outcome was not great. Islamophobia, xenophobia, climate denialism and right-wing politics won several seats at the center of government, more than anyone predicted. Because this is a coalition government, the hardest edges will be soften…
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