China’s leader affirms an ecological vision aligned with progressive environmental thought. Whether it’s mere rhetoric or has a deeper resonance within Chinese culture will have a profound global effect. Jeremy […]
Below is Pope Francis’s statement on why building a world of peace and justice requires identifying and working beyond “fake news” and embracing peace journalism. There are timely and vital […]
Marisol Cortez A few years ago, while writing a series about development politics in San Antonio, and specifically about alternatives to development as a conceptual paradigm, I signed up for […]
Support the spirit of Ta’iz by demanding a permanent ceasefire and end to all weapon sales Kathy Kelly – TRANSCEND Media Service 31 Dec 2017 – People living now in Yemen’s […]
Deluge in the Delta Amid California’s Changing Climate by Madi Whaley Never before have I been scared of the rain. As a child, it was always a wonderful surprise, a […]
Combating online abuse with the principles of nonviolent resistance Brian Martin/Waging Nonviolence Online harassment is on the rise, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. While that may not […]
Here’s a better vision for the US-Mexico border. Gabriel Diaz Montemayor, University of Texas at Austin The United States and Mexico have shared their current international border for nearly 170 […]
Pamela Boyce Simms on the Necessity of Contemplative Traditions in the Age of Climate Chaos and Kakistocracy Marisol Cortez Last weekend, Deceleration ventured up the road to San Antonio’s Quaker […]
“People don’t know what’s seeping into their air and their homes.” Two explosions and “plumes of black smoke” were reported early Thursday morning at an Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, […]
Too good not to share. From L.M. Bogad, “Playing in the Key of Clown: Reflections on the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army,” originally published in the Winter 2017 issue of Fifth […]
Photo: www.youtube.com/user/1AmericaNews, via CNN Money By Marisol Cortez Some months ago, Deceleration received a message to our Facebook inbox from a producer with RT America–the US media arm of Russia […]
Your City Supports Climate Action? Define Action. Greg Harman and Marisol Cortez If there was any question as to what “America First” meant when it came to the subject of […]
QUITO, Ecuador—Within the first few months of the CIA-backed overthrow of Chilean socialist president Salvador Allende, an estimated 40,000 people had been detained by the military and police. General Augusto […]
Editor’s note: We’ve shared Kazu Haga’s work before on Deceleration (see “Why Defeating Trump Demands Nonviolence”). In fact, everything he’s written that I’ve come across resonates deeply for me, and […]
Symbols are the superstructure of society. Nations form and crust around creation myths. Wars are executed in pursuit of some (imagined) glorious past. Every person who lives under a flag […]
With an 8-1 passage of a resolution in support of the landmark Paris Agreement, an international agreement by the global community to work together to solve the climate crisis, San […]
QUITO, Ecuador—In academia, the study of peace often falls inside the field of political science. For many observers and practitioners alike, the notion that politics can be described as a […]
[ In my studies in international relations at St. Mary’s University, I have written often on various challenges surrounding accelerating climate change. This research has included examining the unintended consequences […]