Neoliberalism
Moral Principles & Rules Of Law
Our economic and political system has been designed to diminish the safety nets, social fabrics, and human rights that are central to resilient, sustainable communities. This is because a horrendous amount of special interest money has been infused into both political parties to determine U.S. policies, institutional priorities, and unprecedented protection of elite interests.
an ideology Chomsky & Robinson (2024) the belief that their domination is for the good of the dominated
Forms Of Discipline
Consent & Dissent
We must be quiet when the emperor comes around. We must not speak of the taken for granted or his discretion. Do not, under any circumstances, ask questions. We may have to turn on each other.
subjugation Stephen Porges, M.D. (2017) bodies-minds conform to institutional forms
Power
Control & Resistance
Challenging the ideologies and structures that impose absolutes onto our social realities.
power Mumby & Kuhn (2026) a dynamic process of struggle that rests on the complex relationship between control and resistance.
Meaningful Change
A Participatory Process
Meaningful change does not trickle from the top on down. It happens when we act upon time, space, and what we can socially form and inform together from the bottom on up. Meaningful change happens in and through communication.
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