To transform the future, we need to repair the past.
At the root, everything is connected. Humans to the plants to the animals to the earth. Humans to each other. But this connection has been distorted. Instead many of us experience disconnection from the earth and from each other - separated by systems of racism, class, hetero-patriarchy, ableism, capitalism. Some call this Empire, others modernity, others racial capitalism, others the end times.
To understand how we got here, it is important to understand the histories that have shaped the present. In Britain, we are not often taught all of our histories. Many parts are left out. We are kept ignorant.
If we are to create change, to make a better world - one where all life can thrive - we have to know the threads that have created the tapestry of our times. Threads of joy, of resistance, of struggle and love. And the threads of oppression and pursuit of profit and domination at great cost. And the threads of the everyday, the mundane, the reproduction of life.
By weaving together these threads, these long histories of how we got here, we can grapple with what needs to be repaired, what requires transformation, and find inspiration from the struggles of those who have gone before us.
At the root is a platform that explores these histories - particularly as they relate and connect to land justice struggles in England. It is a resource for the land justice movement today.
Offerings include writing and reflection, online workshops, in person gatherings and possibly long-form courses into the future.