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Elsie Gilmore : Author, Artist & Activist

Creativity + Joy = Magic

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I don't think there is a clearer or more rage-indu

I don't think there is a clearer or more rage-inducing indictment of capitalism than this book by @naomiaklein. I'm not even halfway through, and the pattern is pretty clear. Unfettered capitalism brings misery for most and insane wealth for a few.I would not normally pick up a 600-page nonfiction book, but a friend gave it to me before I knew. The good news is that it's written very well, which makes it a quick read. A warning, though, the entire first chapter is about torture... torture that our CIA paid a psychiatrist to test out on his patients and has since been used by governments around the world, including our own.What goes around comes around, which we are seeing right now in our own country. If surveillance and torture are used on others, and we do nothing, it will be used on us. Capitalism is a hungry beast, and the super wealthy are psychotic. We are next on their dinner plate.#capitalism #capitalismkills #shockdoctrine #shocktherapy #EatTheRich

Our country is going backward at warp speed, but i

Our country is going backward at warp speed, but it's only getting "great again" for big corporations and billionaires. It's getting much, much worse for the rest of us.We must all do our part to fight against the many, many bad things being done to our country. Don't get overwhelmed... pick one thing and keep track of it. Contact your representatives. Protest when you can. Boycott billionaire owned companies.We are the only ones that can stop this.#environmentalist #pollution #epa #protestworks #capitalismkills

Taking a deep breath as we enter a new year. May w

Taking a deep breath as we enter a new year. May we all be safe, stay healthy, embrace love, and live with ease. And always, always stop to smell the roses even when life feels like shit. Maybe especially at those times.Happy New Year!#happynewyear #smelltheroses #mayyoubehappy

"Communities thrive because people participate. In

"Communities thrive because people participate. In communities where people don't participate, corruption can run rampant, bad people can end up as leaders, and important community issues can be neglected." This is a passage from my book encouraging everyone to participate, in some way, in your community's direction and future.#community #communityparticipation #getinvolved

Capitalism doesn't want us to stop and smell the r

Capitalism doesn't want us to stop and smell the roses. It wants to keep us busy, insecure, and struggling all the time. But we can reject that.The only way to beat capitalism is to create a world filled with creativity, community, and joy.(Background illustration by @yanuary_navarro)
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#capitalism #anticapitalist #anticapitalism #capitalist #joy joyfulresistance joyfulliving

We can't afford to keep recovering from the effect

We can't afford to keep recovering from the effects of climate change instead of preventing things from getting worse. But capitalism loves to sell us new stuff when ours is destroyed. @naomiaklein calls this "disaster capitalism."We can and must fight back against capitalism and its disgusting tendency to profit off our tragedies..
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#shockdoctrine #disastercapitalism #climatechange #naomiklein

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