Power Is The Ability Not Just To Tell The Story Of Another Person, But To Make It The Definitive Story

Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person. The Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti writes ‘If you want to dispossess a people, the simplest way to do it is to tell their story and to start with secondly.’ Start the story with the arrows of the Native Americans and not with the arrival of the British and you have an entirely different story. Start the story with the failure of the African states and not with the colonial creation of the African state and you have an entirely different story.

Chimamanda Adichie (via stay-human)

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The Mediterranean Coast Of Iraq, By The Sun

The mediterranean coast of Iraq, by The Sun

Areas Where Buddhism Is A Major Religion And The Predominant Traditions

Areas where Buddhism is a major religion and the predominant traditions

“Let’s Talk About Socialism. I Think It’s Very Important To Bring Back The Idea Of Socialism Into

“Let’s talk about socialism. I think it’s very important to bring back the idea of socialism into the national discussion to where it was at the turn of the [last] century before the Soviet Union gave it a bad name. Socialism had a good name in this country. Socialism had Eugene Debs. It had Clarence Darrow. It had Mother Jones. It had Emma Goldman. It had several million people reading socialist newspapers around the country. Socialism basically said, hey, let’s have a kinder, gentler society. Let’s share things. Let’s have an economic system that produces things not because they’re profitable for some corporation, but produces things that people need. People should not be retreating from the word socialism because you have to go beyond capitalism."  ..  (Howard Zinn)

Europe In 800 AD

Europe in 800 AD

Arctic Cultures, 900-1500

Arctic cultures, 900-1500

London Size Compared To Other European Cities

London size compared to other European cities

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The Spread Of Buddhism, Flemming, 1846

The Spread of Buddhism, Flemming, 1846

Change In Water Availability By 2100

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