Interfaith Library
Wisdom from freedom schools, liberation theology, and multi-faith organizing traditions. Resources that ground our covenant in the long arc of spiritual resistance.
Indigenous Traditions: The Land as Kin
Lakota tradition teaches us that all life is interconnected. Mitakuye Oyas'in – All my relations – grounds our eco-socialist vision in Indigenous wisdom.
Sikh Tradition: Radical Equality in Action
Sikh langar practices radical equality through free communal kitchens, inspiring our Charter's vision of inclusion and community care.
Earth Charter & Eco-Socialism
The Earth Charter calls us to build a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, human rights, economic justice, and peace.
Black Panther Party Liberation Schools
Exploring the Black Panther Party's Survival Programs as political education and their connection to our Charter's vision.
Highlander Folk School: Education as Liberation
Exploring Highlander's model of education for freedom and its influence on the civil rights movement.
Fred Hampton & Classism as the Common Denominator
Fred Hampton understood that racism, poverty, and political disenfranchisement are branches of the same root: class oppression. His Rainbow Coalition united people across race lines.
James Baldwin & His Ideology on Civil Rights
James Baldwin refused to ask for permission to be human. His writing and public speaking insisted that civil rights were not a gift but a complete reordering of society.
Barbara Jordan: Texas Civil Rights Pioneer
Barbara Jordan was the first Black woman elected to the Texas Senate and the first Southern Black woman in the U.S. Congress. She used her power for constitutional fidelity.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The UDHR was drafted by an international and multi-faith commission. It recognized that every human being holds rights because they are human.
Work Unions: Their History and Their Importance
Labor unions organized the dispossessed and won the right to dignified work. From medieval guilds to modern organizing drives, unions forced capital to share power.
Taxing the Rich: FDR's Taxation to Fund the New Deal
From 1941 to 1963, the top marginal income tax rate was never below 91%. Those revenues financed Social Security, the WPA, and postwar infrastructure.
The Reconstruction Playbook, Poll Taxes, and the Voting Rights Act
After the Civil War, Southern states built a system of disenfranchisement. It took nearly a century to force the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Neutrality in the face of voter suppression is a farce.
How Programs Like PBS & Sesame Street Are Essential to Free Information and Education
Public broadcasting and Sesame Street as a Paradise Commons of the airwaves, providing free education to all without turning knowledge into a commodity.
The Importance of Librarians
Librarians are frontline defenders of intellectual freedom, digital equity, and community-led learning. Public libraries are core Paradise Commons spaces.
Why Midterm Elections Are Important to Creating the Future
Midterm elections determine who controls Congress and state legislatures—the bodies that write the laws on housing, healthcare, wages, and climate.
Creating Pioneers of a New World Through Politics to Benefit All
An invitation to imagine the leaders we need for 2030 and beyond—systems-thinkers who can govern, not just critique.
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