People are actually very good at being communists in the sense that they instantly abandon capitalism, that they love these relationships of mutual aid, because the astonishing thing about disasters is that people are often weirdly joyous in them, because they've recovered a sense of agency, a sense of power, etc.
Rebecca SolnitSometimes it seems that the fate of the world is decided entirely in the ether of electronic communications and corporate backroom deals.
Rebecca SolnitHaving the right to show up and speak are basic to survival, to dignity, and to liberty.
Rebecca SolnitThe fight for free space-for wilderness and for public space-must be accompanied by a fight for free time to spend wandering in that space. Otherwise the individual imagination will be bulldozed over for the chain-store outlets of consumer appetite, true-crime titillations, and celebrity crises.
Rebecca Solnit