[Xmca-l] Re: Love in the time of corona

Mon Apr 13 13:42:56 PDT 2020

Sanders has beens systematically ignored by ms media and the Democrats
since running in 2016.  In 2016,  the alternative presses would report
rallies of 20K that were literally never mentioned in the ms media. I saw
more headlines this year when Bernie dropped out of the race than when he
was winning primaries.

It seems hard to find institutional allies, and yes to Julian's point, it's
the same dynamic in the U.S. Bernie actually wanted to upset some apple
carts and he was systematically prevented from doing so. Ironically all the
polls (even from 2016) always showed he could beat Trump so it makes one
wonder whose interests are being served. (I doubt Biden can beat Trump.)

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Bonnie

On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 1:14 PM Julian Williams <
julian.williams@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:

> I expect you have all seen this: if so,  apologies for boring you
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> https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/06/love-letter
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> Let’s not focus on “coping”  so much that we lose the really important
> political lessons from this experience: international markets ut of
> control, nationalist politics, racism-imperialism, media and bad-science,
> viral infection in all left parties, …
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> Julian
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> Ps Here the news today (in the left – totally ignored by mainstream media
> so far) has been the way the right of the Labour Party worked to LOSE the
> 2017 election, so they could remove Corbyn. Since which time their
> nefarious activities have intensified around the Anti-Semitism issue,
> driving international socialists (disproportionately many actually Jewish)
> to despair. If similar in the US, turn your attention to the real enemies
> in the Democrat Party – there is no doubt a similar conspiracy against
> Sanders there.
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> *From: *<xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu> on behalf of Alfredo Jornet Gil
> <a.j.gil@ils.uio.no>
> *Reply-To: *"eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
> *Date: *Monday, 13 April 2020 at 21:00
> *To: *"eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
> *Subject: *[Xmca-l] Re: Love in the time of corona
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> Really wonderful initiatives of retooling/stepping up virtual activity,
> very inspiring and helpful, Lois.
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> I was drawn by the “love” in your post’s subject, and then was looking for
> the term again in the body of your message, but could not find it. I
> thought then that “non-knowing growing” and the generating of “hope and
> possibility” was it. Thanks for sharing.
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> Interesting connection between your group’s therapeutic approach to the
> situation and recent characterizations of the current situation as a
> world-perezhivanie.
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> Alfredo
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> *From: *<xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu> on behalf of Lois Holzman <
> lholzman@eastsideinstitute.org>
> *Reply to: *"eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
> *Date: *Monday, 13 April 2020 at 18:56
> *To: *"eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
> *Subject: *[Xmca-l] Love in the time of corona
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> Hello All,
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> Following the lead of others, I'll jump in. While NYC and state are in
> serious crisis and all its cultural and economic conflicts even more
> glaring, the vibrancy and energy has not disappeared. It's just different.
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> As Vygotsky is purported to have said, "A revolution solves only those
> tasks raised by history..." History has thrown us a monster.
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> Different too are the forces working to shape this extraordinary
> historical moment. Much of that shaping by those who are in positions of
> political and economic, etc. authority—and the pandemic itself—are creating
> fear and despair, both for now and the future. At the same time, the
> shaping being done by so many thousands of people and organizations that
> inspire and organize people to exercise their power and creativity for
> connectedness are generating hope and possibility.
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> I feel that palpably all day long.
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> We in the global development community are re-tooling and/or stepping up
> our virtual activities, many of which involve play, performance and
> ensemble building, not to take people's minds off what's happening, but to
> involve them in some "non-knowing growing" and participation in creating
> positive responses to what's happening that have the possibility to
> continue to be transformative of individuals and communities. A few
> examples—
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>      establishing a Global Play Brigade working across borders of
> nation state, culture and economy (so far performance activists from about
> 40 countries involved)
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>      offering Creating Connection and Building Community
> <https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Play-Sessions-via-Zoom-Opened-Up--Free-online-social-gatherings.html?soid=1101246158194&aid=qweSrQdaUGo>free
> play sessions via Zoom, each one originating in a different part of the
> world (about 150 people per session so far)
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>      taking our Creating Our Mental Health conversation/workshop series
> national and international in a moment when people are realizing how they
> feel is not inside them, not merely socially produced and organized, but
> social in its potential transformativity
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>       taking All Stars Project programs for poor youth and their
> communities in NYC, NJ, Dallas, Chicago and the Bay Area virtual
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> If you're interested in any of this and more, let me know. And you can
> always check out the social media listed in my signature.
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> Stay safe,
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> Lois
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> *Access my latest article—**Why be Half-Human? How Play, Performance and
> Practical Philosophy Make Us Whole **(written with Cathy Salit)—and read
> the rest of this marvelous book, Social Construction in Action
> <https://www.taosinstitute.net/product/social-construction-in-action-contributions-from-the-taos-institutes-25th-anniversary-conference>,
> which you can download for free!*
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> Lois Holzman
> Director, East Side Institute for Group & Short Term Psychotherapy
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> Chair, Global Outreach, All Stars Project, UX
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> Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Vygotskian Practice and Performance,
> Lloyd International Honors College at The University of North Carolina at
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