# change world (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 8 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover change world. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Profound Treachery of Graffitied Glass](https://theindependentink.substack.com/p/the-profound-treachery-of-graffitied) _2026-08-18 · Mr. Fish · THE INDEPENDENT INK_ “Forget artificial intelligence – in the brave new world of big data, it’s artificial idiocy we should be looking out for.” —Tom Chatfield ## [Goddamned Sisyphus Again](https://paulsnyders.substack.com/p/goddamned-sisyphus-again) _2026-08-14 · Paul Snyders · Large Ess Small Press_ “Groundhog Day” just isn’t strong enough to describe the demented trap we’re stuck in ## [A Dog Goes Into a Bar](https://theindependentink.substack.com/p/a-dog-goes-into-a-bar) _2026-08-06 · Mr. Fish · THE INDEPENDENT INK_ "A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes." —Ludwig Wittgenstein ## [I'll Shut Up Now](https://theindependentink.substack.com/p/ill-shut-up-now) _2026-08-03 · Mr. Fish · THE INDEPENDENT INK_ “The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words.” —William H. Gass ## [Because We Prefer Bullshit](https://paulsnyders.substack.com/p/because-we-prefer-bullshit) _2026-07-26 · Paul Snyders · Large Ess Small Press_ Pay attention to the little birdie, while the nice man shoots you in the head ## [Mr. Fish in Conversation with Paul Haeder](https://theindependentink.substack.com/p/mr-fish-in-conversation-with-paul) _2026-07-18 · Mr. Fish · THE INDEPENDENT INK_ “If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.” ― George Bernard Shaw ## [Compassion in a Psychopathic Age](https://paulsnyders.substack.com/p/compassion-in-a-psychopathic-age) _2026-07-15 · Paul Snyders · Large Ess Small Press_ The most dangerous chips in the world are the ones on our very own shoulders ## [We Don't Make Jokes Here](https://theindependentink.substack.com/p/we-dont-make-jokes-here) _2026-07-10 · Mr. Fish · THE INDEPENDENT INK_ “A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.” ― Georg Christoph Lichtenberg ## [Having Smashed Everything...](https://paulsnyders.substack.com/p/having-smashed-everything) _2026-06-26 · Paul Snyders · Large Ess Small Press_ We Have Entered The Age Of Apocalyptic Politics – But Apocalypse Ain’t What We Think ## [Mr. Fish on the DMZ America Podcast with Ted Rall](https://theindependentink.substack.com/p/mr-fish-on-the-dmz-america-podcast) _2026-06-22 · Mr. Fish · THE INDEPENDENT INK_ With the targeted assassination of exiled Russian cartoonist Semyon Skrepetsky in Poland and the disenfranchisement of political artists everywhere, Fish and Rall discuss the future of the profession ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1ycRmCe2ju8b) _2026-06-22 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [Long Story Short](https://theindependentink.substack.com/p/long-story-short) _2026-06-16 · Mr. Fish · THE INDEPENDENT INK_ “Art is anything you can get away with.” ― Marshall McLuhan ## [Mr. Fish's CATCH OF THE DAY](https://theindependentink.substack.com/p/mr-fishs-catch-of-the-day-4c3) _2026-06-11 · Mr. Fish · THE INDEPENDENT INK_ Thursday June 11, 2026 ## [Bargain Counter Revolutionaries](https://paulsnyders.substack.com/p/bargain-counter-revolutionaries) _2026-06-11 · Paul Snyders · Large Ess Small Press_ Want To Change The World? Learn From Those Who Tried. ## [The Gag Reflex](https://theindependentink.substack.com/p/the-gag-reflex) _2026-06-09 · Mr. Fish · THE INDEPENDENT INK_ “Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.” ―Henry Louis Gates Jr ## [The Independent Ink in Conversation with Elliot Mintz](https://theindependentink.substack.com/p/the-independent-ink-in-conversation-171) _2026-06-07 · Mr. Fish · THE INDEPENDENT INK_ “I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.” ― Gustave Flaubert [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201010800/368a7d8f49bdaaa3ac80ba9cff47344b.mp3) ## [The Home Team, Cosmopolitans, Mercenaries and Visigoths](https://paulsnyders.substack.com/p/the-home-team-cosmopolitans-mercenaries) _2026-05-31 · Paul Snyders · Large Ess Small Press_ Immigration which greatly exceeds housing, social program resources and available jobs, is a weapon used by capitalism against both workers AND immigrants (and we all used to know this in common) ## [Joy’s Great Democrat](https://rajpatel.org/2026/05/29/joys-great-democrat/) _2026-05-29 · admin · Raj Patel_ Here’s an appreciation of Carlo Petrini and his politics from my newsletter. If you’re not signed up, join in here! Carlo Petrini died on the evening of 21 May, at home in Bra, the small Piedmontese town at the heart of Slow Food. He was 76, and he was the reason I joined Slow Food’s advisory board. (Since … Continue reading "Joy’s Great Democrat" ## [Dzonot & Toh](https://rajpatel.org/2026/05/22/dzonot-toh/) _2026-05-23 · admin · Raj Patel_ UPDATE: Please sign this petition to support Sergio Oceransky Beneath Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula there is a waterworld. The cenotes — a Spanish word derived from the Mayan dzonot, meaning abyss — form a network of underground caves and rivers that run for thousands of miles through limestone, connecting the forest to the sea. They are the region’s only … Continue reading "Dzonot & Toh" ## [Even Their Plans To F#ck Us All Up – Will Get F#cked Up](https://paulsnyders.substack.com/p/even-their-plans-to-fck-us-all-up) _2026-05-20 · Paul Snyders · Large Ess Small Press_ The Super-Powerful Have Never Been So Open And Shameless – Or So Afraid ## [What Is The Real Fight – How Do We Really Win It?](https://paulsnyders.substack.com/p/what-is-the-real-fight-how-do-we) _2026-05-02 · Paul Snyders · Large Ess Small Press_ The Answer Is Way Too Simple – And Uniquely Dangerous To Tyranny ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xRA5l2nERxvB) _2026-05-02 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when friends get the Graphite Business Card through your referral. ## [Them-Ism (seductive self-nullification)](https://paulsnyders.substack.com/p/them-ism-seductive-self-nullification) _2026-04-23 · Paul Snyders · Large Ess Small Press_ The Western World Is Filled With Fingerpointing Idiots – Mirror-Check Required, Stat! ## [Liars and Killers and the Downfall of the West](https://paulsnyders.substack.com/p/liars-and-killers-and-the-downfall) _2026-03-29 · Paul Snyders · Large Ess Small Press_ The Rich Hate the Poor and Are Trying to Kill us – so far we’re mostly so dumb that we help ## [It's All About The Climb](https://healitwithkimness.substack.com/p/its-all-about-the-climb) _2026-03-11 · Heal It With Kimness · Heal It With Kimness Substack_ Conquering My Next Mountain ## [A Fertilizer Import Vulnerability Map](https://rajpatel.org/2026/03/06/fertiliser-import-vulnerability-map/) _2026-03-06 · admin · Raj Patel_ This widget shows the chokepoints and seasonal vulnerability of different countries to import shocks. Slide across the months to see how imports change across the seasons. Each bubble represents a major fertilizer-importing country/region. Bubble size is proportional to import value (2024 USD). Colour intensity tracks import dependency ratio — so Brazil at 85% and West … Continue reading "A… ## [What Is Innovation in Agriculture?](https://rajpatel.org/2026/02/28/what-is-innovation-in-agriculture/) _2026-02-28 · admin · Raj Patel_ I’ll dig into this a bit more next week in the newsletter, but here’s a report to which I contributed, just out from IPES-Food, on what counts as agricultural innovation, and what the future of it could look like. ## [The Three Things That Change the World](https://rajpatel.org/2026/02/27/the-class-worrier-returns/) _2026-02-28 · admin · Raj Patel_ Many years ago, back when blogging was new and I was a graduate student, I ran an effort called Class Worrier. I thought I might dust it off now that I’ve reached a pause in my book-writing, because I think I’ve fallen back in love with writing and want to do more of it. I’m … Continue reading "The Three Things That Change the World" ## [Reflections on 2025](https://healitwithkimness.substack.com/p/reflections-on-2025) _2026-02-10 · Heal It With Kimness · Heal It With Kimness Substack_ A friend recently mentioned that I haven’t posted anything in a while. ## [Polycrisis: A Breviary](https://rajpatel.org/2026/01/12/polycrisis-a-breviary/) _2026-01-12 · admin · Raj Patel_ This short essay, first published by the Transition Security Project, offers a short introduction to the idea of ‘Polycrisis’, which I’m using to think through some ideas around systems change. If you’d like a more in-depth look, part 1 of a very long essay is here. The Terrain of Polycrisis “Intersectional” is a clumsy word … Continue reading "Polycrisis: A Breviary" ## [Thanksgiving Message from Kim](https://healitwithkimness.substack.com/p/thanksgiving-message-from-kim) _2025-11-27 · Heal It With Kimness · Heal It With Kimness Substack_ ## [Systems Change Now or Never – A note from the Third Nyéléni Global Forum](https://rajpatel.org/2025/11/05/systems-change-now-or-never-a-note-from-the-third-nyeleni-global-forum/) _2025-11-05 · admin · Raj Patel_ \[A version of this was published by Progressive International here\] “If food sovereignty means having local control over food systems, how can we do that if we’re all in debt?” The question hung over the hills above Kandy in September 2025, as 700 delegates from six continents gathered for the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum on … Continue reading "Systems Change Now or Never – A note from the Third… ## [Non-custodial Crypto Payments & Escrow (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ulSdkfJRTziP) _2025-11-05 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto with trustless escrow, instant confirmations, and no KYC ## [Everybody Thinks, Everybody Counts, Everybody Cares, Everybody Acts: Twenty Years of Abahlalism](https://rajpatel.org/2025/10/13/4764/) _2025-10-13 · admin · Raj Patel_ Speaking at Curries Fountain this weekend, twenty years after Abahlali baseMjondolo emerged from the shack settlements of Durban, I was reminded of what genuine popular democracy looks like when it refuses co-option. It has been twenty years since a meeting brought together leaders from fourteen shack settlements at Kennedy Road in Durban, and they decided … Continue reading "Everybody Thinks,… ## [The Opposite of MAHA](https://rajpatel.org/2025/09/17/the-opposite-of-maha/) _2025-09-17 · admin · Raj Patel_ Original at the Boston Review More than a century before Zohran Mamdani declared he wanted a New York City network of grocery stores “focused on keeping prices low,” socialists in Spain were furious about a network of grocery stores that kept prices low. An archipelago of tienda-asilos (shelter or asylum shops) had opened across the country in … Continue reading "The Opposite of MAHA" ## [Badiou’s Spinoza in the Field](https://rajpatel.org/2025/09/08/badious-spinoza-in-the-field/) _2025-09-08 · admin · Raj Patel_ Decades ago, Richard Pithouse and I were reading Alain Badiou’s Being and Event, and discussing his ideas with our comrades in Abahlali baseMjondolo. If you’re picking up a trace of Badiou’s set-theory-as-ethics in this quote by the organisation’s General Secretary – “Every human being, everywhere, must be counted as a human being” – then this … Continue reading "Badiou’s Spinoza in the Field" ## [Marvelously Messy](https://healitwithkimness.substack.com/p/marvelously-messy) _2025-08-30 · Heal It With Kimness · Heal It With Kimness Substack_ Navigating the Complexities of Relationships ## [Breaking Up With Women](https://healitwithkimness.substack.com/p/breaking-up-with-women) _2025-07-10 · Heal It With Kimness · Heal It With Kimness Substack_ Fight or Flight. Which Will You Choose? ## [Breaking Free](https://healitwithkimness.substack.com/p/breaking-free) _2025-06-27 · Heal It With Kimness · Heal It With Kimness Substack_ Transforming Anger into Strength ## [Change Myself, Change the World](https://healitwithkimness.substack.com/p/change-myself-change-the-world) _2025-05-23 · Heal It With Kimness · Heal It With Kimness Substack_ "Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. ## [Tribute to a Friend](https://healitwithkimness.substack.com/p/tribute-to-a-friend) _2025-04-10 · Heal It With Kimness · Heal It With Kimness Substack_ Her kindness and compassion were a gift to all who knew her. ## [Social Mania and Civilisational Maturity (or, why are all the cults American?)](https://empoweredbelonging.substack.com/p/social-mania-and-civilisational-maturity) _2025-03-01 · Leo Nasskau · Empowered Belonging_ Does the framework of ‘Europe did class war, America does social justice’ help us understand the difference between these two parts of the world? ## [Sending My Love](https://healitwithkimness.substack.com/p/sending-my-love) _2025-02-15 · Heal It With Kimness · Heal It With Kimness Substack_ ## [Winter's Wisdom](https://healitwithkimness.substack.com/p/winters-wisdom) _2025-01-30 · Heal It With Kimness · Heal It With Kimness Substack_ Learning to Flow with Nature's Cycles ## [I turn into a large language model when I'm asleep](https://empoweredbelonging.substack.com/p/i-turn-into-a-large-language-model) _2024-10-26 · Leo Nasskau · Empowered Belonging_ And I make some great shows. ## [Mapping out the online communities you didn't realise could change the world](https://empoweredbelonging.substack.com/p/mapping-out-the-online-communities) _2024-09-28 · Empowered Belonging_ Those who can harness the latent power of communities with existing roots have a better chance of changing our world. Build where passion already exists, and is latent, waiting to be awakened. ## [Latent Communities in an Artificial Internet](https://empoweredbelonging.substack.com/p/latent-communities-in-an-artificial) _2024-08-31 · Leo Nasskau · Empowered Belonging_ Those who can harness the latent power of communities which already have strong roots have a better chance of changing our world.