“Vivimos en el capitalismo. Su poder parece inescapable. También lo parecía el derecho divino de los reyes. Toda organización humana puede ser cambiada por los seres humanos y ese cambio suele empezar en nuestro arte, el de las palabras” Ursula K. LeGuin

"Tenemos que resistir a la idea de que todo es oscuro y terrible, que la destrucción es inevitable (...) Deberíamos ser utópicos, reivindicar cosas que parecen imposibles (...) Una de las mayores responsabilidades de nuestro tiempo es imaginar la posibilidad de futuro." Judith Butler

Sumoud is defiant resilience -- in Palestine, it means forging an unbreakable spirit; planting hope in the ashes of destruction.

La flor y la náusea - Carlos Drummond de Andrade (extracto) ¡Una flor ha nacido en la calle! (…) Su color no se percibe. Sus pétalos no se abren. Su nombre no está en los libros. (…) Es fea. Pero es una flor. Ha roto el asfalto, el tedio, la náusea y el odio.

Solidarity saves lives "Dozens of agents from multiple agencies swept the building. Agents appeared to leave the Edge emptyhanded, with residents refusing to open doors. After knocking on doors throughout the complex, federal authorities sped away in their vehicles." denverite.com/2025/02/06/a...

Cada nueva crisis duele, pero es clave crear espacios para sentir el dolor colectivamente y dejar q nos transforme. Al compartirlo, reconocemos nuestra interconexión, responsabilidad compartida y cuidado mutuo, forjando vínculos y la energía necesaria para imaginar y construir otro mundo posible.

No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. -H. E. Luccock

Hope is optimism with a broken heart. Nick Cave

“While calling out/in is fighting against what we hate, calling forward is building upon what we love.” - Justin Michael Williams and Shelly Tygielski

www.infobae.com/espana/2025/... “Llevo aquí diez años trabajando y nunca había visto que tuviésemos pacientes en tres pasillos a la vez, eso es lo que de verdad nos está asustando” #Madrid

“The expectation that change will be swift and the failure to perceive it when it’s not impacts politics for the worse. A common source of uninformed despair is when a too-brief effort doesn’t bring a desired result—one round of campaigning, one protest.” Rebecca Solnit

Ideas on active hope for 2025!!! podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/f...

“Imagination is not a luxury; it’s a necessity for creating the futures we deserve. To be free is to dream beyond what is and act on what could be.” Elissa Sloan Perry

“Paloma buscando cielos más estrellados, donde entendernos sin destrozarnos, donde sentarnos y conversar…” youtu.be/Etw2z3Pk2zw?...

The future is a story waiting to be written. - Paul Rogat Loeb

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt

A traveler arrives in a village facing hunger and scarcity. She places a pot of water and stones on the fire, declaring she’ll make soup. Intrigued, villagers gather. As she praises the soup, they add what they can: a carrot, lentils, salt. Together, they create a meal that nourishes and unites them

Si supiera que el mundo se acaba mañana, yo, hoy todavía, plantaría un árbol. -Martin Luther King

“Fear is a survival response… So the real trick, the only hope, really, is to allow the terror of an unlivable future to be balanced and soothed by the prospect of building something much better than many of us have previously dared hope.” -Naomi Klein

Reminder…Self care is going to be critical to our survival. Please look after yourselves mentally, and physically. Let’s also not forget to look after one another. 💙

“We need hope, or else we cannot endure.” — Sarah J. Maas

“La esperanza es un sueño despierto”, decía Aristóteles. Esta frase nos invita a ver la esperanza como una fuerza activa que conecta aspiraciones con realidad. No es pasiva: exige esfuerzo y determinación para transformar lo imaginado en un futuro posible.

-Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. Vaclav Havel

“Our job is to translate outrage over his agenda into action toward a truly transformational vision.” And I say, this is true around the world, everywhere we need to defeat authoritarians! wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/a-ne...

«La esperanza tiene dos preciosos hijos: sus nombres son enfado y valor; enfado al ver cómo son las cosas y valor para no permitir que continúen así.» SAN AGUSTÍN

“What we offer as organizers is not simply alarming information, nor is it the guarantee of success in a particular campaign. We must offer people a vision of how things could be and the opportunity to connect with the people, projects, and movements that can bring it vision 2 fruition” Kaba & Hayes

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. Desmond Tutu

In 2018, when Zapatista women called for the “International Gathering of Women Who Fight,” thousands of women and dissidents gathered in the mountains of Chiapas. They united across diverse struggles, and one agreement emerged: “The agreement is to live. And the task, to share this light.” I adhere!

Hope is essential to revolution because it nurtures the imagination needed to envision and work toward a more just world. Hope isn’t passive; it’s a radical, active force that resists despair, sustains love, and fuels collective action for transformative change.

Hope + sports = keep moving!

Hope is the daily work of believing in our collective power to create change, even when the odds are against us. Hope is what keeps us moving, dreaming, and building—knowing the future we want requires our relentless commitment today.

Byung-Chul Han sees hope as a counterbalance to the despair and alienation of modern capitalism. He urges us to slow down, embrace contemplation, and nurture genuine connections, arguing that these practices create space to envision alternatives to the current social and economic order.

The cure for them? Alina’s poem offers an answer 👇🏽 youtu.be/0zxKRR0WlcQ

Desperate times remind us that hopelessness is a luxury we cannot afford. If you haven’t already, I urge you to read Rebecca Solnit’s Hope in the Dark—a timeless guide to finding possibility amidst uncertainty.

«Da la sensación de que hoy la gente está obsesionada con la pregunta ¿hay esperanza? -porque sienten que sin ella no pueden actuar. De hecho, es exactamente lo contrario: cuando actúan, crean esperanza.» Greta Thunberg

Judith Butler recently posed a powerful challenge: Politics in dark times cannot proceed without a counter-imaginary. While we are often good at articulating what we oppose and what we seek to prevent, can we craft a vision so compelling and irresistible to reject? We must!

“La esperanza es progresista, el miedo es reaccionario” La Entrevista | Antonio Scurati podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/a...

La falta de controles sobre la inteligencia artificial es un tema que nos pasará factura, en muchos niveles. Pero este es especialmente preocupante: ¿Por qué no se está revisando qué efectos está teniendo ya sobre nuestra salud mental y la de los más jóvenes? elpais.com/tecnologia/2...

Talked with my friend Jon Wiener at the Nation/Start Making Sense podcast about the election, hope, anger, and more. www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...

Just in case I forgot to post Daniel Hunter's fantastic guide here. wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...

Es un buen momento para recordar que ante el miedo que alimenta a los autoritarios, el único antídoto es la esperanza. Let’s make the future great again. #OtroMundoEsPosible