It's my first substack post?! open.substack.com/pub/colleenb...

Doing this in El Salvador with those prisoners as a backdrop is extremely twisted.

Some thoughts on stepping towards our fear and Taking Courage.

So, tariffs... I Love seeing people respond with 'buy from local small businesses'. Would be even more stoked if we started talking about Victory Gardens. Replacing turf with native species and edible crops to share with neighbours. Gardening is perhaps the most empowering thing I have ever done.

I implore you to acknowledge that the American people are f*cked from both sides of the duopoly. Yes, Trump & his cohorts are 🗑️- & Yes, the extreme racism & gaslighting of the Democratic Party fueled a live-streamed genocide treating student protesters as terrorist sympathizers

I'm new here, so my feed is not curated, chock full of US inauguration stuff and other fluff - but today I've been following the ceasefire stories. I have been moved to tears several times. This coverage from Electronic Intifada in particular www.youtube.com/live/pb4Lr09...