5 Reasons To Celebrate Interdependence Day July 4, 2018 by Jaime Grant Leave a Comment The myth of independence is one of the foundational and corrosive myths of American life. On July 4th, 1776, when the US declared “independence” from its colonizer, it did so on the backs of the Indigenous people whose lands they’d stolen and the African people whose enslavement and labor would build the US into the ‘prosperous’ ‘superpower’ that forms the cornerstone of the … [Read more...]
Independence Is an Ableist Myth: Unlocking the Power of Community in Healing July 4, 2018 by Dom Chatterjee 1 Comment Most of us live in cities or small towns, where we are clearly interconnected. Yet people are still pushed to live separately, travel separately, eat separately, and even heal separately. Society elevates the idea of self-sufficiency without recognizing that independence is an impossible ideal. Reaching for this unattainable goal of total independence harms all of us – and most … [Read more...]
