Helene Lesterlin

The Sacred Cows of Capitalism

I am starting to see that racism and capitalism are bedfellows. The accrued wealth and power of white individuals, businesses, neighborhoods, communities, institutions, and even nation-states, cannot be separated from capitalism’s mechanisms of accruing wealth and power that developed in tandem with racism and inequity. I’m mostly speaking about the United States, with its uniqueContinue reading “The Sacred Cows of Capitalism”

Dancing with Risk

I grew up bilingual and bicultural, half French, half American; we lived in Paris, London, Los Angeles, and New York City, my parents pursuing careers in film and TV. Economics, politics, business, pragmatism – these were all things that I didn’t think about, had no interest in, as I focused on culture, art, embodied action,Continue reading “Dancing with Risk”

The Impossible Will Take A Little While

I have been working my way through this book since early spring. It is a collection of essays by a variety of activists, political leaders, writers, artists, citizens. What I am getting out of it is a sense of solidarity, inspiration, and growing trust that one individual can make a difference, and that seemingly smallContinue reading “The Impossible Will Take A Little While”