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What if the way we build our lives, jobs, relationships, and communities is fundamentally flawed? Join us as we explore how Aaron Goggans, co-creator of WildSeed Society and Black Lives Matter DC, is reimagining society by rewriting some of its most basic agreements.
In this thought-provoking episode, we delve into radical experiments in care, income-sharing, and collective liberation. Aaron shares his journey as a writer, facilitator, organizer, and architect of the future, challenging the premises of capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy. He introduces WildSeed Society's groundbreaking initiatives, such as revolutionary aftercare, which prioritizes dignity, joy, and collective healing.
Through stories of uprisings like Ferguson and Standing Rock and the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor protests, Aaron illustrates how movements can reshape social agreements and care infrastructures. With an inspiring vision of collective liberation, he offers practical insights into creating spaces that heal rather than harm.
Tune in to learn how these visionary strategies can inspire social impact in your community, support WildSeed Society’s mission, and rewrite the rules for a more just and sustainable
future!
Key Points From This Episode:
The broken rules of modern society and Aaron’s role in creating liberatory structures. [0:01:45]
Ferguson, Standing Rock, George Floyd, and Breonna Tayler uprisings as pivotal moments that shaped WildSeed’s mission. [0:05:28]
Wild Seed's income-sharing model and its emphasis on meeting needs with dignity. [0:10:03]
Addressing trauma in activists by providing practical and emotional support systems. [0:16:36]
Defining collective liberation: creating a world that accommodates multiple ways of being and emphasizes collaboration and care. [0:19:38]
Shifting from rigid rules to flexible, consensual agreements within communities. [0:24:26]
Insight into the crises of belonging, unacknowledged history, and social reproduction as barriers to liberation. [0:31:25]
Practical advice for creating intentional, trust-based, accountable movement spaces. [0:47:18]
Call for donations, community participation, and engagement with WildSeed’s vision. [0:52:09]
Quotes:
“What I spend my time doing with WildSeed is trying to build a community where we experiment – to build a life based on a more liberty set of central agreements, a life where everybody can get their needs met with joy and dignity.” — @AaronGoggans [0:04:06]
“Caring for ourselves and how we organize that care is the fundamental question of any revolutionary act.” — @AaronGoggans [0:17:32]
“Collective liberation is – a fundamentally collective endeavor in which we support each other in being fully powerful. It’s not necessarily a utopia. – It's a world in which we collaborate with other people based on a logic of [liberation and love].” — @AaronGoggans [0:19:58]
“So much of our energy goes into being a compliant worker, following these arbitrary rules of capitalism and logic, and ignoring that we're being stolen from by the organization we dedicate our lives to that we don't have the capacity to react to these harms in any different way.” — @AaronGoggans [0:41:10]
“Our worldviews are unique. The thing that allows us to build a shared one is [trust, belonging, and synchronicity]. It's not reading the same books and arguing about it. That's not actually how we create worlds. We create worlds through feeling.” — @AaronGoggans [0:50:18]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
WildSeed Society — https://www.wildseedsociety.com/
Join WildSeed’s Virtual Village — https://www.wildseedsociety.com/virtual-village
WildSeed’s Vision — https://www.wildseedsociety.com/vision
Aaron Goggans on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-goggans-4422809/
Aaron Goggans on X — https://x.com/AaronGoggans
Black Lives Matter — https://blacklivesmatter.com/
Silvia Federici — https://www.powells.com/searchresults?keyword=Silvia+Federici
Change Elemental — https://changeelemental.org/
James and Grace Lee Boggs Foundation — https://www.boggsfoundation.org/
How to Survive the End of the World Podcast — https://endoftheworldshow.org/
Erin Axelrod on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinaxelrod/
Jeanette Morelan on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanettemorelan/
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