Alnoor Ladha: Mystical Anarchism in a Post-Capitalist World
Recorded for Kosmos Live Podcast: Preparing for Profound Change (E1) in Summer 2017, hosted by Rhonda Fabian.
Economic collapse, climate chaos, political upheaval – these may seem like forces to fear, but in fact offer us deep opportunities for transformation. A post-carbon, post-capitalist world calls for deep awakening and action at all levels – by individuals, communities and societies. What skills, competencies and capacities will be most valued in the new world? How can our own inner practices keep us free from anxiety as we prepare body, mind and spirit for what lies ahead?
Alnoor’s work focuses on the intersection of political organizing, systems thinking, structural change and narrative work. He was the co-founder and Executive Director of The Rules, a global network of activists, organizers, designers, coders, researchers, writers and others focused on changing the rules that create inequality, poverty and climate change. TR started in 2012 as a time-bound project and an experiment in temporary organizational design, exploring new ways of how to work, play, and make trouble together. Alnoor comes from a Sufi lineage and writes about the crossroads of politics and spirituality in troubled times. His work has been published in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Truthout, Fast Company, Kosmos Journal, New Internationalist, and the Huffington Post among others. He is a board member of Culture Hack Labs, a co-operatively run advisory for social movements and progressive organizations. He holds an MSc in Philosophy and Public Policy from the London School of Economics.
Twitter: Alnoor.ladha
Mentioned in the Podcast:
Oxfam research – Oxfam International’s new research that highlights the extreme global economic inequality of today.
IPCC Report – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest assessment of climate change related science.
Standing Rock – An assembly of indigenous tribes and water defenders at Standing Rock Reservation in protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline
Global Eco-Village Network – A growing network of regenerative communities that bridge cultures, countries, and continents
Tamera – A peace research project in Portugal working on the social, ecological, and ethical foundations for a realistic utopia.
The Transition Town Movement (in the United Kingdom) – A movement of communities coming together to re-imagine and rebuild our world.
The Zapatista Movement in Mexico – A movement that began in Chiapas, Mexico to protect indigenous rights in the face of colonialism and globalization
The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions (Jason Hickel) – “A provocative, urgent, and ultimately uplifting account of how the world works, and how it can change”
Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning (Karen Barad) – Delves into Barad’s theory of agential realism, producing a new interpretation of quantum physics with far-reaching implications “…Puts Barad’s expertise in feminist studies and quantum physics to superb use, offering agential realism as an important alternative to representationalism” (Arthur Zajonc)
Sri Aurobindo: Integral Yoga – Sri Aurobindo’s teachings of Yoga practices focus on inner self-development to lead toward elevated consciousness
The Rules’s new video: Capitalism – Learn how capitalism is destroying our world and why we need to change the rule
2016 Kosmos Seed Grant Recipient | Activist Ashram, New York, NY
