The Communal Cult
The Communal Cult
I think spirituality and religion have to be taken seriously in any truly liberatory society, because human beings do not live only through economics, law, and politics. We also live through meaning, ritual, grief, awe, memory, mystery, death, hope, belonging, and the question of what our lives are for. A communalist, libertarian municipalist, and democratic confederalist society cannot simply inherit […]
There is no inherent reason to fear the word religion or the concept of organized religion itself. The problems arise from how certain religious systems are weaponized by reactionary powers—not from the existence of religion or its organization. Spirituality is fundamentally about the individual’s personal relationship with the sacred, the mysterious, or the moral dimensions of life. Religion is simply […]
When people discuss religion—especially Islam—the conversation often lacks depth. The issue isn’t just misunderstanding theology; it’s the failure to grasp how religion is interpreted, politicized, and instrumentalized by power structures. Religion, including Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and others, is not static. It evolves across time, geography, and culture. But mainstream discourse rarely acknowledges this. Instead, the loudest and most authoritarian interpretations—like […]
