You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. - Andrew Boyd

While associated with confrontation, direct action at its core is about power. Smart direct action assesses power dynamics and finds a way to shift them.

Big-picture concepts and ideas that help us understand how the world works and how we might go about changing it.

Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.