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Can Detroit deliver social justice?

November 23, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

It was great to come across great cafes and restaurants and enjoy the vibrancy of Detroit’s art projects and social enterprises, but the question of how everyone can benefit from its revival remains…

Filed Under: Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: Detroit, London, postcapitalism, rebuilding, USA

Reimagining the future

November 22, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

What is important to me?
What kind of life do I want to build?
In short, what will the future look like?

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: London, New York City, rebuilding, USA

Detroit – future city?

November 21, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

Are people in Detroit remaking a life based on old assumptions and principles, or are they going to the roots and foundations in order to fashion something new?

Filed Under: Books, Notes Tagged With: Detroit, London, USA

Shifting perspectives

September 25, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

A heady sense of relief results from the shift from a perspective about change that could be likened to pushing your head against a wall to one in which change is a given – something to be worked with

Filed Under: Books, Notes Tagged With: London, postcapitalism

Returning to ourselves

September 8, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

How much does our preoccupation with style icons and other larger than life figures, as well as with bygone eras help us move towards the person we want to be, or to make a difference in the world?

Filed Under: Books, Notes Tagged With: London

Read all about it…

September 1, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

People, books, stories, ideas and reading are weaving themselves together in my life

Filed Under: Books, Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: London, Susan Sontag

Struggle and story

August 26, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

Nigerian writer and poet Chinua Achebe’s reflections on “meaningful optimism” – inspiration when hope seems in short supply

Filed Under: Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: 28 Days, hope, London, politics

Could postcapitalism be the great leveller?

August 19, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

I’m inspired by the idea that postcapitalism could act as a leveller between men and women, and present us with a location from which a more just society could be created

Filed Under: Books, Cafe culture, Ideas Tagged With: economics, feminism, London

Caught between despair and hope

August 18, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

Sitting in Peckham, between spells of rain, it was good to hear Alice, urging me to see my life as part of something bigger and, like her, to try to make a difference

Filed Under: Books, Notes Tagged With: cafes, hope, London, politics

PostCapitalism: There are no short cuts

August 8, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

It’s one thing to survive a catastrophe, or any kind of trauma; it’s another thing entirely to recover and start to rebuild

Filed Under: Books, Notes Tagged With: London

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