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The Movement We Need ~ with Starhawk
by Starhawk
Welcome to my new project, The Movement We Need.You can read chapters for The Movement We Need at Substack.com/@starhawk.
Episodes
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Internalizing the King / Strong Man
What would a world look like where there is space for mistakes and repair? In this episode of The Movement We Need Podcast, I explore how internalized authority shows up as self-judgment, moral purity tests, and punitive group dynamics. Together, we will consider the ancient patterns of warfare…
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Future Visions from The Fifth Sacred Thing (Part 1)
In this episode, I read a few exerpts from my 1994 novel, The Fifth Sacred Thing. I share them to encourage more ouf our collective envisioning for the future (and present) that we want to see. Not just focussing on what we don’t want. I hope you enjoy this episode and that it offers something…
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VOTE
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Transforming the War Cult Part 2
Transforming the War Cult, a by-donation online course, begins this Tuesday, September 29. Learn more here.
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✨🎙️ Belonging—Fall Equinox Meditation
Ritual is an important tool in meeting the core human needs discussed throughout my Substack essays and podcast. One of the core human needs I talk about a lot is the need for belonging, which is something that’s very basic to us as human beings. Read more and watch the meditation video on my...
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Transforming the War Cult
I want to talk about transforming the war cult. For many years, I’ve been thinking and writing about how the transition from cultures that were what I like to call matrifocal, not exactly the same as matriarchal, meaning “woman ruled,” but matrifocal, being “woman-focused,” and “female-focused,”...
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Interview with Shea Howell: Lessons from a lifelong organizer
In this episode, I speak with my friend and lifelong activist, organizer, and author, Shea Howell. And it’s a goodie! Shea’s life’s work has been centered in grassroots democracy, racial, economic, and environmental justice, nonviolence, and creating community-led ways of responding to the...
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Future Visions Pt 2—From City of Refuge
I recently did a podcast on some of the visions I created for my book, The Fifth Sacred Thing (watch or listen here). And in this episode, I want to follow up by sharing some of the visions from its sequel, City of Refuge. The Fifth Sacred Thing came out in 1993, so its vision of the future is...
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Forestry & Climate
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Social Permaculture—Special Teaching with Alfred Decker
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Lammas Meditation (First Grain Harvest, Midsummer)
As we move through the festival of Lamas (also known as Loaf Mass Day or Lughnasadh), I have recorded a meditation for hope, growth, and community. Aligning the seasons and our inner resources, I’ll share a little about the significance of Lamas (Lunasad) in Celtic tradition and its timing at the...
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Activism and Strategy with Lisa Fithian
This interview is with my dear friend, fierce activist, Lisa Fithian. The interview happened at the beginning of the year, and we almost lost the audio. But we prevailed! Much of the interview was recovered, and I encourage you to join us and even grab a notebook to glean some of Lisa’s brilliant...
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Unlocking Movement Building and Strategic Facilitation with Lynn Stone
In this episode, I talk to my friend Lynn Stone. We have a really good conversation about the core principles of movement building, power dynamics, facilitation, and community organizing. Lynn offers a few practical frameworks, like the five-finger decision-making system and the importance of...
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The Power of Story in Movement Building—Insights from the Center for Story-Based Strategy (INTERVIEW)
In this episode, I speak with two activists, Ruby Pinto and Rae Breaux from the Center for Story-Based Strategy. Storytelling shapes activism, influences perception, and can transform movements for justice and societal change. We experienced significant connectivity issues and lost some of the...
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✨🎙️ A Practice for Justice—July 4th Meditation
Imagine a future world with aligned human values. In this July 4th meditation, I explore the ideals behind America’s founding, the current political landscape, and how we can envision and work toward a future rooted in justice, liberty, and community. I hope you find this to be a supportive and...
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Permaculture Solutions to Climate Change with Charles Williams
As you will hear in this episode, my guest and co-conspirator, Charles Williams and I have gotten into all sorts of good trouble together. And, we have collaborated as teachers for many years through Earth Actvist Training, working toward real solutions to challenges we face within our…
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Summer Solstice Meditation
During this summer solstice, I’m reflecting on the power of ritual and ceremony. Rituals are more than traditions. In them, we meet our human needs for belonging and purpose, transforming how we connect with ourselves and each other. In this meditation, I’ll move through the historical and…
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Community and Personal Ecology with Brandi Mack
In this special episode for my series on Strategy, I chat with my dear friend Brandi Mack. Brandi is a wholehearted, joyous, and dedicated permaculture and community activist who has served in urban garden projects and land stewardship in Calaveras County. Co-founder of the Butterfly Movement…
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Strategy with Daniel Hunter (interview)
I have been wanting to speak to Daniel Hunter from Freedom Trainers for some time, and am delighted to share with you a conversation I had with him for this series on strategy. Together, we look at the underpinnings of effective social and environmental movements through decentralized organizing,...
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Strategy & Complexity
In this episode, we continue this special series on STRATEGY. I first ran into David Snowden's Cynefin framework in a video about, of all things, grazing. Probably most of you are not worrying about how best to graze a flock of sheep or a herd of cows, and I don’t think Snowden had grazing in…
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Strategy | Donella Meadows, Systems Theory, & Leverage Points Part Two
This episode is part two, looking at Donella Meadows’ 12-leverage points and work on intervention strategies. So grab a notebook, listen with your groups, and of course, if you are on the move, take it along for the ride and revisit whenever you need. Read: Thinking in Systems by Donella H.…
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Strategy | Donella Meadows' Leverage Points Part 1
This episode is a great study companion! So grab a notebook, listen with your groups, and of course, if you are on the move, take it along for the ride and revisit whenever you need. Over the next forty minutes, I will look at the application of systems theory to movement building, particularly...
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SPECIAL + MEDITATION: Mayday, Pagan Festival, International Workers Day, & General Strike
In this podcast episode, I offer a conversation about Mayday, Pagan Festival, International Workers Day, & General Strike. SPECIAL MEDITATION: PLUS, enjoy a special meditation at the end of this episode. To celebrate life, honor the workers of the world, and bring about a world of greater…
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Permaculture & Strategy
I have decided to do a little series here on strategy because I truly believe we are going to win in the end. We are going to return to some form of democracy, hopefully a better form than we had before, which led us into this mess. But to do that, we need to know where we want to go and we need…
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🎙️🎧 PODCAST: Strategy & Ritual
I wanted to do a little series here on the podcast on strategy. We want to build a movement for justice. And in order to achieve what we need to achieve, we need a strategy to get there. In this episode, I offer some teachings, guidance, and personal experiences that ritual, in particular, has...
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Lessons From the Witch Persecutions
READ 📚 Starhark: Dreaming in the Dark Silvia Federici: Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation David Kubrin: Marxism and Witchcraft Deirdre English: Witches, Midwives, and Nurses Visit Starhawk.Substack.com
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The Dismembering of the World—Patriarchy in Ancient Mesopotamia
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Gratitude & Empathy: Embracing the Interwoven Web of Life
In this episode, I reflect on the profound interconnectedness of all life. I share some musings following my morning meditation outside on my back porch, observing a Redwood tree. Recognizing ourselves as part of a living tapestry truly can inspire gratitude, empathy, and collective action. So...
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🌀 A Meditation on BALANCE for Spring & Fall Equinox
Visit www.earthactivisttraining.org to learn more about Socially Engaged Permaculture and our Permaculture Design programs. Visit starhawk.substack.com to join a vibrant community of movement building with Starhawk
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How We Can Support People in Trauma
Visit www.earthactivisttraining.org to learn more about Socially Engaged Permaculture and our Permaculture Design programs. Visit starhawk.substack.com to join a vibrant community of movement building with Starhawk
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Iran, A Rant and a Grounding
🌀 MEDITATION for Grounding in Crises: The episode will end with a grounding meditation that I invite you to revisit whenever you need. Because in a time when we can start to feel defeated, we need to be grounded, resourced, and able to let joy in so we can continue our work. Today’s podcast is...
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Dr. Elaine Ingham and the Soil Food Web
In this episode, I honor my friend and teacher, Dr. Elaine Ingham, who passed away last week. I share a little bit about how we first met, the impact she had on my work and teachings, and the legacy she leaves behind in the world of soil biology. I also offer some teachings about the world of…
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Epstein, ICE, and What Women Know
Okay, I just couldn’t resist the temptation to rant some more about the Epstein files and all that they represent. And the simple summary is this: rape and sexual exploitation are not some fluke of the system, they are the essence of patriarchy itself, the necessary rewards for an ideology…
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Magical Activism Training – Safety in Challenging Situations
Buy me a coffee Support The Movement We Need on Substack This episode is less a conversation and more of a training to support us in navigating both collective and everyday stress. It includes helpful practices for those on the frontlines of active movements or those simply seeking more…
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Minneapolis
This is a sort of emergency podcast responding to the events of the last week, where we’ve seen yet another fatal shooting in Minneapolis, an out-and-out murder of a beautiful young man, Alex Pritti. What we’re witnessing is a great moral battle. Listen to the full episode as I share an excerpt...
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Conversation with Charles Williams (permaculture educator and certified permaculture designer)
This episode is a conversation with my co-teacher and long-time friend, Charles Williams, about the principles and practices of permaculture, and how they can address ecological and social challenges. We touch on the ethics of permaculture, including care for the earth, care for people, and fair...
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On the Side of Good: From Minneapolis to Venezuela
In this episode, I offer my thoughts after deep reflection on what has unfolded over the past 10 or so days around the U.S invasion of Venezuela, and the murder of Renee Good. For me, this has been enraging. It’s been upsetting. It’s been hard to even write about it because what do I say about it...
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New Year Meditation
I really hope the new year is going to be a better year than 2025. 2025 started off pretty rough, reeling from the impact of the election, going into it with a sense of tremendous dread about what was to come. But I am less fearful than I was a year ago that it’s going to bring a descent into...
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Feed What You Want To Grow
I have recently started to develop a set of ideas looking at various permaculture principles and how they might apply to our current political situation. In this episode, I talk about a permaculture principle, "Feed What You Want to Grow," and its application to political and social systems as…
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The Epstein Files, James Bond, and The Patriarchy
Please consider becoming a paid member of my Substack. Paid members ensure all of my content, writings, teachings, and podcast episodes remain free for our entire community. Your membership really is a membership for all of us. Thank you! In this episode, I share my thoughts on the pervasive...
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Interview with Jay Jordan & L.M. Bogad
In this special conversation, I talk with two great friends, Jay Jordan and LM Bogad, who happen to be behind some very well-known actions! We talk about tactical frivolity and creative resistance, revisiting the history and impact of movements like Reclaim the Streets and the Clown Army. There...
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The Veil is Thin - Thoughts on Samhain (Halloween), Spirituality, & Politics
The veil is thin. In this episode, I share some reflections on the intersection of spirituality and politics… and how this season of Samhain, Halloween, All Hallows’ Eve, and Día de los Muertos can be a profound teacher. As we approach this year’s Spiral Dance on November 1st, I also look back on...
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Action and Ritual: (No Kings Day and the Spiral Dance)
Why is Planning a Ritual Like Planning a Protest? In this episode I look at low-risk actions, like No Kings Day, in building a broad base for activism that we can all take part in. And, as we near this year’s Spiral Dance, I talk a little bit about fostering renewal and community through the...
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What Does It Mean to Be an Organizer
If we are going to organize and mobilize the movement, we must work together effectively. Humans are complicated, but we can do remarkable things when we collaborate as communities of care and action. So, what does it mean to be an organizer? In this episode I talk about some of the core problems...
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Permaculture & Palestine—Live Conversation with Alfred Decker at the Nest City Lab, Barcelona, Spain
In this conversation with Alfred Decker, we talk about the potential of permaculture and refugee support. Alfred shares about the initiative ‘Permaculture in Palestine,’ sharing more about the historical context of migration and the importance of integrating people care into permaculture…
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Eco Villages and Successful Collaboration
I am back home and settling in after a full summer’s teaching schedule in Europe and have a few stories to share from my time away. In this episode of The Movement We need, I reflect on some of the collaborative success stories I witnessed while visiting eco villages in France and Ireland… as…
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Intentional Community—Scaling up to Regional
Meet José and Rafaela, two visionaries transforming a rural community in Portugal into a thriving cooperative and eco-village. I speak with José and Rafaela about the inspiring journey they have been on of hope, innovation, and a call to action for a sustainable future. Their example, faith, and...
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Palestine Dialogue in Germany
This episode, recorded during my summer travels and teachings, explores stories of displacement and belonging across Palestinian, Jewish, and German communities. My guests are Tabea Tabazah (Palestinian/German) and Larry Faust (German). Through their stories, they offer perspectives that invite…
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Youth Work on the Edge of War
In this moving episode, we hear directly about the raw and heart-wrenching challenges faced by Ukrainian youth amidst the ongoing war. I spoke with Alexandra Chernomashyntseva and Marharyta Kurbanova, two women from Ukraine, who share their experiences working with young people in the war-torn...
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Interview with Hiinahcit "Plant Medicines, Decolonization, & Future Ancestors: A Path to Healing"
In this episode, I talk with my co-teacher, Hiinahcit, Petrina Dezall, where she shares her work with plant medicines and the concept of Future Ancestors. Hiinahcit is of the Hesquiaht Band, of the Nuu Chah Nulth Nation, and in this conversation, she offers important teachings, insights, and...
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