Identity & Sovereignty

Readings for this session

Pulled live from the Articles library — this list grows as new articles are published.

• The Country That Began as a Business4 min
• What Was Already Here4 min
• Five Things Worth Knowing Before Anything Else5 min
• The Word "Sovereign" Was Never About Kings4 min
• Independence Was Real. It Was Also Unfinished.4 min
• The Work That Was Never Meant to Finish in One Generation5 min
• There Was Law Before There Were Countries4 min
• The People Who Did Not Forget4 min
• What Never Actually Disappeared4 min
• Two Mistakes Worth Avoiding on the Way Back4 min
• What This Is Actually For4 min
• The Law That Was Always Already Yours4 min
• Be Someone Others Can Actually Count On4 min
• The Circles You Actually Belong To4 min
• Your Highest Excitement, and Everyone Else's Too4 min
• Real Responsibility for Each Other4 min
• Hurt People Hurt People — So Look for What Heals, Not What Punishes5 min
• Protecting Your Own Mind4 min

Opening

Go around the circle. Each person answers: what did you inherit that you never chose?

Discussion

1. What does the word “sovereign” actually mean to you now?
2. Where in your daily life do you still act like a subject waiting to be noticed?
3. Name one thing your community already governs itself on without asking for permission.