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The Moriori were Indigenous to Aotearoa Myth(s)

Posted on 07/08/2025 by schierke

During my time here in Aotearoa New Zealand it has already been more than a handful of encounters I had with these mystical people we call “conspiracy theorists”. From wild conspiracies about COVID, to blaming everything the coalition government messes up on “the previous administration” and, perhaps the most curious to me of them all…

What Unschooling Is And What It Should Be

Posted on 02/08/202507/08/2025 by schierke

Unschooling as a term originated from John Holt. According to him unschooling seemed to have entailed to simply not send children to schools, preferring homeschooling instead. As time passed, unschooling started gathering it’s own characteristics. Unschooling is now different in that it lacks a set curriculum although in many respects, particularly legally speaking, it’s still…

"Every day it becomes clearer that we might be the last generation in the experiment with living. The problems facing humanity are so huge that some of us think working for change is futile. We of Youth Liberation, however, will not be led either to the treadmill or to the slaughterhouse like “good Germans”. We know there is a basic decision to make, either we stay quiet and become part of a system of oppression, or we seize control of our lives, take risks, and struggle to build something new. We believe that problems have causes and that by studying these causes we can learn solutions. We know that young people have power if we take it and use it. We must liberate ourselves from the death trip of corporate America. We must take control of our lives because within us is the seed of a new reality – a seed that cannot grow until our lives are our own. It is a reality of ecstacy, make up of love, justice, freedom, peace and plenty. (...)"¹