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Peters: No More Random Acts
Znet Article, April, 10 2013
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
Another in the ZNet interview series focusing on activism, alternative media, and community organizing
Peters: The Boy Next to Me Sings All the Time
Commentary, October, 29 2010
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
A 12-year old girl I know has spent most of her years in parochial or public schools. This year, she’s got a full scholarship to a very expensive all girls’ school in Boston.
Peters: The Most Important Part of Going to the U.S. Social Forum: Coming Home
Commentary, May, 20 2010
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
The most important part of going the U.S. Social Forum is how we come home from it. This is true because the Social Forum is only valuable insofar as it helps us build a strong grassroots base at home that is capable of winning demands, gaining, p...
Peters: Imagining Intimacy, Family, and Sex in a Better World
Znet Article, July, 14 2009
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
Being active in the anti-war movement, supporting eviction blockades in my city, working with youth who are surviving oppressive schools and violence on the streets, I often wonder how I can justify taking the time to imagine what sex, family, gen...
Peters: Women Who Bathe Together
Commentary, April, 06 2009
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
At a public bath in Morocco, I watched a young adolescent bathe her grandmother. She picked up each limb, moved her breasts this way and that, and shifted her belly about to reach every crevice. She stood over her, squatted next to her, and sat al...
Shalom: System Upgrades
Audio, December, 09 2008
Stephen Shalom
Shalom's ZSpace page
Stephen Shalom and Cynthia Peters interviewed on Against the Grain radio about their chapter contributions to the book Real Utopia.
Peters: Doubtful about Presidents; Optimistic about Us
Commentary, November, 07 2008
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
Writing for Time Magazine on November 5th, Joe Klein called Barack Obama's victory a sign that our country is a "younger, more optimistic, less cynical" place. "It is a country that retains its ability to startle the world -- and in a good way, wi...
Peters: Parenting for Youth Liberation
Znet Article, November, 06 2008
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
An interview With Cynthia Peters by Tim Allen
Peters: Newsflash: If it sounds ridiculous, it probably is…
Commentary, April, 09 2008
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
The challenge for activists isn't just that we have legions of crises to face everyday. It's also that we have to operate in a corporate-sponsored culture that constantly barrages us and our communities with the message that individuals are the pr...
Peters: U.S. Anti War Actvism
Znet Article, February, 27 2008
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
Crafting an anti-war movement from inside the belly of the beast is not easy. I'm going to talk today about how the U.S. anti-war movement is gaining momentum, despite the challenges, and I hope to convey to you all the hope that I feel, and that ...
Peters: What's the Matter with Getting Off?
Commentary, December, 22 2007
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
When I was reading Robert Jensen's new book "Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity," I found myself being careful to put the book away with the cover face-down. Why? Because the cover looks, well, vaguely pornographic. It features a ...
Peters: Literacy for the Learner's Sake
Commentary, November, 23 2007
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
As a teacher in adult education, I always had to balance facilitating empowered learning in the classroom with delivering a product to funders.
Peters: Veterans' Voices
Commentary, November, 11 2007
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
A few years ago, an old friend from Nicaragua started writing to me about his experiences fighting on the side of the Sandinistas during the revolution against a brutal dictator in the late 1970s and then later against the U.S.-supported contras.
Peters: An Engaged Political Culture in Venezuela
Commentary, September, 14 2007
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
At a little stand off an uneven road switchbacking its way up and down the Andean mountains, we stopped for a thick, syrupy sweet cafecito. It comes in a tiny, two-swallow sized cup, providing just the right hit of caffeine to keep us alert on the...
Peters: Woody Guthrie to Judge Thayer: No Sweet Music
Commentary, August, 22 2007
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
Readers of ZNet know how the "system" works, but who among us has not wanted to take certain individuals by the shoulders and force them to face the consequences of their actions. When I was a kid, we used to have a dog that would occasionally rel...
Peters: Snapshots from Unschooling Part 3 of
Commentary, March, 22 2007
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
Part 1: "Snapshots from School" http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2006-12/12peters.cfm
Peters: Unenrolling My Daughter from School Or Choosing Not to "Get Used to It", Part 2 of Snapshots from School
Commentary, February, 09 2007
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
Read Part 1 first if you haven't already:
Peters: Snapshots from School
Commentary, December, 12 2006
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
"DonÕt go to the Parent-Teacher Council meeting," advised my daughter, who is a 9th-grader at a large urban high school. "They'll only try to scare you."
