What Rebecca Solnit thinks about courage
American writer; author of Wanderlust (2000), A Paradise Built in Hell (2009), Men Explain Things to Me (2014) and Hope in the Dark (2004). Columnist at The Guardian. Writes Meditations in an Emergency, a newsletter on climate, democracy and feminism.
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Rebecca Solnit has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsHollywood movies and too many government pandemic plans still presume that most of us are cowards or brutes, that we panic, trample each other, rampage, or freeze helplessly in moments of crisis and chaos.
↗The Real 9/11: Citizens Succeeded, Institutions Failedmeditationsinanemergency.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsGiven that reality, it's striking that in sudden disasters people seem to revert to a default setting of solidarity, generosity, bravery, and a glorious capacity for grassroots organizing to meet the needs of the moment.
↗Cynicism and Naïveté in the Summer of a Thousand Firesmeditationsinanemergency.com 3rd of 3 in this piece