![Refusal](https://politicaltheology.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/no-6800696_1280-e1668003371952-600x450.jpg)
Refusal is a strong current resisting the structure of settler colonialism. It crashes, churns, and erodes the death-dealing dams of settler knowing. Its path turns away from the settler’s gaze.
By Elisha Chi
![Ethics, Life, and Medieval Texts](https://politicaltheology.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Stringed_figure_1937_-_Henry_Moore_1898_-_1986_22907730574-600x450.jpg)
All three texts concern lives: the formed life, the deformed life, and a life without a why – a useless life freed from subjection to transcendence.
By Alex Dubilet
![Food Sovereignty](https://politicaltheology.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/15290422748_f575e562da_o-600x450.jpg)
Food sovereignty represents a refusal of a globally commodified food system in favor of systems and institutions that support self-sufficient communities.
By Joi Orr