Relational Disobedience Part 4: The Possibility of Relational Disobedience

Homelessness on our streets, migrant deaths at sea and austerity reshaping daily life, these aren’t just policy failures; they are invitations to renew our fidelity to the living world and one another. This session turns from diagnosis to practice:

• Story - The Thread that Refused to Break: Meet the Threadkeeper and the silver thread that “does nothing… it connects.” Learn the weaver’s way: refusing what flattens, saying yes to the real.
• Essay - The Possibility of Relational Disobedience: Disobedience as care, listening as subversion, and prefigurative practice—living now as if the world we long for is already true.
• Companion Study Guide - The Thread That Refused to Break: Practical rituals to anchor commitment: Vow of Fidelity, The Quiet No, Threadkeeping, Walking with the Thread.

What you’ll gain

• A clear, humane frame for resistance rooted in care, attention, and presence—not rage.
• Concrete micro-practices to enact your values under pressure (vow, quiet withdrawal of consent, everyday acts of weaving).
• Small-group dialogue to translate insight into local commitments (home, street, team, neighbourhood).