The latest content addressing vision & strategy where vision & strategy concerns the issues of what dissenters from existing relations want and how they seek to win it. This includes content relating to alternatives to existing institutions and systems, as well as projects, programmes and activism that show different ways of imagining society as it exists now.
Every few months America discovers another “monster.”A celebrity. A billionaire. A politician. A religious leader. A professor. A CEO. The details differ,…
One of the most visible consequences of global warming is the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as the…
When the shrill of heavy earthmoving machinery crept towards Elias Mlambo’s riverside banana plantations in February, the sudden brownish color of the…
We are living through a period when many people who care about justice and democracy are exhausted, frightened, or unsure what their…
For the third week in a row, high school students across France are taking to the streets demanding more investment in their…
How is it possible any man would ever believe gang rape is permissible? Are we at a cultural crossroads where Jane Doe’s courageous voice is sparking a resurgence of the…
“We are going to sweep away the old world,” said the deputy of the French National Assembly on Thursday, highlighting a rapidly growing global protest movement,…
Can we ever understand history? Can we explain this long running drama, with its countless plots and subplots—past, present and future? Or…
Enormous protests in the Spanish state are calling for affordable housing and tenants’ rights — as a result, there will be new…
This column is bound to be unconvincing because we are doomed (even by the language we use) to analyze the new through…
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