Society
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Better Dead Than Different
Our visions of the future are defined, like the film Interstellar, by technological optimism and political defeatism. Yawn: "Hey, we…
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A Gunpowder Plot Against Democracy
This bill of rights for corporations will blow up the sovereignty of parliaments. On this day a year ago, I…
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Soil, Struggle and Justice – Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement
This film examines a cooperative of the Brazilian Landless Movement (MST) in the South of Brazil, which struggled for access…
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Light Bulb Moments
Think of the Industrial Revolution as the start of carbonifeous capitalism. — Dr. Ian Stewart Many a contemporary scientist has…
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An Orchard Grows in Boston
Rebuilding the commons in an economically-divided, violence-scarred neighborhood by Orion Kriegman Egleston Square is a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, straddling the…
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Where Are Today’s Misemployment Figures?
When unemployment figures start to decrease in many countries, economists and governments congratulate themselves on their ability to ‘stimulate’ demand.…
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The Plastic Society – Moving Towards Plastic Independence
We all know about society’s over-consumption of plastic. We’ve heard again and again that it takes up to a millennia…
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“Cleansing the Stock”
How our governments now talk about human beings. To blot people out of existence first you must blot them from…
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Melissa Fleming: Let’s Help Refugees Thrive, Not Just Survive (TED video)
50 million people in the world today have been forcefully displaced from their homes — a level not seen since…
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Falling Apart
Competition and individualism are forcing us into a devastating Age of Loneliness. What do we call this time? It’s not…
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The Conservative Lorax
The Lorax, published in video form on our site here, is a much-loved children’s tale by Dr. Seuss — one…
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Pia Mancini: How to Upgrade Democracy for the Internet Era
Pia Mancini and her colleagues want to upgrade democracy in Argentina and beyond. Through their open-source mobile platform they want…
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