Why we need young people to create the new politics
Sian Berry considers the future of politics lies in the people who will live in the future: youth.
Dispossessed in the Name of “Security”
A new book, edited by Nick Buxton and Ben Hayes, both involved with The Transnational Institute, brings together a thoughtful collection of scholars, journalists and activists to explain the pre-eminence of the military and corporations in shaping the global response to the climate catastrophe as an ‘opportunity’.
Sunday Comics
La vida me da Sunday Comics/Sunday Comics me da la vida/¡Ay Dios!
“I have a terrible fear I shall one day be pronounced holy”: Akropolis Performance Lab’s Ecce Faustus
Omar Willey gets back to the theater beat and finds himself face to face with Mephistopheles and other Germanic plights.
Curtailing Mass Surveillance: An Interview with Justitia’s Jacob Mchangama
Strong civil mobilization fronted by the think tank Justitia prevented the Danish government from introducing unbridled mass surveillance. Justitia’s Executive Director tells us how they achieved this.
Why Are Universities Fighting Open Education?
A tired old argument about software patents is holding up common sense reforms to open up education across the country. Why? Elliot Harmon checks in.
Let’s Light Up the Global Commons
Creative Commons’ Ryan Merkley continues his vision for the Creative Commons, the public domain, and you, the oft-too-ignored user.
Sakura Petals
All you need is just that one person, that one person to be your saviour, while cherry blossom petals fall to the ground. Fiction from the Story Teller.
Gold
Mark Taylor-Canfield goes into the mines for this review of the alternately interesting, messy and disturbing film, Gold.
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