The pandemic armchair philosophy blog: The long game, a creation story for the pandemic weary
We are each and all of us playing the music of the spheres in the Big Bang Orchestra, which doubles as our hearth and home.
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Warre and peace: of gifts, government and men with guns
Anyway, as governments wrestle with the increasingly impossible predicaments of our times, it seems to me likely that this space of publics versus governments will become a lot more politically diverse. And that’s the point at which the question of ‘public ownership’ becomes a really live issue.
Chester is choking
While temporary protective fixes of air filters and cautions about venturing outdoors are in place, when can we finally begin to think about institutional fixes that bring justice to residents who have aged breathing toxic air in the long-neglected city of Chester?
Can archaeology help us navigate climate change?
Might ancient history inform efforts to deal with climate change as well? Researchers from the U.S., Canada and France think so.
Letter From The Farm | A Swiss Shepherdess In Bohemia
It’s a source of satisfaction to Jacqueline that she and her family are very much present in the fields around the village where they live.
One reason she wanted to become a farmer was to see animals in the pastures.
Report: Taxing the World’s Richest Would Raise US $2.52 Trillion a Year
A new analysis, “Taxing Extreme Wealth,” by the Fight Inequality Alliance, Institute for Policy Studies, Oxfam, and Patriotic Millionaires found a shocking rise in global wealth among the world’s richest people despite deepening inequality during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Individuals and social pressure: how to change the world
I recently had an extraordinary and rare experience, as an academic, activist and citizen: I participated in a victorious movement.
Over 450 Climate Scientists Say Advertising Industry Must End ‘Complicity’ in Climate Crisis
On Wednesday, a group of more than 450 scientists called on advertising agencies to cut off their fossil fuel clients and to end their ties with an ongoing misinformation campaign that has time and again killed progress on addressing the climate crisis.
How India’s Farmers Launched a Movement Against Modi’s Farm Bills—and Won
The Indian farmers’ protest is a model for all struggling people worldwide. Their relentless and sustained protest shows that a sure resolve, control of resources, and perseverance is key to winning against neoliberal forces worldwide and ushering in a world where working people are the focus of national economic policies.
Degrowth Economy: Let’s Address the People and Planetary Crises
The planetary crisis is largely a by-product of the people crisis and both can be addressed with the one solution: putting people and the planet firmly at the centre of our economy.
Democracy Rising 8: Deliberative Democracy — Power
Power, inclusion, and deliberation work together—slowly but surely—to yield stronger, more resilient communities.
The ‘parliament of things’: Redefining human
Bruno Latour revisits an idea he coined three decades ago, the “parliament of things”–a path for including the nonhuman world in our political deliberations. He examines whether such a path is still open to us.
