"An enchanted community of citizens, driven by idealist pragmatism, demanding imaginative transcendence of the here and now": Masha Gessen on a parallel polis
“Fractal politics emphasizes new patterns of behaviour, new viable prototypes of social progress, copyable and replicated everywhere"
“I realised: cynicism is apathy dressed up as wisdom”. An alter-native from POWU’s Book Club gets wise about how the world can be different
"Do we need a Parallel Polis?"—the question A/UK asked of Helsinki's Untitled festival/community. Here's the full video
Indra Adnan for Run-Riot: the creativity in communities will drive the changes we need
“No matter where it’s built, the parallel polis takes time and tenacity”. Czech dissidents, and Native Americans in California, show how to prototype a better society
A video conversation between the authors of The Entangled Activist and The Politics of Walking Up
We’re caught between “hope & despair, credulity & incredulity, progress & peril, agency & apathy.” Jonathan Rowson on how metamodernism can help
Connection, Meaning and Politics: Indra Adnan talking about her new book, "The Politics of Waking Up" (with Jeremy Lent)
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Alternative Editorial: Soulful Politics
Come to the second part of “Connection, Meaning and Politics” - on Indra Adnan's new book, "The Politics of Waking Up" (with Jeremy Lent)
A call to action from the "What Next? Summit" - to playfully reimagine, and cross-pollinate, towards a different future
Watch the first part of “Connection, Meaning and Politics” - Jeremy Lent talking about his new book, “The Web of Meaning”, with A/UK’s Indra Adnan
Alternative Editorial: We Are FOUR
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A/UK 4th Anniversary: "The Politics of Waking Up" - a forthcoming book from the Co-initiator of The Alternative UK