"Beyond the fear & chaos of contemporary life, there is good news to share": David Wood's Sustainable Superabundance
"Spending a day in a room getting food cooked for you": Extinction Rebellion's way of looking at reality (and arrest)
The bus is leaving for politics as usual... Over 60% want it radically reformed and want it local
"Whatever you do, don't call what we do 'empowering'. The power is already there." Stella Duffy on losing control
The Social Learning Club - a model for a radical, grass-roots education in handling the future
Top ten regrets in life by those about to die. (Is this about new politics? You betcha.)
New narratives from Africa - shaped by news and investigative reporting, and contemporary art-film
Alternative Editorial: Three Steps Back
A documentary that "sums up the hope of Yorkshire, and the linked sense of belonging as unquestionably diverse"
Jonathan Rowson: If you want a second referendum on Brexit, you'll have to accept how sacred the first one was
Not Achilles as leader, but St. Francis of Assisi: Terry Patten on the "yin heroes" we need to be revolutionary
The New Year's view from Alternativet: "2019 Must Be The Year of Green Solutions"
"We need to look for ways to feel our own power": A/UK talking with Campfire Conversation.
Some highlights from the latest manifesto of The Movement for Cultural Democracy
How we can best prepare for job automation - and for the strengthening of our communities too
Alternative Editorial: At The End Of 2018
Alternative Editorial: Shift Your Gaze
"It's my bit of Scotland". CommonSpace reports on how gardening is really, really good for the soul
Robo-laywers, "deepfake" incidents, superbugs & city brains. Some predictions for 2019, from Nesta & others
The anarchism of the Bookchins says politics should be a moral calling: rational, communal, creative & free