"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"
"An unmitigated failure, or a heart-warming success?" Flatpack Democracy's founder Peter Macfadyen on the ups and downs of their May 2021 election campaign
How well did the Flatpack Democracy 2021 campaign do? This report shows it’s still a better future for citizens than traditional politics
Alternative Editorial: Let the Conference of the Parties (COP) Begin.
Abandoning the political slot machine: Hanno Burmester was at the very heart of "Berlin Politics" - and now proposes a new game entirely
"Do we need a Parallel Polis?"—the question A/UK asked of Helsinki's Untitled festival/community. Here's the full video
When the Secretary of State has to sign-off a Bridlington cycle path… You know that a Yorkshire Parliament is required
Connection, Meaning and Politics: Indra Adnan talking about her new book, "The Politics of Waking Up" (with Jeremy Lent)
POWU-BOOK, POWU, FUTURES, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, BIG PICTURE, POLITICAL CULTURE, PARTY POLITICS, A BETTER MEDIApat kanebook publishing, jeremy lent, ecological civilisation, web of meaning
Alternative Editorial: Soft Power Battles
A/UK EDITORIAL, A BETTER MEDIA, BOUNCE BEYOND, PARTY POLITICS, TELL THE STORYpat kanesoft power, Dominic cummings, media, British identity, transformation, Plymouth, municipalism
Denmark's Independent Greens lay out a postcapitalist manifesto (with anarchist tinges) that will bridge the country to a better future
The local elections might be off the headlines, but news keeps coming in about the vibrancy of the new localism
Influencing national government in Scotland, half the council in Bristol, and raised percentages everywhere. Greens had a good 2021 UK local elections
Communities do the "politics of grown-ups" - they get the issue right because it directly affects them
Flatpack Democracy 2021: the campaign groups aiming to transform localities, from Grimsby to the Isle of Wight, in the May elections
Alternative Editorial: Finding Firm Ground
"Where Does The Power Lie?" The Alternative UK and friends address the question at Transition's Bounce Forward conference
In saying why he wouldn't go into politics, George Monbiot points to a better version - a political "rewilding", from the margins inwards
What is the "feminisation of politics"? How profoundly does it challenge the very forms and ways we do power?
How to break through the cartel systems of the major parties? Become a techno-populist. But it's a rocky road