Texts commented on and collected by Karen Sharpe: Julian Assange in His Own Words
BEFORE THE TRIAL 27 OCTOBER: The characteristics Karen Sharpe draws from Assange's work are that everything he brought forward should be open and verifiable, scientifically correct and reliable. But for power, Assange is dangerous – because he makes the whistleblowers dangerous.
Renata Avila and Srećko Horvat: Everything Must Change! The World After Covid-19
COVID-19: In a newly published interview anthology about the pandemic, Roger Waters says that war and climate change are killing us faster than anything else, but the breathing pause that began in March 2020 may still open up other alternatives. At the same time, the entire anthology presupposes digital technology – for which we can all be grateful.
Conversations with Anders Dunker: Rediscovering Earth. Ten Dialogues on the Future of Nature
NATURE: A crucial insight is that the fate of endangered species in nature is decided in culture, by human attention and values - as we, for example, overeat and overconsume.
Matt Taibbi: Hate Inc. – Why Today's Media Makes us Despise One Another
MASS MEDIA: Where the advertisement gave a feeling of well-being, desire and pleasure, the new media consumption gives the feeling of paranoia, anger and mistrust. Hate seller. Also on Capitol Hill.
Ashley Dawson: People's Power. Reclaiming the EnergyCommons
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: The climate crisis is an energy crisis. Today, the environmental movement must be careful not to support capitalist exploitation through well-meaning green innovations.
corona: Will a far more favorable ideological virus spread and hopefully infect us, the virus that makes us think of another society, beyond the nation state, a society that realizes itself as global solidarity and cooperation?