Remaking Democracy provides a practical toolkit for people interested in social change, and effectively dispels all myths when it comes to the misuse of the term “democracy.” Instead, it harnesses the core of what democracy means in practice, and outlines a path forward for how we can build a future of democratic participation the world…
The Strother School of Radical Attention (SoRA) is a Brooklyn-based non-profit experimental organization dedicated to “attention activism”—a grassroots movement aimed at reclaiming human attention from the commodification and exploitation of coercive digital technologies. The group focuses on pushing back against what organizers term the “fracking” of human attention by big tech and the modern attention…
The prize-winning author of The Method reveals the forgotten origins of America’s culture wars-a story of late 20th century art vs. censorship, brimming with intense drama and fierce moral urgency. It’s 1988, the final year of the Reagan presidency, and the curtain is closing on the Cold War. In the absence of external adversaries, the…
TBILISI, GE — No. Not that Georgia. The other one. But given the current situation in the USA, it seems like it’s just a matter of time… “Leading independent film organisations in Georgia have written an open letter to warn the international community they believe the country’s state-backed cultural events are being hijacked to mask…
BURLINGTON, VT — This is how you do it, theatre community. Women+ on the Edge of Democracy is a national theatre initiative featuring short 10-minute plays by 36 prominent women+ playwrights including Lynn Nottage, Sarah Ruhl, and Heidi Schreck. Theatre and community groups can present these as readings or full productions nationwide from Oct. 23 to…