Bounty of bookmarks: Items tagged politics

Amid brazen abuses of state power and growing inequality, anarchist principles have been creeping back into the mainstream. Jak Hutchcraft talks to some of people the leading the charge.

Tags: uk, youth, politics

2023-04-19

Why libertarian cities fail

Freedom-loving libertarians who build communities under the assumption that natural resources are unlimited discover, to their dismay, that this isn't so.

Tags: environment, politics

2023-04-06

The Media Isn't Liberal, And It Hasn't Learned Anything From Trump Or Iraq

Ostensibly about mass media in the US, but applies just as well to Romania.

Tags: media, politics

2023-04-03

Private Chat Leaks Show Moscow Officials in State of Panic Over Putin Arrest Warrant

Tags: europe, politics

2023-03-23

The Swiss People Vote Over The Ban on Cashless Society

Tags: finance, politics

2023-02-23

Why Elon Musk and the billionaire space bros want to put people in space cages forever

Space colonization is not at all about gadgets and rockets and planets

Tags: space, politics

2023-01-24

Opinion: The awkward truth about the new ‘Avatar’ is far bigger than its bottom line

A poignant critique of the racism and imperialism on display in the highly-grossing franchise, that echoes my own thoughts from ten years ago.

Tags: movies, politics

2023-01-04

So, when are we going to admit that Marx was probably full of shit?

Tags: politics, updates

2022-11-25 19:11+02:00

I saw a poll earlier on Mastodon asking what flavor of leftist people are, if at all: a Communist, socialist, anarchist, or what? And I was like, dunno?! My concern is to make sure people enjoy autonomy and dignity. What label applies?

A lot of leftists only care about high-concept ideas of how society should be organized, and completely forget the point, then act surprised when it all falls apart.

Tags: politics, updates

2022-11-14 17:52+02:00

Who Won the Midterms? Democracy Did — And It Dealt Trumpism a Body Blow

Why the Midterms Were a Remarkable Moment for America — And the World

Tags: america, politics

2022-11-09

The Lesson of Elon Musk’s Twitter? Everything the Far Right Touches Dies.

What Happens When You Give the Keys to the Town Square to the Lunatics?

Tags: internet, business, politics

2022-11-04

Meghna Jayanth is switching the narrative

Video game writer and narrative designer Meghna Jayanth talks about a career spent battling colonialism - and why this helps you get better games

Tags: games, politics

2022-10-19

France's president gave ordinary people the power to formulate national climate policies. He got more than he bargained for

Tags: france, climate, politics

2022-10-13

The Technocrat’s Dilemma

(Via the No Tech Magazine.) Even true things shouted from loudspeakers start to sound like lies.

Tags: science, politics

2022-04-25

Rumble Strip

Every year in the spring, small towns throughout New England host their annual town meeting. Town meetings take place in high school gyms or town halls, and anyone can come. In fact, in Vermont, Town Meeting Day is a public holiday. Everyone gets the day off work to make sure they have the chance to participate. It’s a moment when everyone who lives there can come together to talk out the issues facing the town and decide how they want to spend their money.

Tags: america, politics

2022-04-12

Car rams Russian Embassy gate in Romania, driver dead

Tags: romania, politics

2022-04-06

“I bought a one-way ticket”: Inside Russia’s sudden tech exodus

Tags: internet, politics

2022-03-11

The Current Labor Movement

Tags: work, politics

2022-02-01

The Magician and the Suffragette: The Strange History of Sawing a Woman in Half

Tags: gender, politics, culture, history

2021-11-25

We Don’t Have the Right: A Decolonized Approach to Innovation

Tags: tech, politics

2021-11-17

COP/out

Tags: climate, politics

2021-11-15

Debate over daylight saving time drags on in Europe

Tags: europe, science, politics

2021-11-06

There Have to Be More Sides Than This

Balance doesn't exist in a lopsided world

Tags: media, politics

2021-11-03

.io considered harmful

Tags: internet, politics

2021-10-05

Iceland elects first female majority parliament

Tags: gender, politics

2021-09-26

Big problems at the timezone database

Tags: computers, politics

2021-09-25

Nine Years Ago, I Speculated that Dewey’s Days Were Numbered. How Far Have We Come?

Tags: books, politics

2021-09-09

Free Software NOT as in `free speech,` NOR as in `free beer`

Tags: programming, politics

2021-08-21

Colombian officials accidentally reveal details on Big Pharma’s immunity for adverse reactions to COVID vaccines

Besides the eye-watering costs, the nation agreed to indemnify the manufacturers from any legal responsibility for adverse events arising from the use of their products.

Tags: health, business, politics

2021-08-20

Increased Hate Against Sweden’s Indigenous People

Tags: culture, history, politics

2021-08-04

Why Is German Internet So Bad: True Answer

Tags: germany, tech, politics

2021-06-16

Why Is the Netherlands Rioting Over COVID Now?

Tags: europe, health, politics

2021-01-27

The US Empire Is Crumbling Before Our Eyes

With unprecedented economic inequality and massive overspending on military expansion, America now looks a lot like 476 CE Rome.

Tags: america, politics, history

2021-01-21

The Science That Explains Trump’s Grip on White Males

Tags: science, politics

2021-01-07

In Photos: The Disfigured Urban Landscape of Hong Kong

The city will never be the same, and you can literally see why.

Tags: cities, politics, photos

2020-12-24

Bi Den

Tags: america, uk, politics

2020-11-07

“I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation

Tags: big tech, politics

2020-09-14

Imperial Wars Always Come Home

Tags: history, politics

2020-07-23

Transgender woman launches historic bid for public office in Romania

Tags: gender, politics, romania

2020-07-20

Programmer Power

Yep, like I wrote the previous year, the software freedom movement is made up of libertarians. Explains a lot, really.

Tags: programming, politics

2020-07-03

Former UN Climate Chief Calls For Civil Disobedience

Tags: climate, politics

2020-02-24

Le droit à l’anonymat est une nécessité démocratique

"The right to anonimity is a democratic necessity."

Tags: privacy, politics

2020-02-20

Collections: The Fremen Mirage, Part I: War at the Dawn of Civilization

Discussing bad historical takes through the lens of sci-fi literature.

Tags: books, history, politics

2020-01-17

Music is the weapon

During Christmas 1980, Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba performed at a concert in Lesotho that deeply challenged and disturbed South Africa’s apartheid regime. The record of that concert is being reissued.

Tags: africa, music, politics

2019-11-29