WeRobotics and Flying Labs want to put African communities in charge of drones and the data they produce
If we only "know" through science and rationality, we deny the "sensuous knowledge" of many other parts of our world (and our bodies), says Minna Salami
News collaboratives, youth media outlets, and a newsletter bee (“La Abeja”) buzzing around Latin communities. A better media, in California Central Valley
In Sierra Leone, post-civil war, you might live next to your amputator. Family talk (fambul tok) was a community resource for peace. It’s a lesson to our polarised societies
"We are a group of people composed of who we are". A rich history of collective work - artistic, cultural, social - in Hackney
Artificial intelligence is always open to the charge of "garbage in, garbage out". But could we use AI itself to decolonise our language?
Alternative Editorial: Who Speaks For The People?
A/UK EDITORIAL, A BETTER MEDIA, ANTI-RACISM, BEHAVIOUR, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, LOCALISM, PARTY POLITICS, TELL THE STORYpat kanesoft power, football, immigration, politics, language, power of the arts, media, propaganda
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" is a powerful meditation on grief, power and the stupidity of war
Alternative Editorial: The Zero-Sum Game
A/UK EDITORIAL, ANTI-RACISM, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, POLITICAL CULTURE, REGEN ECONOMIESpat kanesports, conflict resolution, World Cup, free speech, community organising, human rights
“We have to start questioning what systems we are participating in", says Mexican climate justice activist Xiye Bastida
ACTION, PLANETARIAN, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, FEMININE, YOUTH, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, GLOBALISTS, BEHAVIOUR, ANTI-RACISMpat kaneindigenous, mexico, climate breakdown
In Manchester's Moss Side, a visionary community leader and 17-25 year olds create "the school you'd wish you'd gone to"
Six misunderstood concepts about diversity in the workplace and elsewhere. And why they matter
The US’s New Economy network seizes the small-is-beautiful idea, and makes it a network of 200+ organisations
Stand in the shoes of economic migrants - their current poverty, and the history that created it - and you might understand them better
What the teachings of the late Thich Nhat Hanh tell us about power, prosperity, justice - and craving
We attended the trial of the statue-toppling Colston Four from Bristol. And here’s why their acquittal should be celebrated
Alternative Editorial: That's Football
Alternative Editorial: Britain In Transition
A/UK EDITORIAL, A BETTER MEDIA, ANTI-RACISM, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, LOCALISM, TECHNOLOGYpat kaneBritish identity, soft power, transformation, platform cooperativism, technology, Europe, power of the arts, Nature, LIFT, football
Alternative Editorial: Cognitive Dissonance
A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, ANTI-RACISM, BEHAVIOUR, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, TELL THE STORYpat kanemedia, narrative, psychology, conspiracy, cognitive dissonance, populism
When art easily becomes activism - five great examples from Yemen, Wales, Brazil, Gaza, Palestine
