Hard Art
An angel, a badger and an evil-tempered dad walk into a citizens’ assembly…
Two new absurd interventions in the world this week: a climate comedy novel, and a series of dialogues on assemblies.
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Democracy
Trump’s Tariffs on the X-Y Axis of Evil
Our friend and collaborator David Bent, founder of Atelier of What’s Next, dismayed like many with Trump’s terrible mathematics and with the commentariat’s forgetfulness of the wider agenda, weighs in with some sound algebra of his own.
Activism
The Network is The Strategy, Part Two: in Praise of Fred Hampton
It’s time to do the previously unthinkable: get over ourselves, and start actually working with each other.
Activism
The Network is The Strategy, Part One: Last Exit From La-La Land
Right and left have failed us, and the centre cannot hold. Are you tired of pretending the slo-mo disaster movie doesn’t star us? And are you ready to do the previously unthinkable? Part one of two: the broken models of behaviour we need to escape.
Belonging
What qualities should the next Archbishop of Canterbury have?
This is Absurd Intelligence’s inaugural guest post: by Liz Slade, the first woman leading the Unitarian General Assembly in its 96 year history
Culture
It’s time to Speak Up for the world we want
A plan to broaden people’s perspectives by offering a new vision for what the future could be.
Democracy
40 Ways to Reframe Reform
How do we combat Reform and outmanoeuvre the insurgent right-wing revolters?
Democracy
How do we rehabilitate activism?
There’s a clear strategy behind the character assassination of climate activists – it’s our job to counter it
Democracy
Who was cheering for violence this week? The political diary of Ed Miliband
Exclusive insights into climate politics from the diary of a Net-Zed-er
Feeling the risk we’re in: an invitation to collaborate
A year-long investigation into provoking emotional realisations of the risks we’re in, in a way that leaves people feeling equipped to act.
Democracy
The Diary of Ed Miliband, aged 55+1/4
Announcing our new columnist: we are delighted to be serialising Ed's private diary each Monday on Absurd Intelligence.
Culture
How time travel is the key to coping with The Shitshow.
Using the lesser known Greek concepts of time, Kairos and Aion, to save us from the tyranny of Chronos.