Eviction: Enraging Causes and Enduring Consequences
Poverty isn’t just a reflection of lower incomes; it’s also an expression of extractive markets.
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Productions
Articles and conversations the creation or presentation of which was made possible by the direct participation of the Antidote Writers Collective in our role as clerks of the revolution! Somebody has to do the dishes, and somebody has to be the notetaker and interpreter. We do what we can.
They Can’t Be Pleaded With – They Must Be Fought
The idea of open borders is anathema to Europe’s ruling elites; inhumane detention camps seem, on the other hand, to be perfectly acceptable. Politicians in power display nothing but inhumanity. We have to step into action; we have to go all out.
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The Syrian Revolution, at Street Level
“A lot of the people who picked up weapons knew it was a mistake. Violence alienates certain key constituencies who the revolution needs to win over. It scares the West, and makes them more likely to stick with Assad—which is why he provoked it.”
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Fight or Flight
People’s lands are being ripped away from them and turned into palm oil plantations. Their rivers are dammed. Their forests have been plundered. International investment does tremendous harm both to the people and to Mother Earth, about which they care profoundly.
A World Free of Work Or No World At All!
Post-work and post-carbon economies are going to be two key pillars of any future left over the coming decades.
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Nowhere Is Safe
A brief, though rich, glance into a Yezidi refugee camp near Diyarbakir in early 2016.
The Counterrevolution Never Ended
“I was shocked to hear people speak about asking the military to come in, as if the military is not there already anyway.”
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Affect as a Field of Struggle
Emotion is the fabric of our cultural thought and political action across the board, not just on the right. It’s also on the left. It’s a common language.
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Silopi in Ruins
When we told the two co-mayors how shocked we were at the destruction in Cudi, they laughed bitterly: “Cudi? That’s nothing compared to Zap, Basak, and Barbaros.”
This Is Abrupt Climate Change
We’ve gone so far down the path that it doesn’t matter if we turn off the heat engine now or not. We’re destined for a loss of habitat for our species in the not-very-distant future, regardless.
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