O Robot Where Art Thou?

18.07.2017
Thinkers going back to Karl Marx have stressed capitalism’s revolutionary transformation of the forces of production. Some now think incessant automation will be the system’s undoing. But can technology lose its menace? Can technology liberate, not enslave, humanity?
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The Value of Self-limitation

02.07.2017
Real democracy does not mean that “it is forbidden to forbid”, but that the norms and the laws which regulate our lives are made by the members of the community not by some extra-societal entity. In this article Yannis Ktenas highlights the importance of self-limitation in a direct democracy.
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Climate Diplomacy and Climate Action: What Now?

03.05.2017
Just over a year ago, diplomats from around the world were celebrating the final ratification of the December 2016 Paris Agreement, proclaimed to be the first globally inclusive step toward a meaningful climate solution. But far more questions than answers surround this agreement.

Democratizing Education

23.04.2017
Achieving comprehensive social change requires radical alteration of everything, including education. But most attempts to reform the educational system are limited. Education needs to be democratized through the introduction of alternative egalitarian and participatory institutional forms.
Women working at the Amarge textile Cooperative, Kobane

A Glimpse into Rojava’s Economic Model

05.04.2017
In Rojava, women's cooperatives continue to spread, challenging the structures of capitalism and patriarchy. The cooperatives are efforts to radically democratize all sectors of society and to promote an alternative social and economic model.
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