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.
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.
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
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.
40 Ways to Reframe Reform
How do we combat Reform and outmanoeuvre the insurgent right-wing revolters?
How do we rehabilitate activism?
There’s a clear strategy behind the character assassination of climate activists – it’s our job to counter it
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.
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.
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.
Why we started Absurd Intelligence
Those of us who have been around the movement for many years can think back to a time we would tell ourselves, “When rich people in LA start losing their homes, things will change”...
Why are we not listening to the will of the people on climate?
We are the whopping majority. Ordinary, good people who want the best for each other. And we care deeply about the climate.