
Belonging
Are we flagging yet?
There’s still much to learn from our relationship with national symbols.
Belonging
There’s still much to learn from our relationship with national symbols.
Trigger warning: this post contains flags. This article answers three questions about the Fête of Britain graphic identity we believe are fundamental to the work of Absurd Intelligence: 1. What the fuck do you mean, “Britain”? 2. And what’s with the Union Jack? or, rather 3. How will we
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Democracy
‘If you want peace don’t talk to your friends. Talk to your enemies.’ - Desmond Tutu
Belonging
Our Convention on the Fate of Britain was a party for the people who keep the country running.
Politics
Does reducing help to the poorest really defend us?
Culture
It can and should be used to express our might.
It’s time to do the previously unthinkable: get over ourselves, and start actually working with each other.
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.
A plan to broaden people’s perspectives by offering a new vision for what the future could be.
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”...
David Graeber, The Utopia of Rules
This is what protest is all about.
A chance to connect with other organisers, campaigners, artists, makers and doers on what comes next.
Since 2024, Absurd Intelligence has worked with the Hard Art network to put on The Fête of Britain, a joyous, riotous invitation to be part of what comes next.
The Euros winners show what it means to love your country.
There's a reason why the far-right push conspiracy theories.
When you have a clear, consistent message and a powerful messenger, you can shift the political weather.
It's time to bring people together to feel part of something bigger.
A play about the Russian invasion of Ukraine makes us reflect on the symbolic role that Nigel Farage is performing on Britain’s stage.
Absurd Intelligence and Ocean Rebellion members Clive Russell and Roc Sandford recount five manic days on the Côte d'Azur.
The people we need for the political reset we deserve.
When the world’s gone utterly snooker-loopy, Absurdity is the only answer.
Or, why talk is cheap, and the head will fuck us all unless the heart and hands respond.