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Reflecting on 2020: 10 sparks of promise in an otherwise miserable year
Reflecting on 2020: 10 sparks of promise in an otherwise miserable year
Let’s be real, for the human collective, it’s been a pretty terrible year — I don’t need to drag us all through it again, because it’s the…
Elsie
Jan 5, 2021
Could the commons have prevented Trump (and others like him)?
Could the commons have prevented Trump (and others like him)?
I know that this is possibly the most click-bait title one could think of, but hear me out, because that isn’t my intention — it’s…
Elsie
Jan 5, 2021
Commons, climate and regeneration: “This forest has taught us how to walk lightly”
Commons, climate and regeneration: “This forest has taught us how to walk lightly”
Earlier this month, I read an open letter from Nemonte Nenquimo, a Waorani woman, a mother and leader of her people. The letter was…
Elsie
Jan 5, 2021
Care before code: it’s what makes DisCOs different
Covid-19 has transformed how many of us work in ways that were seemingly inconceivable beforehand, much to the frustration of disabled…
Elsie
Jan 5, 2021
Wherever we are in the world we are each other’s refuge
Wherever we are in the world we are each other’s refuge
A few years ago I was working in Athens, Greece with the activist collective The Rules and there, in the streets of Exarchia; the home of…
Elsie
Jan 5, 2021
Tonight’s performance is cancelled
Tonight’s performance is cancelled
It’s been quite a week; with some illness and sadness and stress. So, whilst writing this is my responsibility and my work; work that I…
Elsie
Sep 15, 2020
Can the commons replace cops?
Can the commons replace cops?
Earlier this week, someone shared a post from 2018 that really struck me. It read: “If you call the cops and say “I’m homeless and…
Elsie
Aug 26, 2020
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