Anarres Project for Alternative Futures

That time we asked @mafnoor for a job on #StarTrek. It's time for a proper philosophy consultant to make sure Ancient Philosophies is taught right at Star Fleet Academy

"Leverage art and culture to challenge oppressive systems, build alternatives and offer an inclusive inspiring vision... Cultivate and share a positive vision of a future that has room for everyone who is willing to work together." wagingnonviolence.org/2025/01/how-to…

So AI is behind this mess after all futurism.com/trump-admin-ac…

"A majority of voters (54 percent) say they are generally optimistic about the next four years with Trump as president, while 42 percent are generally pessimistic." poll.qu.edu/poll-release?r…

No diversity or inclusion at the National Gallery hyperallergic.com/985640/nationa…

Trump issued an executive order today that prohibits the teaching of "critical race theory" in schools. We spoke with education leader @McFiredogg Mark Naison about attacks on CRT a while back. youtu.be/jgZ5wZwh90w?si…

Grassroots organizing makes a difference. newrepublic.com/post/190813/tr…

“Reject Optimism. It’s OK that there is no hope for things to continue as they are. Optimism is a false sense of safety, a confidence that we can eventually rename the terrors we have wrought upon the world.” lithub.com/a-way-of-livin…

Going after those "anarchist cities" again. anarchistagency.com/bloomberg-trum…

This is something everybody should always keep in mind - especially when on Twitter!

"When we as oppressed, exploited, or excluded people decide to walk out of an abusive job alongside our coworkers, to join in shouting down a duplicitous politician, to rush the police line together, we are enacting the democratic tradition in its oldest sense."

Andrew Lee calls for us to recapture the underlying spirit of democracy, which is not about voting or laws but about the power of the dispossessed: anarchiststudies.org/lexicon-democr…

And the Trump presidency begins with the richest person in the world giving a Nazi salute.

“Fascism, it’s always about using nationalism, and the nation, as a bludgeon to generate support for death policies, on behalf of death governments. For violence and repression and exploitation, internationalism is the antidote, always.” —Robin D. G. Kelley

Some advice that will be useful in the coming days. carnegie.org/our-work/artic…

"We are better off doing with people who don’t share our political labels but are nevertheless trying to accomplish the same goals" teenvogue.com/story/trump-ad…

BREAKING: Trump Treasury nominee Scott Bessent opposes raising the minimum wage. Bernie Sanders: “You don’t think we should change the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour?” Bessent: "No, sir."