Anarres Project for Alternative Futures
@anarresproject.bsky.social
The Anarres Project is a forum for conversations, ideas, and initiatives that promote a future free of domination, exploitation, oppression, war, and empire.
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"Writing, reading, and discussing stories is a political intervention. And if we want to survive to tell new stories in liveable futures then we need to urgently and radically transform carboniferous capitalism."
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African sci-fi imagines new ways of living in climate-changed worlds
In his new book, Carl Death weighs up climate policies in African countries with each country’s stories and films about climate change.
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Writing, reading, and discussing stories is a political intervention. And if we want to survive to tell new stories in liveable futures then we need to urgently and radically transform carboniferous capitalism."
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theconversation.com/african-sci-...
"I think traditional sci-fi audiences expect fast-paced plot and a larger scope, and traditional literary fiction audiences expect deeper character and thematic development."
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Using Science Fiction to Write About Grief, Marriage, and Memory
In this PEN Ten interview, Aja Gabel discusses Lightbreakers and writing literary fiction that utilizes sci-fi elements.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"I think traditional sci-fi audiences expect fast-paced plot and a larger scope, and traditional literary fiction audiences expect deeper character and thematic development."
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pen.org/aja-gabel-th...
We've been wanting to get to Ada Palmer's work. Any recommendations for this utopian series?
www.mentalfloss.com/literature/r...
www.mentalfloss.com/literature/r...
8 Utopian Fiction Novels to Get You Through These Dystopian Times
If you fancy a break from corrupt politicians and dark futures, consider diving into one of these books.
www.mentalfloss.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
We've been wanting to get to Ada Palmer's work. Any recommendations for this utopian series?
www.mentalfloss.com/literature/r...
www.mentalfloss.com/literature/r...
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Vanishing people from records is part of the protocol used by death squads and the worst South American dictatorships.
Thousands Of Jailed Immigrants in Chicago Have Vanished From Federal Records, Human Rights Attorneys Claim
"These are folks that have been here for decades, have long standing ties to the community, family members, employment, businesses that are all being torn apart," said one attorney
www.latintimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Vanishing people from records is part of the protocol used by death squads and the worst South American dictatorships.
From our friends over at @anarchist-studies.bsky.social . Have you seen any?
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10 Movies for Anarchists (and the Anarcho-Curious)
A handful of titles likely spring to mind when we talk about anarchist film. Most of them are a bit on the nose, you might say, showing up regularly in online lists that highlight more explicitly poli...
anarchiststudies.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
From our friends over at @anarchist-studies.bsky.social . Have you seen any?
anarchiststudies.org/10-movies-fo...
anarchiststudies.org/10-movies-fo...
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
Anyone else think it's ominous that regime officials are moving their families to military bases?
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Anyone else think it's ominous that regime officials are moving their families to military bases?
This is trolling, right?
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This is trolling, right?
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Trick or treat! I give this as my candy for Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Trick or treat! I give this as my candy for Halloween!
As if you needed more proof that we are in an authoritarian era: Military leaders preparing shock troops in every state.
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Revealed: Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’
Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 national guard members across the US to carry out Trump’s order on subduing civil unrest
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:44 AM
As if you needed more proof that we are in an authoritarian era: Military leaders preparing shock troops in every state.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Our YT channel, home of our different podcast projects, has now about 937 subscribers. Can you help us get over 1K? Share with your friends, colleagues, and comrades and help us to reflect on the needs of the radical imagination today.
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Anarres Project for Alternative Futures
The Anarres Project for Alternatives is a forum for conversations, ideas, and initiatives that promote a future free of domination, exploitation, oppression, war, and empire, to the fullest extent pos...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Our YT channel, home of our different podcast projects, has now about 937 subscribers. Can you help us get over 1K? Share with your friends, colleagues, and comrades and help us to reflect on the needs of the radical imagination today.
www.youtube.com/@anarresproj...
www.youtube.com/@anarresproj...
This collection is really needed at this moment to help activists reflect on the marathon struggle ahead.
Find us ONLINE today! And LIVE and in person, THIS WEEKEND Nov 1-2 at @boston-a-bookfair.bsky.social in Cambridge, MA! 📚🥳
Tonight!
We are hosting an online event with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social editor of the forthcoming @akpress.org book ‘Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis.’
7:00 to 8:30pm (EST).
Register at: tinyurl.com/KellyHayesBABF
We are hosting an online event with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social editor of the forthcoming @akpress.org book ‘Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis.’
7:00 to 8:30pm (EST).
Register at: tinyurl.com/KellyHayesBABF
October 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This collection is really needed at this moment to help activists reflect on the marathon struggle ahead.
Dorothy Day represent!
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Can Catholics be anarchists? | Renée Roden - U.S. Catholic
On this episode of the podcast, journalist and Catholic worker Renée Roden discusses the history of Christian anarchism.
uscatholic.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Dorothy Day represent!
uscatholic.org/articles/202...
uscatholic.org/articles/202...
How can social ecology help us navigate the polycrisis era?
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Practicing Social Ecology in Authoritarian Times: Eleanor Finley
YouTube video by Anarres Project for Alternative Futures
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October 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
How can social ecology help us navigate the polycrisis era?
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jfc
Utah has just approved a 1,300-person “mega camp” for homeless individuals,This camp lacks transportation, features locked units, and even imposes forced labor.
They refer to this facility as “work-conditioned housing,” but we simply call it what it is: modern-day internment.
They refer to this facility as “work-conditioned housing,” but we simply call it what it is: modern-day internment.
October 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
jfc
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🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
check out Ursula's world building imagination
Take a Trip Through Ursula K. Le Guin’s Conjured Worlds
The fantasy and science fiction writer found her way into her invented worlds by making maps and then mentally exploring them.
hyperallergic.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
check out Ursula's world building imagination
A new interview is up on our YT channel. @eleanorfinley.bsky.social describes her new book and why social ecology can offer a direction forward in thinking about the crises that affect our world today.
October 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
A new interview is up on our YT channel. @eleanorfinley.bsky.social describes her new book and why social ecology can offer a direction forward in thinking about the crises that affect our world today.
What are we supposed to make of Steve Bannon going on about a third term because of a "divine will"? Why is he talking this way? Who is the audience for this kind of announcement?
October 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
What are we supposed to make of Steve Bannon going on about a third term because of a "divine will"? Why is he talking this way? Who is the audience for this kind of announcement?
Moving from demonstration to direct action
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Bring Your Union Banner to the Protest
Nearly 7 million people hit the streets October 18 to oppose Trump’s authoritarian actions. Demonstrators waved American flags and donned whimsical animal costumes. One sight we were especially glad t...
labornotes.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Moving from demonstration to direct action
labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
October 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
And this agency is getting warheads?
New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST
October 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
And this agency is getting warheads?