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Software Developers in Oakland Are Putting People Over Profit

How coders are working on creating community participation and democratic design. By Damon Orion The webzine ShiftMag points out that 80 percent of software developers worldwide are unhappy with their jobs, yet 68 percent code outside the workplace as a…

Activists in Philly Have a Novel Approach to Help De-Oppress Society

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA) helps organizations restructure for greater equity. By Damon Orion In 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America reported that one in 1,000 Black men in…

The traces of memory

By Hugo Behm Rosas* FRATERNITY IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS OF THE DICTATORSHIP From the foreword by Miguel Lawner: This is a song of fraternity over hatred. There are not many books written about the experiences suffered by tens of thousands…

“With the eco-social crisis, the idea of a stable situation is no more than an illusion”.

Interview with José Luis ‘Kois’ Fernández, Javier Fernández and Nerea Ramírez / Authors of ‘Solidaridades de proximidad’ By Yayo Herrero* in ctxt. Photos by Sara Garchi in “Solidaridades de proximidad”, by the Tangente Co-operative Group. Some of us believe that…

Community Fridges Are Popping Up Across America for Mutual Aid Amid the Pandemic

Fighting food insecurity, one block at a time. By April M. Short On one side of a refrigerator that stands on a sidewalk in New Orleans, two alligators encircle a woman with dark mocha skin wearing a tattered white slip.…