A mix of news and politics. Lots of interesting articles, ranging from squats to eco-villages to sexuality and world issues. At times the alternativism is a bit ‘glossy’.
They run different news streams to different parts of the world.
Lots of podcasts and links.
A pioneering Slovenian art collective, the NSK originated in Slovenia in the early 1980s. The NSK exhibited at the 2017 International Art Exhibition in Venice (the 57th). They created a sloping installation that celebrates the shaky foundations of their imaginary country, and offers a ‘passport’ for the dispossessed. The NSK State was formed in 1992.
It explores the meaning of states, nations and statelessness. Here’s a link to an interesting BBC article about the NSK. And a link to their official site.
See also the World Passport site.
Annual Psychedelic Tribal Gathering in Hungary. More than a festival, rather, a portal into new insights for life, living and EDM music and dance! Describes itself as, “a Spiritual Awakening”.
The O.Z.O.R.A. Festival has been held on an estate in Ozora near small village Dádpuszta every year since 2004. The first party was called Solipse and took place during the Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999.
The Ozora festival (with Solar United Natives festival) is one of the two sizeable psytrance festivals in Hungary, and is one of the fastest growing psychedelic trance festivals in the world.
Occupy Wall Street spawned an international movement known simply as ‘Occupy’. It was founded amidst social unrest about economic inequalities partly created by financial institutions and banking.
Site dedicated to archiving a wide range of counter-cultural materials, films, music video, magazines and more, including the whole archive of the underground newspaper, ‘Oz’. They also run courses.
A Big 'hub' site.
Links to their website and FB page.
Links to the ideas, writings and video film of Brazilian, Paolo Freire. A critical thinker and originator of the term ‘conscientization’, which is much more than consciousness-raising. Highly influential in alternative, radical education. The Freire Institute is a portal to his life and thinking.
Something of a musical and cultural institution in East London. It’s a club, a real and on-line community. Like many other music and cultural centres (and music pubs) it’s also under threat from property development.
Passing Clouds is celebrated for bringing together musicians from a diverse range of international backgrounds to collaborate through the universal language of music and a collective desire for peace and harmony on the earth.
In this way, Passing Clouds celebrates the true diversity of culture in Hackney, London and the world and provides a living demonstration of the ability for people of all backgrounds to come together in love, respect and understanding.
With Graeme Dunstan at its wheel, the Peacebus – Happy wheels - and its website actively campaign against war and conflict. A veteran campaigner and original co-presenter of the Australian Aquarius Festival.
Prominent Russian anarchist who was a profound thinker and writer across a wide range of subjects including: geography, the environment, mutual aid and self-sufficiency. Although he died in 1921 his philosophy and writings are still much quoted today. His influential writings include, ‘Mutual aid: a factor in evolution’ and ‘Fields, factories and workshops’ – looking for moves towards communalism.
Links to a couple of sites where his writings and ideas are explored.
PM Press is a radical distributor and publisher based in the United States. Alongside books, they have T-shirts, CDs and DVDs.