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Internet and New MediaApril 10, 2014
Why the ‘Open’ Internet Is So Closed to Women
While the Internet may create space for many voices, it also reflects and amplifies real-world inequities in striking ways.
Astra Taylor
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ActivismNovember 27, 2012
Rolling Jubilee Is a Spark—Not the Solution
The campaign to buy and abolish debt was never intended to fix the debt crisis by itself. It’s an act of solidarity and an opportunity for public education.
Andrew Ross and Astra Taylor
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ActivismSeptember 5, 2012
Occupy 2.0: Strike Debt
Bereft of their big tent at Zuccotti Park, activists have found a unifying theme in debt.
Astra Taylor
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MediaMarch 14, 2012
Occupy the Media—and the Message
Unless the movement gets more strategic about its image, it may end up talking to itself.
Astra Taylor
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Occupy MovementDecember 7, 2011
Occupy Wall Street on Your Street
Banks trying to foreclose on homes are surprisingly vulnerable to direct action—a fact that Occupy Our Homes intends to exploit.
Astra Taylor
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PoliticsDecember 16, 2008
Cornel West and Peter Singer in ‘Examined Life’
Cornel West and Peter Singer explain the great importance of an “examined life” at this particular historic moment.
Astra Taylor
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ActivismJune 1, 2007
Bringing the War Home
Pointing imaginary guns and roughing up “Iraqi civilians”, antiwar veterans brought the realities of the Iraq debacle to Manhattan, in a Memorial Day protest that turned Times Square into a combat zone.
Astra Taylor and Laura Hanna
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ActivismOctober 7, 2003
The Other Prison Population
Disabled people march on Washington to protest policies that keep them out of sight, out of mind.
Astra Taylor