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1 week ago | 
blaetter.de | Naomi Klein |Astra Taylor
Die Bewegung für unternehmensgeführte Stadtstaaten kann ihr Glück kaum fassen. Seit Jahren propagiert sie die extreme Vorstellung, dass wohlhabende, steuerscheue Menschen ihre eigenen Hightech-Lehen gründen sollten, seien es neue Länder auf künstlichen Inseln in internationalen Gewässern („Seasteading“) oder wirtschaftsfreundliche „Freiheitsstädte“ wie Próspera, eine verherrlichte Gated Community in Kombination mit einem Wildwest-Spa auf einer honduranischen Insel.
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3 weeks ago | 
democraticunderground.com | Naomi Klein |Astra Taylor
The Rise of End Times Fascism By Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Inspired by a warped reading of the political philosopher Albert Hirschman, figures including Goff, Thiel and the investor and writer Balaji Srinivasan have been championing what they call EXIT.The principle that those with means have the right to walk away from the obligations of citizenship, especially taxes and burdensome regulation.
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1 month ago | 
internazionale.it | Naomi Klein |Astra Taylor
Per il movimento delle città-stato private è un incredibile colpo di fortuna. Sono anni che cerca d’imporre l’idea estrema secondo cui i ricchi contrari alle tasse dovrebbero fondare dei feudi personali, un nuovo paese su un’isola artificiale in acque internazionali o una “città della libertà” dove fare affari senza vincoli, come Próspera, in Honduras, che è un incrocio tra una comunità esclusiva e una spa.
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1 month ago | 
groene.nl | Naomi Klein |Astra Taylor
Verder lezen? Probeer De Groene tijdelijk op proef met kortingDe Groene Amsterdammer is hét weekblad voor onafhankelijke, kritische en betrokken denkers. Met wekelijks diepgravende en gedurfde onderzoeksjournalistiek, essays en analyses en het beste over boeken, kunst en cultuur. Al sinds 1877 maken lezers zoals u De Groene mogelijk. Lees en steun De Groene nu 10 weken op proef met korting voor slechts €10. Het proefabonnement stopt na afloop automatisch.
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1 month ago | 
nybooks.com | Fintan O’Toole |Sara Nelson |Astra Taylor |Zephyr Teachout
For the third installment in a series of online events hosted by Fintan O’Toole, New York Review contributors Astra Taylor and Zephyr Teachout and AFA-CWA, AFL-CIO President Sara Nelson discuss what successful opposition looks like today. You may view all available recordings in this series on this page.
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1 month ago | 
portside.org | Naomi Klein |Astra Taylor
The Rise of End Times Fascism Published April 18, 2025 The movement for corporate city states cannot believe its good luck. For years, it has been pushing the extreme notion that wealthy, tax-averse people should up and start their own high-tech fiefdoms, whether new countries on artificial islands in international waters (“seasteading”) or pro-business “freedom cities” such as Próspera, a glorified gated community combined with a wild west med spa on a Honduran island.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Naomi Klein |Astra Taylor
The movement for corporate city states cannot believe its good luck. For years, it has been pushing the extreme notion that wealthy, tax-averse people should up and start their own high-tech fiefdoms, whether new countries on artificial islands in international waters (“seasteading”) or pro-business “freedom cities” such as Próspera, a glorified gated community combined with a wild west med spa on a Honduran island.
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2 months ago | 
the.ink | Anand Giridharadas |Astra Taylor |Liz Plank
Millions of people, in 1,400 cities and towns in red and blue districts across the United States, turned out this past weekend for the “Hands Off!” protests. We just asked Astra Taylor and Liz Plank — both of them brilliant authors, activists, and organizers — what comes next? Taylor and Plank (and the 2,100 viewers who joined us live) had plenty of ideas of where pro-democracy organizers need to put their energy going forward to build a movement with the power to change things.
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2 months ago | 
thebaffler.com | André Naffis-Sahely |Astra Taylor
Once upon a time, in what some calendars called the 1950s, there lived a young prince named Jigme Singye Wangchuck, whose father ruled over Bhutan, a maze of glacial valleys in the Himalayas almost perfectly isolated from events down below.
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2 months ago | 
thebaffler.com | Ranbir Sidhu |Astra Taylor |Quinn Slobodian |Jessa Crispin
A year ago, I took a friend visiting from California to a casual mixer at a rooftop bar in Athens, Greece, where I live. The mixer was arranged by the local chapter of Democrats Abroad, a get-out-the-vote organization for expat Americans in Europe. With drinks in hand and the sun setting on the Parthenon in the distance, we pushed ourselves into the knot of Americans at the far end of the patio.
