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| | What happens next? September 17th came and went and we made a stir with Ultimatum #1. Jammers posted it up around the world and the Third Force translated it into a series of languages. But we're not done. | | | | | | |
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| | As long as political power continues to flow from the top down, monied interests will continue to hold the influence and ability to keep us from effectively fighting the climate crisis. The goal of an ultimatum to world leaders is a reversal of that power structure. If enough of us demand this one first step, and we force world leaders to capitulate, then We the People will recognize the power of our political will. And then we start taking bigger steps. There's something beautifully simple yet surprisingly powerful about demanding that world leaders work together on this. So the next part of this campaign will target them directly. We're working on a way to flood politicians' offices directly with the ultimatum — by email, snail mail, fax — we're going to make sure they can't ignore us. Stay tuned to our tactical briefings, and bring your friends on board. | | | | | | |
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| | In the meantime, get ready to Occupy COP27. The climate conference has been totally co-opted by capitalism, going so far as to bring Coca Cola on as a sponsor. So when it begins on November 6, we flood the venues, set up our tents in their plenary halls, and convene a People's Conference where we lay out exactly what world leaders need to do to halt our ongoing climate catastrophe. | | | | | | |
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| | We roll out another ultimatum — this time calling for an end to fossil fuel subsidies. Globally, $5.9 TRILLION in subsidies went to fossil fuel companies in 2020. It's time for that to end. After Buy Nothing Day (celebrating its 30th year) we kick off #BuyNothingXmas, our bold attempt to reinvent the West's biggest decadent consumerfest. We're thinking of crowdfunding a full-page Ultimatum in the NYTimes to put the liberal intelligentsia on notice. Let us know what you think of the idea! And send all your suggestions for revolutionary actions to [email protected] 2023 is the year of the rabbit, and we have to be ready to run fast and adapt quickly to nudge the planetary endgame in a sane direction. | | | | | | |
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| | Chess was the warning shot across the bow of our vaunted human superiority. And once AI conquered the game of kings, the machine set its sights on the rest of what makes us what we are, forcing us to plumb to deeper depths the question of what makes us human.
Half of this wildly experimental issue is generated by algorithm, by machine hands. The other half is crafted by human hands and human minds. In the middle, they meet in an almighty clash of aesthetics — a clash that will define humanity's aesthetic evolution for years to come. | | | | | | |
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