We humans are convinced that we belong to the best, the most developed and complex of all living species. It is inconceivable for us to imagine that a worm, a fungus, or a fern could be better than us even though, in terms of survival as a species, our chances are rather modest.
Videos & Publications
The Shadow of "1984"
Timothy Snyder
A Defence of Freedom: On the Rise of Authoritarianism Today
Miquel Berga and Marc Martínez: "Reading Orwell nowadays"
On Freedom and the Right to Tell People What They Don’t Want to Hear
Orwell in times of facial recognition
Ferran Esteve
The Flying Eye
Soy cámara online
The Other Net Behind the Great Wall (I)
Sandra Álvaro
Mass Surveillance in Latin America
Alan Lazalde
Tentacular brains, the sadness of a ficus and the limits of anthropocentrism
Jose Valenzuela Ruiz
How can we understand the idea of intelligence in a plant or an octopus by means of our human consciousness?
The colonial scar
Kopano Matlwa
South Africa after Apartheid
Aída Bueno Sarduy
Colonial intimacy
Behrouz Boochani
Take Me to a Beautiful Place
Conversation with Pankaj Mishra
The World Today. Reflections on the Legacy of Imperialism
Maria Campbell
Writing as a Halfbreed
Angela Davis
Against racism: a constant fight
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