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Keep precolonial Africa out your mouth, unless you’re gonna come correct
Dip discusses a recent Economist article and thinks through the implications of the Continent being seen as a “model” for elsewhere.
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Weekly Roundup | March 29, 2026
Happy Sunday 🐉! This week, we put out two pieces. One is theory-oriented, discussing the activities that social movement orgs can do. This is part of the ongoing Organizing 100 series that discusses foundational ideas around making the world suck less. The other piece is about the Abundance thing Ezra Klein
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Abundance, Unless You’re Native
Dip talks about how AI sucks again. This time, they focus on how data centers are encroaching on tribal lands.
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Weekly Roundup | March 22, 2026
Hope you all are doing well this Sunday! This week, we talked about two very interesting topics: outer space and "artificial intelligence." The essay and the podcast on the topic are linked below. Some crowdfunds to contribute to * Support Hawaiʻi Families Impacted by Storms & Flooding * Support Oahu
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No, Putting Data Centers in Space Won't Make Me Less Mad When You Use "AI"
Dip discusses the intertwining of the space economy with the AI economy. They think both are shit.
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Weekly Roundup | Mar 15, 2026
The Prairieland Eight were found guilty of domestic terrorism. C&C is in solidarity with the defendants and rejects this sham trial on its anti-"antifa" terms, alongside the general illegitimacy of jurisprudence. We also situate this verdict in a wider tradition of lawfare, where even mild
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Tenants in Woodlawn are Resisting Removal. So Can the Rest of Us.
Dip discusses recent tenant movement developments in the area near the soon-to-open Obama Center in Chicago.
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Weekly Roundup | Mar 8, 2026
Happy International Working Women’s Day! We are standing with working class, precarious, colonized, and otherwise marginalized women today (for the rest of the month, and every day). This week, we published three essays and a podcast: one article and pod on video games and nostalgia, one on how to
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Weekly Roundup | Mar 1, 2026
On Feb 28, the US & Israel bombed Iran, causing many casualties and the death of Supreme Leader Khamenei. We stand in solidarity with the people of Iran and oppose US-Zionist aggression wholeheartedly. This week, we wrote about the misleading nature of “cycles of violence” and how to start organizing.
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Weekly Roundup | Feb 22th, 2026
Happy Lunar New Year and Ramadan, everyone! We are thinking and acting in solidarity with Palestinians, Sudanese folks, and Chinese folks against Sinophilia (which is just Sinophobia). This week, we have three essays for you: An "arts and culture" one that discusses imperialism in videogames, a more political
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Podcast: Trump Delivered A Killing Blow to the Rules-Based Order. Was it Ever Alive to Begin With?
On this episode of Chaos and Conviviality, Dip analyzes the US government’s move from a mostly “rules-based,” “rational” “management” posture in international policy to something more forceful, using the Trump admin’s “peace plans” for Palestine, Sudan, Western Sahara, and Ukraine, alongside the strong-arming of Venezuela. Dip concludes that
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The "Rules-Based" Order is Rotting
Dip, in analyzing the US's strong-arm approach to international policy, discusses the ways in which this "new" order isn't so new after all.