We Are 'Nature' Defending Itself
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In 2008, as the storms of the financial crash blew, Isabelle Fremeaux and Jay Jordan deserted the metropolis and their academic jobs, traveling across Europe in search of post-capitalist utopias. They wanted their art activism to no longer be uprooted.
They arrived at a place French politicians had declared lost…
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I first heard Isabelle and Jay speak in 2021, and found myself literally gripping the arms of my chair with fascination.
They told the 40-year-long story of their home at ‘the ZAD’, 4,000 acres of wild wetlands and forest that the French state intended for an international airport. Community-building and collective resistance in the face of intense and repeated police assault – the footage of which is astonishing to witness – eventually saw off the planned devastation, and has inspired numerous other ZADs around France and the world.
We Are ‘Nature’ Defending Itself weaves together captivating theory and hard-fought practice…
From Shaun's list on navigating the unfolding collapse of civilisation.
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