Astra Taylor

@astradisastra

director of documentaries, writer, Debt Collectivist, retired fuzz guitar

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Joined September 2011
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    Sep 21

    Our new manifesto CAN'T PAY, WON'T PAY: THE CASE FOR ECONOMIC DISOBEDIENCE AND DEBT ABOLITION is now available for FREE(!) at the link. "A visionary roadmap for forming an army of debtors that is powerful enough to make capital scream"— 🔥❤️💸

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    3 hours ago

    . has released a new covers album benefiting Georgia Senate Democrats, and featuring contributions from Will Butler, Torres, Titus Andronicous, Superchunk, Lambchop, and more:

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    21 hours ago

    Merge Records joins the fight to take back the Senate with the release of a new compilation to benefit : Out tomorrow, but pre-order today!

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    Dec 2

    The Quarantine Tapes 131: Alex Vitale via

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    24 hours ago

    Reforming the police is like reforming chattel slavery. : “You can’t reform that shit.” Organizers gather at a site of detention, ’s Stadium, to honor lives stolen by police terror & Indigenous land stolen by institutions. Pt 2 of !

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    Dec 3

    The girl boss is dead. A new feminism of the masses is on the rise: we want it all.  Support our launch with a special $50 subscription that includes print + digital subscription + a copy of our limited edition QUARANTZINE!

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  7. Dec 3

    Late to this, read it.

    For the new issue of , I wrote about corporate media’s “diversity” problem & the unions attempting to hold managers to all of their stated good intent
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    Dec 3

    Practically a cinematic portrayal of the ways in which government failures and betrayals fuel extremism and conspiracy theories. Maybe let’s have less of the former so we have less of the latter.

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    An angry business owner interrupted me moments before my live hit. He wanted to express his anger about Michigan’s current covid-19 restrictions. So, ok kool you can express your anger, just know I’m asking hard questions in return.💪🏾Journalism 101 always be ready!
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    Dec 2

    Predatory inclusion ≠ economic rights for all

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    Dec 2

    Get ready; Lux Magazine launches in January 2021. Coming up in our 1st issue: inside the anti-carceral feminist movement in Mexico fighting for collective reparations for victims of sexual assault, by Danielle Mackey Art by

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    Dec 2

    it's nice to have friends in high places

    Over 25 PPP loans worth > $3.65 million were given to businesses with addresses at Trump & Kushner real estate properties to pay rent. It included a $2 million+ loan to a restaurant in Trump International Hotel & Tower in NYC
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    Dec 2

    A filmmaker and government repression in the world's largest democracy. With some gorgeous Bharat Sikka pictures. India’s Leading Documentary Filmmaker Has a Warning

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  13. Dec 2

    Especially good writing. Subscribe to and enjoy the real thing, not just the tweets.

    If you believe nothing is too good for the working class then Lux Magazine might be for you
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    Dec 1

    If you would rather lean back than lean in, Lux Magazine is for you

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    Dec 1

    Lux is a new feminist magazine for the masses. The fantasy of the girl boss is dead. We want more than capitalism offers: to suffer or exploit, to climb the ladder or knuckle under. We don't want what we've been offered. We want it all. Subscribe:

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    Dec 1

    A bankruptcy not a coup. Popping back in to post my take on The Donald’s Chapter 11 presidency for

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  17. Dec 1

    Forgot this came out in 2020, feels like a loooonnng time ago.

    #31: We kick off our top stories countdown with this brilliant essay by , on the importance of political listening and what happens when citizens of a democracy stop hearing each other:
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    Nov 23

    Today kicks off the symposium she's convened on the LPE of meat. (just in time for a season of ritualized meat consumption)

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    Nov 25

    Next up for 's series on meat: salutes Upton Sinclair's "journalistic heirs" working to reveal the underbelly of the industrial food system and explains the legal fight over "ag-gag" laws intended to silence them.

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    Nov 26

    To counter the meat pics on your feed today, wrote about the law's failure to protect animals for b/c animals have no legal status, their owners are usually the only ones with standing to challenge abuse. But that's starting to change

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    Nov 26

    This symposium also features excellent essays by Viveca Morris on the modern meat trust and on speech, truth, and visibility, with more to come. Thanks to for covering this topic and to for editing!

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