HeyJaredAlexander Hurst
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon will win young French voters â until they realise the size of his Russia blind spot | Alexander Hurst (opens the original)
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La France Insoumise gives voice to the left-behind, and progressives approve. But many recoil from a leftwing leader whose foreign policy is stuck in 1985 Théodore Abitbol is a self-described âmilitant antifascist,â with degrees in political science and comparative literature, and a bookshelf that ranges from the gender and queer theory of bell hooks to the anti-capitalist social analysis of the Marxist theorist Mike Davis. The 34-year-old is a regular participant in pro-Palestine protests,
From Bill Gates to Bernie Sanders, most agree the AI arms race is disastrous. Only Europe can make it stop | Alexander Hurst (opens the original)
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An EU export ban on Dutch tech giant ASML’s machines could force the pause we all need At this point, it should be clear that AI is a choose-your-own-adventure book where every option ends in disaster. Exploding carbon emissions and ecological collapse? Turn to page 37. Other outcomes include some or all of: the bubble bursting and an ensuing financial crisis; mass unemployment via automation; the end of democracy and the rise of authoritarian surveillance states; raving cults who believe the pa
The flag culture wars have come to an unlikely place: progressive Iceland | Alexander Hurst (opens the original)
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Ahead of the Nordic nation’s EU referendum, the Icelandic flag has been co-opted by the far right To enter Reykjavik’s Grafarvogur Lutheran church, worshippers and visitors are invited to make their way down 16 steps painted in the rainbow stripes and the white, pink, blue, brown and black chevrons of the Progress Pride flag. The artwork, which can even be seen on satellite pictures, was originally a project of former head pastor Guðrún Karls Helgudóttir, now the bishop of Iceland, and her colle
How to feel optimistic in the face of crisis? Ask the kids fighting slug-like aliens | Alexander Hurst (opens the original)
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The Animorphs books taught my generation about digging deep in the face of an existential threat. We need that spirit now more than ever Recently I found myself thinking about slug-like aliens that crawl through people’s ears and into their brains, with the ultimate purpose of global domination. It would explain a lot about what has gone so wrong with the world, wouldn’t it? And it was why I immediately flashed back to the children’s fantasy series Animorphs when Donald Trump’s health secretary
Europe is burning â and if Trumpâs war on the climate is not met with sanctions, things will only get worse | Alexander Hurst (opens the original)
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The White House seems committed to ecocide. The EU should harness the power of the single market to force it to change course Are we understanding it yet? As Europe burns in the west, the south and the north, are we grasping the fact that our economies, food systems, political stability and even our ability to plan for the future, will all be charred in a world on fire? Paris got a taste of what is in store for us Europeans when, weeks ago, fire ripped through Fontainebleau forest, a bouldering
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