Radical Reimagining: Visioning a World Beyond Dystopia
A new online space for radical hope.
Radical Reimagining will be an online space to exchange ideas about the world we can build, and celebrate those already showing the way. Sign up for the monthly newsletter which will curate stories and opportunities around the globe.
We value visionary futurism and images of the world grounded in care, justice, community and sustainability. It honors the deep resilience already present in many peoples. This newsletter will be more than a discussion on technology or policies, it will be a residence of creativity and hope. We will share stories of victories, powerful projects, decolonized truths, and more.
What the history of the world will look like is up to us to create. In the face of the climate crisis and other social injustices, the future looks uncertain. Radical Reimagining though believes we can hold off the the abyss of a techno-dystopian future.
The refrain “another world is possible” is being echoed in ways it hasn’t in years. People are hungry for new mythologies, more accurate histories. They’re tearing down statues and proclaiming that the truths we’ve been told are not the ones we need to pass on. This is a time when the stories we tell each other matter. Our imaginations can act as compasses to help us point the way forward. To quote Grace Lee Boggs, not only is another world possible, but “another world has already started.”
We’re not looking for utopias. What we want is just a livable future. Yes, 2020 has been a time of horror, and the painful truth is that things may not get better for a long time. There will be ongoing struggles for survival ahead - there is no doubt about that. We also know that we can still thrive. We’re done with bleak futures that are filtered in grey-ish yellow. Let’s build new systems and lift up existing ones that place resilient communities at the center. Let’s move beyond dystopia.
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Thelma Young-Lutunatabua is the Editor of Radical Reimagining
Global editorial support provided by: Rebecca Solnit, Brianna Fruean, Louise Hazan, Nathalia Clark, Zeph Repollo, Lerato Ngakane, Rukiya Khamis