Mohammed Al-Murtadha
The most inspiring alternatives are not found in rigid ideologies or centralised plans, but in the adaptive, decentralised and plural pathways emerging from lived experience that make room for care, experimentation, and slow transformation. Mohammed Al-Murthadha writes that …
Satish Kumar
Satish Kumar shares his experience of visiting Delhi’s Lodhi neighbourhood where the streets are transformed into colourful canvases. He highlights the importance of art as a way of infusing creativity and celebration into everyday, re-enchanting the world, and …
Madhuresh Kumar
In the light of the unfolding climate catastrophes and the unfolding crisis the language of energy transition has gained unprecedented traction. From the corridors of the Parliament down to the provincial governments, the shift from fossil fuels to …
GTA facilitation team
Last month, the Global Tapestry of Alternatives (GTA) completed six years of weaving and connecting networks of Alternatives around the globe. In this message to the constituents of the process, the GTA facilitation team celebrates and reflects …
Marianne Dhenin
Originally published by Yes! Magazine on 21 May 2025.
To fill the growing vacuum of history education in the U.S., racial justice organizers are leaning into community-based education programs to continue teaching a more diverse and comprehensive picture …
Asia Leofreddi
Originally published by The Loop on 14 May 2025.
A student-led movement is challenging what they claim is the ‘capture’ of the state by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. Asia Leofreddi reflects on how this uprising, sparked by tragedy …
Michel Pimbert
At its heart, food sovereignty is a people-led response to the existential threats and multiple crises facing agri-food systems. Led by peasant farmers and agricultural workers, indigenous peoples, pastoralists, and fishers, as well as citizens, activist scholars, women, …
How has modernity shaped the way we perceive, inhabit, and relate to our physical bodies? What does it mean to “reclaim whole body sovereignty”? How do we free not only our minds, but also the body from the shackles of …
Necibe Qeredaxi
Necibe Qeredaxi shares the story of Sakine Cansiz (also known as ‘Sara’), co-founder of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), who dedicated her life to the Kurdish freedom movement. From her early inspirations to her efforts at organising women …
An interview with sociologist Alexandrina Vanke by Mitja Stefancic
Mitja Stefancic interviews Dr. Alexandrina Vanke, author of The Urban Life of Workers in Post-Soviet Russia, about the motivation behind writing this book, why the concept of ‘class’ is understood …
Fausto Corvino
In the lead-up to COP29, Fausto Corvino emphasized the need for a paradigm shift within the international climate negotiations to ensure that the global rich bear a greater responsibility for climate finance. In this follow-up article, he …
Emilia Lewartowska and Lone Riisgaard
Vikalp Sangam (or Alternatives Confluence) is a national platform and process established in India in 2014 to document, network, and create collaborations amongst grassroots movements and groups constructing alternative frameworks for justice, equity, and ecological …