Social Movement Appreciation Project
In our rapidly destabilising world, it's clear that nothing will get better without large numbers of people working together. But social movements remain mysterious and under-studied creatures: the Social Movement Appreciation Project aims to shine a warm and loving light on today's many efforts at collective agency and system transformation.
Podcasting since 2025 • 18 episodes
Social Movement Appreciation Project
Latest Episodes
Build the Lifehouse! Mutual care, movements and spiritual politics
One of my favourite interviews! I sit down with Adam Greenfield, activist and author of the book Lifehouse, for a deep discussion of his work, its underpinnings and its implications.His book explores anarchist succes...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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1:45:02
Care and critique in Kollapscamp
Kollapscamp may well turn out to be a significant moment in movement history, with the climate scene evolving into new forms to meet the new realities of ‘long emergency’. At the same time – and very much relatedly – the camp was a physical and...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:22:34
Flooded People UK
The water is coming. By 2050 8 million homes in England will be at risk of flooding - that’s *one in four*! But for hundreds of UK communities this existential threat has already arrived.Flooded People UK is an innovative organising pro...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:00:24
What is Kollapscamp
Collapse – what’s the pitch?!Kollapscamp was a summer gathering of 900 people in Brandenburg, Germany. It has clear roots in the climate movement, but represents a very novel tendency within – or break from – that movement. The key shift...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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37:33
Western Sahara and how to create activists
Benjamin and Sanna spent three years cycling around the world to spread the word about the Western Sahara: the world’s largest remaining colony, the last such project in Africa, and a weirdly (but not accidentally) under-covered topic. Tune in ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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54:32
