# Astra Taylor
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astra taylor (born September 30, 1979) is a Canadian-American documentary filmmaker, writer, activist and musician. She is a fellow of the Shuttleworth Foundation, for her work on challenging predatory practices around debt.
== Life ==
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Taylor grew up in Athens, Georgia, and was unschooled until age 13 when she enrolled in ninth grade.
Trump, Musk and the ‘End Times Fascists’ – Deep Dive with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
What unites radicalised techbros, religious fanatics and ethnonationalists? According to Naomi Klein of No Logo/Shock Doctrine fame and co-author Astra Taylor, it’s an apocalyptic worldview that’s bad news for the rest of us. The award-winning writers call this bizarre march of the far-right “End T…
The 'End Times' Fascists Want Doomsday. Can They Be Stopped?
Genocidal wars framed as holy missions. Government agents shooting people on the streets. Robots that threaten extinction.
Those scenarios should just be the plot of another end-of-the-world movie. Instead, it's the reality we're living in, as Zeteo contributor Naomi Klein and documentarian Ast…
MUSK Documentary Maker: Elon’s "Psychologically Unhinged"
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to part of a recent On with Kara Swisher interview with the maker of the new MUSK documentary, Alex Gibney, and with Elon’s first wife Justine Musk. Gibney describes Elon as unhinged but with enormous power. Justine describes Elon as thriving on chaos and intensity. JJ als…
UU Justice NC Friday Action: End Times Fascism
Join us tomorrow at 11:00am for our 333rd straight gathering of Friday Action Hour!
This week, Kaleb Graves will lead us in a discussion of the new book End Times Fascism by Astra Taylor and Naomi Klein. Religious nationalists, technocrat billionaires, and ethno-nationalists are …
No Future for Fascism
This weeks' show remembers and honours the destruction of Gaza and escalation of genocide since October 7th. We share Mahmoud Darwish poem from State of Siege and song Palestine Will Never Die by lowkey feat Mai Kahlil. We also pay attention to the coalition's recent announcement of its migration p…
134: Astra Taylor on “You Are Not a Loan"
“Movements are messy,” says Astra Taylor. She knows this not only from studying activist history, but also from personal experience as a co-founder of the Debt Collective. Their work succeeded in canceling over $2 billion of student debt. Astra’s new short documentary You Are Not a Loan (free on Th…
Will We Survive the Apocalypse? (w/ Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor)
Fascism has gotten a facelift, and we’ve got tech oligarchs, religious extremists, and ethnonationalists to thank. Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, co-authors of End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World, sit down with Stacey to unpack how certain groups of fascists believe the end times…
Solidarity Audiobook by Leah Hunt-Hendrix
Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: SolidaritySubtitle: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing IdeaCategories: Ethic, Philosophy, Political Ideology, Political ScienceAuthor: Leah Hunt-HendrixNarrator: Veronica GiguerePublisher: Random House AudioRelease…
Are we living through end times fascism?
Since the publication of No Logo in 1999 - a critique of big brands and consumer culture - Naomi Klein has been one of the most influential voices in leftist politics in the world. In the past 3 decades, she’s explored the intersection of capitalism, war, climate, and conspiracies.
Now in her lates…
Tech billionaires are betting on a coming Apocalypse
Authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor want to stop apocalyptic end-of-the-world thinking and its fantasies about colonizing other planets. “We love it here… we want to stay,” they say. They diagnose today's fascism as having an “Armageddon Industrial Complex,” whose main agents are apocalyptic funda…
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