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Gary Juffa is the Governor for Oro Province in Papua New Guinea, and has become famous for taking on the illegal logging cartels decimating one of the world’s most precious rainforests. He attended COP26 in Glasgow to speak on behalf of his people, his forests and the creatures that call it home—and to bravely name and shame the companies “raping and pillaging” his country.Gary explains how the “timber mafia” landed in Papua New Guinea from Malaysia and how they took over local government through bribes, blackmail and even assassination. He explains how he’s fighting them in his province, and how the West must lend funds and muscle to the fight, and what he thinks of the deals made at COP26.What Gary has to say is jaw-dropping. Listen here or catch it on Apple or Spotify.You can also follow Planet: Critical on Youtube and support the project on Patreon where I upload a bonus video every Saturday.© 2022 Rachel Donald Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Dr Carey King is a research scientist at the university of Texas and Assistant Director at the Energy Institute. He performs interdisciplinary research related to how energy systems interact within the economy and environment, and how these can impact the policy.We discuss the fallacy of pursuing economic growth whilst trying to decarbonize the planet, how to re-evaluate what an economy provides for mankind, and how energy and the economy truly interact to create what he calls an “economic superorganism”. He thinks understanding the economy as a superorganism holds the key to creating more resilient policies, structures and models when combatting climate change.This is an utterly fascinating episode that truly dives into the science driving both climate change and the mistakes being made when confronting it. Listen here or catch it on Apple or Spotify.Get a copy of Carey’s book, The Economic Superorganism.You can also follow Planet: Critical on Youtube and support the project on Patreon where I upload a bonus video every Saturday.© 2022 Rachel Donald Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Blair Fix is an economist and post-doc at York University, but he has done a lot of his research outside of the structure and security of the academy. Blair is in the same camp as Steve Keen, believing neoclassical and mainstream economists are not only holding back society’s progression, but putting humanity and the planet in danger.We discuss his research that proves the relationship between power hierarchies and income inequality (sorry, Hayek, looks like free markets aren’t that free!), how to manage resource distribution, and why GDP is a flawed metric for success.Listen here or catch it on Apple or Spotify.Support Blair on Patreon and follow his research on Economics From The Top Down. You can also follow Planet: Critical on Youtube and support the project on Patreon where I upload a bonus video every Saturday.© 2022 Rachel Donald Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

So much of the hope we put in solutions for climate change falls away under a microscope. Did you know wind turbines aren’t recyclable, for example? Guess where they’re buried. Are enough people thinking about what happens when globalisation fails and post-industrial states like Europe and the US are left to mine their own materials? How can we mitigate climate change, truly, without plunging billions into poverty?Simon Michaux is working to find solutions to all these questions. As an associate professor in the circular economy solution unit at the Geological Survey of Finland, Simon models the mining and energy industries to figure out what we can do sustainably—and what is nothing more than greenwashing. He drops more than a few bombshells throughout this episode concerning energy use and politics, but also reveals a new energy paradigm he’s working on that could provide genuine zero emission energy. Prepare to take notes—I did throughout. Listen here or catch it on Apple or Spotify. You can also follow Planet: Critical on Youtube and support the project on Patreon where I upload a bonus video every Saturday.© 2022 Rachel Donald Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Maya Moumne is a Lebanese designer and activist who has devoted her professional life to understanding the mechanisms of propaganda in order to drive progression both in the Middle East and abroad through graphic design.Maya co-runs Safar Studio, a graphic design studio who works closely with clients whose mission they believe in. Alongside this, for the past year she has been creating Al Hayya Magazine which launches in December. Al Hayya is a women’s magazine which does not, she says, celebrate women, but reveals the struggles and fight ongoing in the Middle East.Listen to the episode here or catch it on Apple or Spotify. Enjoy!Work with Maya, or subscribe to Al Hayya now. Platform is for people who are pissed off with capitalism. Subscribe to get episodes like this delivered to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Professor Steve Keen was one of the few economists to realise that a serious economic crisis was imminent in 2005. He publicly warned the world, and helped his native Australia navigate the 2008 crash without the major repercussions that crippled markets everywhere else. He is now working on a new model of economics for a post-crash world. He joined me today to discuss why and how capitalism needs to be constrained, the economics of climate change and what mainstream economists and academics are getting wrong—to the detriment of us all.Listen here or catch it on Apple or Spotify. Enjoy!Support Steve’s work here.You can also follow Planet: Critical on Youtube and support the project on Patreon where I upload a bonus video every Saturday.© 2022 Rachel Donald Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Bruno Skvorc is a blockchain expert committed to save Web 3.0 from privatisation. He joins me to discuss how the blockchain can liberate individuals from reliance on private and state-owned systems, why the NFT space is currently going mad, how we can expect to be advertised to in the future, and the alternatives he and his community are building on to save this phenomenal technology from the grips of the market. He also reveals which states pose the most threat to revolutionary tech—the answer may surprise you. Listen here or catch it on Apple or Spotify. Enjoy!Follow Bruno on Twitter.Planet: Critical is a resource for a world in crisis. Subscribe to get interviews like this delivered to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Reverend Billy is the world-famous secular preacher singing out against climate change, corporate greed and consumerism. Billy has been pounding the streets of New York for decades, preaching against Disney, against mindless consumption, and against the corporations putting our planet in danger. Together with his choir, The Church of Stop Shopping, Reverend Billy uses song and arrest as a form of protest, trespassing into banks, labs and private land to sing about the dangers of the sixth extinction event—and what we can do to stop it.Billy joins me to discuss his journey to secular preaching and the faith in humanity that drives the particular and beautiful protests of The Church of Stop Shopping. This is preaching like you’ve never heard it before. Listen here or catch it on Apple or Spotify. Enjoy!Planet: Critical is a resource for a world in crisis. Subscribe to get interviews like this delivered to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Platform is for people who are pissed off with capitalism. Subscribe to get episodes like this delivered to your inbox every week.On this week’s episode is Dan Leibsohn, a long-time problem solver in the alternative economy space. Dan set up an alternative community cash checking which provides loans and cash at a much lower rate than the predatorial financial schemes who exist purely to scam those in poverty out of even more money.Dan explains how the banking system traps people in poverty, and explains how some counter-intuitive approaches—like providing pay-day loans—have really helped members of his community lift themselves out of poverty.Dan is a real proactive expert in this field with a wealth of knowledge to learn from. Listen to the episode here or find it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.Discover Community Check Cashing here! Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

This week I’m joined by James Dyke, a senior lecturer in Global Systems at the University of Exeter. James reveals why net-zero targets for carbon emissions do nothing but provide an excuse to continue business as usual, posing an existential threat to humanity. He goes into great detail about the interplay of politics, economies, culture and the industrialisation connecting us all, explaining that while there is no one quick fix to the climate crisis, decarbonisation is possible—if we get rid of fossil fuels.There’s a lot to learn in what James has to say. Listen here or catch it on Apple or Spotify.Follow James on Twitter and get a copy of his book, Fire, Storm & Flood.Planet: Critical is a resource for a world in crisis. Subscribe to get interviews like this delivered to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

This week I’m joined by David Anderson, a “helper of helpers” who works in the non-profit/alternative currency space. David joined me to discuss one of his main projects, Simbi, an online marketplace which promotes “volunteership, mutual aid, education and community development.”The idea is people can seek or offer aid to other users but, importantly, earn and pay in simbi credits, the non-profit’s own cryptocurrency. The aim is to relieve the pressure of having to use fiat money ($,€,£) for everything because, as David brilliantly articulates, that kind of money is becoming increasingly scarce for many people. I thoroughly enjoyed this discussion. David points out that, contrary to a lot of crypto theory out there, alternative currencies can play a very important role within existing economies. David doesn’t think simbi credits should ever replace the dollar—rather, giving people more options to earn credits for the things they need, in markets built around community, provides immediate relief and resources to populations experiencing increasing precarity. I’m sure you’ll love it. Listen directly here or catch it on Apple or Spotify.Learn more about Simbi and sign up to be a user!Platform is for people who are pissed off with capitalism. Subscribe to get episodes like this delivered to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

You know when you have one of those conversations that manages to crystallise feelings into thoughts and direction?This is one of those.I am so thrilled to present Linda Havenstein as this week’s guest, a phenomenal artist who explores and tests both capitalism and language through her incredible work. We delve deep into the irony of the art market, the profound terror of creating within a capitalism regime, and dispel the long-told myth of the suffering artist.It was a gift to speak with Linda, and I’m honestly humbled to share it with you all today. Listen here or catch it on either Apple or Spotify.Treat yourself to Linda’s work here. She also has an ongoing exhibition at Kiz Windows in Berlin, and simultaneous shows September 17th to 19th at Berlin’s Unblock Fair Art Fair; Stockholm’s Market Art Fair; and Amsterdam’s Unseen Art Fair. Keep your eyes peeled for her solo show at Dorothee Nilsson Gallery in Berlin January 21 to March 5 next year.Platform is for people who are pissed off with capitalism. Subscribe to get episodes like this delivered to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

On this week’s show is Will Evans, co-creator of Ignition Brewery, the UK’s first brewery and taproom bar staffed exclusively by people with learning disabilities. Will explains that his colleagues were typically offered jobs that kept them hidden in back rooms or storage centres—but Ignition Brewery has successfully shown that his colleagues exceed in everything, from public facing roles, to managing the bar and making the beer. This is a wonderful story of community, be sure to check it out. You can also listen on Apple or Spotify.Visit Ignition Brewery in Lewisham or online.Platform is for people who are pissed off with capitalism. Subscribe to get episodes like this delivered to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

This week I’m joined by British filmmaker, Marc Silver, whose documentaries demand deep investigation into culture, society, and the self. Marc is well-known for 3 1/2 minutes, ten bullets, a documentary which told the story of Jordan Davis’ murder in 2012 and invites viewers to better understand their own relationship to race and judgement. We discuss this film, his upcoming project about extractive capitalism as understood through Amazonian ayuahasca ceremonies, and the power that storytelling has to invite change, nurture growth and demand better. This is a powerful interview, do not miss it. You can also listen on Apple or Spotify.Platform is for people who are pissed off with capitalism. Subscribe to get episodes like this delivered to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

On this week’s episode is Chiara Ciccarello, an Italian artist based in Germany, who joined me to discuss the fascinating Discuvry project, a home she built with her husband out of wood found on the streets of Berlin. After an arson attack—rumoured to have been coordinated by the landowner—shut down the space they’d been living in for years, Chiara and Yuki began travelling the world, showcasing Discuvry and what can be achieved when you take life—and home—into your own hands. Chiara’s website: www.ciccaboom.comPlatform is for people who are pissed off with capitalism. Subscribe to get episodes like this delivered to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

On this week’s episode is housing activist and all-round Leftie, Gordon Maloney. One of the founding members of Living Rent, Gordon has campaigned for a fair and equitable housing market for years, growing Living Rent from a campaign to a red-blooded organisation with thousands of members all over the U.K.Gordon joins me to discuss the future of British politics, The Left, and what fighting the housing battle has taught him about community, organising, and politicking. Despite his humble objections, you might just be listening to the future Scottish First Minister…Watch this episode here. You can also listen on Apple or Spotify.Check out Living Rent here.Platform is for people pissed off with capitalism. Subscribe to get episodes like this delivered to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

On this week’s episode is author, journalist and financial hacker, Brett Scott. Brett’s work centres around analysing and developing new monetary systems (stay tuned for a blistering review of crypto), whilst also campaigning for the bits in ours that aren’t broken (did you know cash is crucial to a democratic society?) Brett’s specialism is phenomenally interesting in a world being devoured by capitalism. It was an honour to pick his brain about money and its impact on society, and I highly recommend you make time for what he has to say. Watch this episode here. You can also listen on Apple or Spotify.Subscribe to Brett’s newsletter: www.alteredstatesof.moneyPlatform is a newsletter and podcast for people pissed off with capitalism. Subscribe to get episodes like this delivered to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

This week I speak with Ugandan entrepreneur, Trinity Heavenz, a former street child who now employs over 25 people, many of whom were living in poverty before working at Era92, the company that “builds brands to build lives”.This is a startling conversation about the benefits of the free market in a nation where people are afforded little opportunity. Trinity makes the case for business in Africa as a tool of empowerment, and says he believes the continent will learn from Western mistakes to come out as a superpower in the decades ahead.Don’t miss it. You can also listen on Apple or Spotify.Platform is a newsletter and podcast for people pissed off with capitalism. Subscribe to get episodes like this delivered to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

This week I am joined by acclaimed poet, Joelle Taylor, the spoken word artist credited for bringing slam to the U.K. Joelle has a profound analysis of class and artistry that she threads through her work and this conversation; it is a startling investigation into privilege, poetry, and the literati. Buckle in—and enjoy.Watch this episode on Satellite, or listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.Get your copy of Joelle’s latest collection, C+nto & Othered Poems.Platform is a newsletter and podcast for people pissed off with capitalism. Subscribe to get episodes like this delivered to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

On this week’s episode is Jens Trier, COO of We Make Change, a platform that partners skilled volunteers from all around the world with social enterprises. We discuss the politics of volunteering before taking a wonderful left turn into whether or not Scandinavia is as progressive as most of us believe.You can also listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.We Make Change: https://www.wemakechange.org/Platform is a newsletter and podcast for people pissed off with capitalism. Subscribe to get episodes like this delivered to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

On this week’s episode is designer and activist Charlie Waterhouse. Charlie has done fantastic work for both the Brixton Pound and Extinction Rebellion, and we had a fascinating discussion around alternative currencies and the power of communities before delving into how to design a movement.Watch the episode here: https://www.satellite.earth/pub/@rachel:designing-rebellionYou can also listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.Charlie’s website: https://www.thisaintrocknroll.com/Platform is a newsletter and podcast for people pissed off with capitalism. Subscribe to get episodes like this delivered to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

On this special edition of Platform Enterprise, Intellectual Property journalist, Charlotte Kilpatrick, returns to discuss why Biden's recent announcement to waive COVID-19 vaccine IP rights is too little too late for the developing world—and what we must learn from Big Pharma's refusal to produce a people's vaccine.Watch the episode here: www.satellite.earth/pub/@rachel:pharmageddon-the-destruction-of-the-peoples-vaccineYou can also listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.Platform is made for people who are pissed off with capitalism. Subscribe to receive episodes delivered straight to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

This week I am joined by economic anthropologist, Julio Linares, to discuss Circles, a cryptocurrency project tackling world poverty. Circles provides users with a Universal Basic Income in Trust tokens, meaning accounts are topped up every day with new tokens. The aim is to build economies around communities—and trust.Watch the episode here: https://www.satellite.earth/pub/@rachel:circles-the-cryptocurrency-taking-on-world-povertyYou can also listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.Circles website: https://joincircles.net/Julio’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Julio_Linares_Subscribe to receive episodes delivered straight to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Alice Frecknall is a poet, short fiction writer and fine artist whose collection will be published with Outspoken Press later this year.Alice joined me on the podcast to discuss artistry, language and the creative process. In this wonderful conversation, she highlights her journey from literature student to published poet, and delves into what being an artist and a writer means to her, and how the different mediums of her work continue to influence each other and evolve.This is a beautiful discussion on that highlights just how remiss the world would be if we lost our Art and Artists. Ease in, and enjoy. You can also watch the full episode here.You can also listen to the episode Apple Podcasts or Spotify.Alice’s website: www.alicefrecknall.comSubscribe to receive episodes delivered straight to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

This week I’m joined by the Stuart Bowman, creator of Satellite, a social network that puts decentralization and data ownership at the heart of its code. Satellite is mind-bogglingly good. Simply put: it’s the answer to the Facebook problem—you know the one I mean. Built on the blockchain, Satellite prioritises authenticity, diversity and privacy, with an algorithm specially coded against echo-chambers.I’m a Satellite convert since recording this interview a few weeks ago. To prove it, I’ve uploaded the video of this podcast episode to Satellite only. Watch my jaw drop 100 times during this conversation here. You can also listen to the episode Apple Podcasts or Spotify.Sign up to Satellite here. Be quick about it and you might still be able to claim your first name as your username (unless your name is Rachel; that ship has obviously sailed).Subscribe to receive episodes delivered straight to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

This week I am joined by Adventure Hydrology, the twin duo on a journey to educate their audience to the wonders of the planet, and inspire them to help save it.Using the lens of adventure, join Twin Brothers Chris & Ryan Wolff share stories about your world, inviting you to join them on a journey across our amazing planet. Experience what makes our world so amazing. Understand how it is changing. Learn how we all can help save it. Because the most dangerous world views are the world views of those who have never viewed the world. Listen to the episode Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Youtube.Subscribe to Adventure Hydrology on Youtube.Subscribe to receive episodes delivered straight to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Telekommunisten core member, Baruch Gottlieb, joins me to discuss data, democracy and economics on this week's podcast. He discusses how crypto can be used to code an inherent theory of value that prioritises human economies, and reveals Telekommunisten's latest crypto project, Haket.Telekommunisten: http://telekommunisten.net/Haket: https://haket.infoListen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Youtube.Subscribe to receive episodes delivered straight to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

This week I am joined by acclaimed poet, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa to discuss poetry, joy and why young writers are challenging the archaic traditions of the literature world.Safiya’s debut collection, The Inheritance, is forthcoming with Outspoken Press. Sign up to their mailing list to get it hot off the press.Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Youtube.Subscribe to receive episodes delivered straight to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Ela Kagel, cofounder of Supermarkt Berlin, joins me to discuss economies: collaborative, caring and digital.Supermarkt Berlin: www.supermarkt-berlin.net/MoneyLab Berlin: www.moneylab-berlin.de/schedule/Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Youtube.Subscribe to receive episodes delivered straight to your inbox every week. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Clare Farrell is one of the founders of Extinction Rebellion, a huge activist movement against climate crisis that is active in over 80 countries around the world.She joins me to discuss the crisis, civil disobedience, politics and merging left. This is an enlightening conversation that delves into the heart of what it means to be a citizen today, and how the left can pull together to fight humanity’s impending extinction.Subscribe to receive episodes delivered straight to your inbox every week.Follow @platformenterprise on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can also find me on Twitter: @DeBeaudoir Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Blake Shaw is an artist, activist, hacker, philosopher and lifelong Marxist whose work has seen him detained at borders and censored on Facebook. Blake joins me this week to discuss the terrible failures of the Left and how to reorganise a radical politics. He goes into great detail how free software could emancipate workers, and discusses the tool he’s building that will allow programmers and artists to completely change the framework within which they design and think. He believes this is vital for imagining and building new ways of existing in the world. Software mentioned in the episode: Guix and EmacsSubscribe to receive episodes delivered straight to your inbox every week.You can follow @PlatformEnterprise on various social media. You can also find me on Twitter: @DeBeaudoir Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

This week I’m joined by Matt Peterson of Woodbine. Woodbine rushed to organise around its New York community during the pandemic when local and federal government failed its constituents. Matt advocates for more self-organised spaces where communities can fulfil their own needs during this discussion on community, governance and the future of politics.Woodbine’s website: www.woodbine.nycSubscribe to receive projects that protect the planet and empower people delivered straight to your inbox.You can follow @PlatformEnterprise on various social media. You can also find me on Twitter: @DeBeaudoir Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Hydrologist, Heather Scott, joins me this week to explain the devastating effect the fashion industry has on the world’s waterways, and what we can do about it. Heather calls brands out for greenwashing, for illusory sustainability policies, and ultimately confirms the planet—and people—will never be healthy if we don’t change our attitude towards consumption.Heather’s educational Instagram: @im_not_a_sobVisit www.platformenterprise.com for all episodes and articles. Subscribe to receive projects that protect the planet and empower people delivered straight to your inbox.You can follow @PlatformEnterprise on various social media. You can also find me on Twitter: @DeBeaudoir Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 9 features Nika Dubrovsky on creating The Museum of Care and how to build a society built on the principles of care. You can listen on your chosen podcast app, or listen on the Platform Enterprise Youtube channel.Nika Dubrovsky has been working at the intersection of anarchy, community and climate justice for years with her art. She often worked in tandem with her husband, the anarchist anthropologist, David Graeber. In this interview, Nika discusses The Museum of Care, the last project she started with David before his untimely death. She goes on to explore how society can organise around the principles of caregiving as a means of escaping patriarchal capitalism. www.platformenterprise.com Museum of Care: https://museum.care/Nika Dubrovsky was born in 1967 in Leningrad, USSR. She grew up among the artistic bohemia of the late USSR within the unofficial cultural scenes of squats and samizdat. Having immigrated to the West in 1990, Nika was formed in a contradictory space of hierarchical practices of contemporary art and the open-source/blogging culture of early 2000.Nika wrote for e-flux, artnet, colta, moscow Художественный Журнал and others. As an artist, she has exhibited at the Tel Aviv Museum, Israel, St. Petersburg Manège. Russia, GaleriaNova Zagreb, Croatia, ShowRoom Gallery London, UK, MediaUdar, Moscow, Russia and other places. Her books within the project of A4kids.org have been published in Finnish, English, Russian, German and Polish. In a series of articles #artcommunism, written in collaboration with her husband, David Graeber, she reflects on the possibility of a world in which the very idea of having an SV becomes meaningless: a world where everyone could become an artist. After her husband, David Graeber, unexpected death in 2020, Nika and friends organized Carnival4David to celebrate his life and mourn his death, which took place in 250 places worldwide. Carnival4David was transformed into an informal community: Museum of Care that combines off-line residencies and many on-line projects; all run DIY by the people who join the network. Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Clare Rewcastle Brown is the journalist who single-handedly investigated and exposed billions of dollars stolen from the Malaysian people to fund lavish parties and Hollywood films—like The Wolf of Wall Street. The 1MDB scandal exposed a global network of corrupt elite, including household Hollywood names, Trump staff, and Goldman Sachs' executives. Clare reveals all in this explosive interview—and drops an exclusive halfway through.Wolf Catcher: https://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Catcher-exposed-worlds-biggest/dp/152724475XThe Sarawak Report: https://www.amazon.com/Sarawak-Report-Inside-Story-Expos%C3%A9/dp/1527219364 Platform Enterprise Newsletter: stories.platformenterprise.com Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Farmer and chef, Andres Jara, gives a detailed insight into the amazing potential of regenerative farming, and explains why he thinks the future of agriculture needs to be community-based. Roots, Rice and Beans: https://rootsricebeans.com/Stagsgroenteboer: https://www.stadsgroenteboer.nl/ Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Entrepreneur and printing engineer, Hunter Bliss, introduces stone paper, and explains how plastic could truly benefit a circular economy whilst revealing paper isn't nearly as sustainable as people think. Pebble Printing Group: www.pebbleprinting.comWhite Paper: https://pebbleprinting.com/the-sustainability-of-stone-paper-in-european-book-paper/ Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Asylum lawyer, Alina Kilpatrick, reveals the harrowing and deadly journey her clients face through the Northern Triangle—only to be met with cruelty at the US border. Sacred Heart Center: https://shcrichmond.org/en/Platform Enterprise Newsletter: stories.platformenterprise.com Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Distinguished poet and activist, Lisa Luxx, gives a detailed explanation of her philosophy of sisterhood, her collaborative work to create an economy that supports women—and her struggle to come to terms with poetry after Beirut's deadly 2020 explosion. Lisa's website: https://www.lisaluxx.comLisa's twitter: https://twitter.com/lisaluxx_Trust Your Outrage: https://lisaluxx.bigcartel.comElaa Beirut: elaabeirut.com Platform Enterprise Newsletter: podcast.platformenterprise.com Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Brad Vanstone is the founder of Willicroft, one of the fastest-growing vegan cheese companies in The EU. He discusses the EU's recent policy failure, Willicroft's work to transition local farmers to plant-based agriculture, and why their cheeses will soon be nut-free. Willicroft: https://willicroft.comPlatform: @platformenterprise Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Writer Dennis discusses life at The Foundry, one of Europe's rare extra-capitalist spaces, and why he thinks such spaces are more necessary than ever before. The Foundry: https://bravosfoundry.com/ Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe

Intellectual property journalist, Charlotte Kilpatrick, gives a detailed explanation of the IP laws at play in the race to make a coronavirus vaccine that are making some companies billions of dollars as the West snaps up extra doses per head of population. These same IP laws ensure that countries unable to compete with the West's buying power will never have access to the knowledge to replicate—or even test—the vaccine. The Global South is being abandoned—again—and this time to a deadly virus. Charlotte's articles: https://www.salon.com/writer/charlotte_kilpatrick Get full access to Planet: Critical at planetcritical.substack.com/subscribe