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Dana Olărescu

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🍉 The Festival of Radical Politics was a half-day of activities inviting folk to reflect on the rise of the far right as experienced by Eastern European communities and their allies.

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It was organised by POMOC and co-curated with the What Was Us,

🍉 On 28 September, the Festival of Radical Politics took place, half a day of activities inviting folk to reflect on the rise of the far right as experienced by Eastern European communities and allies.

The Festival was organised by POMOC and co-cur

🍉 The Alternative School of Food Politics in Nelson fills me with such hope that communities can shift the status quo, and demonstrate living in more connected ways of being in the world.

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On Thursday, Paddy planted onions, garlic, and shallots o

🍉 It’s October and soon I’ll be back in Lancashire with the Alternative School of Food Politics!

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This month we’re planting with Patrick Spain, cooking together, visiting the British Textile Biennale, and running workshops as pa

🍉 One antidote to far-right politics is community.

We’re living through dangerous times, but I’m thrilled that, together with the What Was Us, What Is Us group under the POMOC umbrella, we have shaped another antidote: the Festival of R

🍉 What an incredible gift to see the Mavka costume brought to life by the brilliant parkour artist Thanda Mutero. Towards the end of the festival, crowds gathered to watch his performance, as he made inventive use of Greve de Lecq’s everyday s

🍉 Throughout the day at Kupala Festival, textile artist Margarida Lourenco helped embellish three mavka costumes with local flora.

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Traditionally, these ‘green man’ suits made of jute and plant matter, symbolise nature’s abunda

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