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Weave News Announces Non-Profit Status, Partnership With Media Freedom Foundation
Weave News
Weave News Announces Non-Profit Status, Partnership With Media Freedom Foundation
Weave News
Weave News
A Historic Win for NYC Climate Activists Shows the Impact of Direct Action
Ryan Krugman
A Historic Win for NYC Climate Activists Shows the Impact of Direct Action
Ryan Krugman
Ryan Krugman
Trieste’s Humanitarian Crisis: At the Crossroads of Migration
Carmen Critelli
Trieste’s Humanitarian Crisis: At the Crossroads of Migration
Carmen Critelli
Carmen Critelli
Vibe Garden at Fitz: A 21st-Century US Salon in Buffalo, NY
Steve Peraza
Vibe Garden at Fitz: A 21st-Century US Salon in Buffalo, NY
Steve Peraza
Steve Peraza
Bookstore Block Party Advances Progressive Politics in Buffalo, NY
Steve Peraza
Bookstore Block Party Advances Progressive Politics in Buffalo, NY
Steve Peraza
Steve Peraza
Third Annual Child Care Community Celebration Rocks the Boat in Buffalo
Steve Peraza
Third Annual Child Care Community Celebration Rocks the Boat in Buffalo
Steve Peraza
Steve Peraza
Life is Already Serious: A Report from the Madrid Student Encampment
John Collins and Derek Sherrange
Life is Already Serious: A Report from the Madrid Student Encampment
John Collins and Derek Sherrange
John Collins and Derek Sherrange
Boycott en el Barrio: Spanish Protesters Reject Israeli Propaganda Efforts
John Collins
Boycott en el Barrio: Spanish Protesters Reject Israeli Propaganda Efforts
John Collins
John Collins
Manal Tamimi on Life and “Resisting Alone” in the West Bank After October 7
John Collins
Manal Tamimi on Life and “Resisting Alone” in the West Bank After October 7
John Collins
John Collins
“Everyone has an obligation”: Madrid Panel Highlights Urgent Calls for Israel Arms Embargo
John Collins
“Everyone has an obligation”: Madrid Panel Highlights Urgent Calls for Israel Arms Embargo
John Collins
John Collins
Byte the Bullet: NYT Takes on Tech Titans in a Copyright Showdown Over AI
Celine Schreiber
Byte the Bullet: NYT Takes on Tech Titans in a Copyright Showdown Over AI
Celine Schreiber
Celine Schreiber
Child Care and the New York State of the State Address 2024
Steve Peraza
Child Care and the New York State of the State Address 2024
Steve Peraza
Steve Peraza
Child Care: Underreported and Underappreciated
Steve Peraza
Child Care: Underreported and Underappreciated
Steve Peraza
Steve Peraza
The Anti-Zionist Generation: Gen Z Demands an End to the Israeli Occupation Despite Widespread Repression
Derek Sherrange
The Anti-Zionist Generation: Gen Z Demands an End to the Israeli Occupation Despite Widespread Repression
Derek Sherrange
Derek Sherrange
Ione Belarra: To Stop Genocide in Palestine, We Must Use Our Heads and Our Hearts
John Collins
Ione Belarra: To Stop Genocide in Palestine, We Must Use Our Heads and Our Hearts
John Collins
John Collins
Miguel Urbán: The Palestinian Struggle is Our Struggle in Europe
John Collins
Miguel Urbán: The Palestinian Struggle is Our Struggle in Europe
John Collins
John Collins
Spanish journalist Olga Rodriguez: “They want the massacre of the Palestinian people to be normalized”
John Collins
Spanish journalist Olga Rodriguez: “They want the massacre of the Palestinian people to be normalized”
John Collins
John Collins
“This is not a defense”: Retired Spanish General on Israel’s War in Gaza
John Collins
“This is not a defense”: Retired Spanish General on Israel’s War in Gaza
John Collins
John Collins
Media Confronting Genocide: Open Discussions vs. “Shadow Bans”
John Collins
Media Confronting Genocide: Open Discussions vs. “Shadow Bans”
John Collins
John Collins
“Israel Kills, Europe Sponsors!”: Spaniards Mobilize for Palestine, Call Out EU Complicity
John Collins
“Israel Kills, Europe Sponsors!”: Spaniards Mobilize for Palestine, Call Out EU Complicity
John Collins
John Collins
Climate Justice Now! Spaniards Demand Decarbonization at Madrid March
John Collins
Climate Justice Now! Spaniards Demand Decarbonization at Madrid March
John Collins
John Collins
6 Key Takeaways from Spain’s “Debate of 7”
John Collins
6 Key Takeaways from Spain’s “Debate of 7”
John Collins
John Collins
Spain: Here Come the Fascists (Who Never Really Left)
John Collins
Spain: Here Come the Fascists (Who Never Really Left)
John Collins
John Collins
Cirio Ruiz Gonzalez
Alejandro Beltran Cordero
Cirio Ruiz Gonzalez
Alejandro Beltran Cordero
Alejandro Beltran Cordero
Resistance Flows On: Mexico’s Water Defenders Unite Their Efforts Once Again
Skylar Bergeron
Resistance Flows On: Mexico’s Water Defenders Unite Their Efforts Once Again
Skylar Bergeron
Skylar Bergeron
Resistiendo “Proyectos de Muerte”: Entrevista con Carlos Beas Torres
Weave News
Resistiendo “Proyectos de Muerte”: Entrevista con Carlos Beas Torres
Weave News
Weave News
Resisting “Death Projects”: An Interview With Carlos Beas Torres
Weave News
Resisting “Death Projects”: An Interview With Carlos Beas Torres
Weave News
Weave News
Alert: Repression and Eviction of the “El Sur Resiste” (The South Resists) Caravan in Guichicovi, Oaxaca
Weave News
Alert: Repression and Eviction of the “El Sur Resiste” (The South Resists) Caravan in Guichicovi, Oaxaca
Weave News
Weave News
“We’re trying to move a society”: Speaking Up For the Rights of Rivers in the North Country
John Collins
“We’re trying to move a society”: Speaking Up For the Rights of Rivers in the North Country
John Collins
John Collins
Remember the T in LGBTQIA+: Trans Community Faces Increasing Violence in Coastal Kenya
Derek Sherrange
Remember the T in LGBTQIA+: Trans Community Faces Increasing Violence in Coastal Kenya
Derek Sherrange
Derek Sherrange

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NYS Child Care and Governor Hochul at the Democratic National Convention
Steve Peraza
NYS Child Care and Governor Hochul at the Democratic National Convention
Steve Peraza
Steve Peraza
Flowers of Buffalo: A Postscript
Steve Peraza
Flowers of Buffalo: A Postscript
Steve Peraza
Steve Peraza
Feminist Reimagining in Pakistan: From NGOs to Emancipation
Mariam Waqar Khattak
Feminist Reimagining in Pakistan: From NGOs to Emancipation
Mariam Waqar Khattak
Mariam Waqar Khattak
Toward a Permanent Workforce Compensation Fund: Notes on Key Sources
Steve Peraza
Toward a Permanent Workforce Compensation Fund: Notes on Key Sources
Steve Peraza
Steve Peraza
The Danger of the Far Right Occupying Brussels
Fernando Luengo
The Danger of the Far Right Occupying Brussels
Fernando Luengo
Fernando Luengo
War, War, and War
Fernando Luengo
War, War, and War
Fernando Luengo
Fernando Luengo
This Europe, No
Fernando Luengo
This Europe, No
Fernando Luengo
Fernando Luengo
The Numbing Language That the Left Cannot Accept
Fernando Luengo
The Numbing Language That the Left Cannot Accept
Fernando Luengo
Fernando Luengo
Interweaving with Somdeep Sen: The ICJ’s Investigation of Israel and the Possibilities and Limitations of International Law
John Collins
Interweaving with Somdeep Sen: The ICJ’s Investigation of Israel and the Possibilities and Limitations of International Law
John Collins
John Collins
Goodbye to Economic Globalization?
Fernando Luengo
Goodbye to Economic Globalization?
Fernando Luengo
Fernando Luengo
Yolanda Díaz Says Labor Is Not a Commodity: A Serious Mistake
Fernando Luengo
Yolanda Díaz Says Labor Is Not a Commodity: A Serious Mistake
Fernando Luengo
Fernando Luengo
Deconstructing Colonial Narratives in Spain
Berenice Gervacio
Deconstructing Colonial Narratives in Spain
Berenice Gervacio
Berenice Gervacio
Something You Might Not Know About: Blackstone’s Champlain Hudson Power Express
Lee Gough
Something You Might Not Know About: Blackstone’s Champlain Hudson Power Express
Lee Gough
Lee Gough
Byte the Bullet: NYT Takes on Tech Titans in a Copyright Showdown Over AI
Celine Schreiber
Byte the Bullet: NYT Takes on Tech Titans in a Copyright Showdown Over AI
Celine Schreiber
Celine Schreiber
Child Care and the New York State of the State Address 2024
Steve Peraza
Child Care and the New York State of the State Address 2024
Steve Peraza
Steve Peraza
Netanyahu, Collateral Language, and the Gaza Effect
John Collins and Tio Glover
Netanyahu, Collateral Language, and the Gaza Effect
John Collins and Tio Glover
John Collins and Tio Glover
Colonization in Palestine is an Objective Reality, Not a Talking Point
John Collins
Colonization in Palestine is an Objective Reality, Not a Talking Point
John Collins
John Collins
“This is not a defense”: Retired Spanish General on Israel’s War in Gaza
John Collins
“This is not a defense”: Retired Spanish General on Israel’s War in Gaza
John Collins
John Collins
Media Confronting Genocide: Open Discussions vs. “Shadow Bans”
John Collins
Media Confronting Genocide: Open Discussions vs. “Shadow Bans”
John Collins
John Collins
“Israel Kills, Europe Sponsors!”: Spaniards Mobilize for Palestine, Call Out EU Complicity
John Collins
“Israel Kills, Europe Sponsors!”: Spaniards Mobilize for Palestine, Call Out EU Complicity
John Collins
John Collins
Information Activism for Indigenous Rights in Thailand: An Interview With Pi Phnom
Alyana Contant
Information Activism for Indigenous Rights in Thailand: An Interview With Pi Phnom
Alyana Contant
Alyana Contant
Indigenous Rights are Land Rights are Human Rights
Alyana Contant
Indigenous Rights are Land Rights are Human Rights
Alyana Contant
Alyana Contant
The Impact of Climate Change on North Country Farmers
Ryan Krugman
The Impact of Climate Change on North Country Farmers
Ryan Krugman
Ryan Krugman
Watching Barbie the Movie But Seeing Ourselves
Celine Schreiber
Watching Barbie the Movie But Seeing Ourselves
Celine Schreiber
Celine Schreiber
The Democratic Skylight: Confronting Spain’s Enduring Politics of Violence
John Collins
The Democratic Skylight: Confronting Spain’s Enduring Politics of Violence
John Collins
John Collins
How Copenhagen’s Most Devastating Rain Storm Inspired Climate Adaptation and Reunited a Community
Rae Dunbar
How Copenhagen’s Most Devastating Rain Storm Inspired Climate Adaptation and Reunited a Community
Rae Dunbar
Rae Dunbar
6 Key Takeaways from Spain’s “Debate of 7”
John Collins
6 Key Takeaways from Spain’s “Debate of 7”
John Collins
John Collins
Spain: Here Come the Fascists (Who Never Really Left)
John Collins
Spain: Here Come the Fascists (Who Never Really Left)
John Collins
John Collins
We Are Not Powerless: Advocating For Clean Water and the Rights of Rivers
Cathy Shrady
We Are Not Powerless: Advocating For Clean Water and the Rights of Rivers
Cathy Shrady
Cathy Shrady
The Battle for Quinta Torre Arias: From Common Ground to Private Playground
Elena Shaw
The Battle for Quinta Torre Arias: From Common Ground to Private Playground
Elena Shaw
Elena Shaw

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How Many Drops in a Tidal Wave? Tribal Members and Allies Carry Water 31 Miles in Response to Proposed Copperwood Mine
Tom Grotewohl
How Many Drops in a Tidal Wave? Tribal Members and Allies Carry Water 31 Miles in Response to Proposed Copperwood Mine
Tom Grotewohl
Tom Grotewohl
In Search of Safety: A Family’s Journey Through Gaza
Farida Algoul
In Search of Safety: A Family’s Journey Through Gaza
Farida Algoul
Farida Algoul
Interweaving with Song Lee: Child Care as Public Good and “Radical Joy”
Steve Peraza
Interweaving with Song Lee: Child Care as Public Good and “Radical Joy”
Steve Peraza
Steve Peraza
Sustainable Food Systems and Animal Rights in War-Torn North Kivu, DRC
Talking Wings
Sustainable Food Systems and Animal Rights in War-Torn North Kivu, DRC
Talking Wings
Talking Wings
Arbol de Fuego (Tree of Fire)
Yolo Martínez Spinoso and Alejandro Beltrán Cordero
Arbol de Fuego (Tree of Fire)
Yolo Martínez Spinoso and Alejandro Beltrán Cordero
Yolo Martínez Spinoso and Alejandro Beltrán Cordero
Interweaving with Jorge Ramos Tolosa: Spain’s First Student Encampment for Palestine
John Collins
Interweaving with Jorge Ramos Tolosa: Spain’s First Student Encampment for Palestine
John Collins
John Collins
A Response to Forced Assimilation in the Hadzabe Tribe
Fousani Hamidou
A Response to Forced Assimilation in the Hadzabe Tribe
Fousani Hamidou
Fousani Hamidou
Humans, Not Numbers: Gaza’s Agony Through the Eyes of a Palestinian in Denmark
Gaia Guatri and Mashal Baloch
Humans, Not Numbers: Gaza’s Agony Through the Eyes of a Palestinian in Denmark
Gaia Guatri and Mashal Baloch
Gaia Guatri and Mashal Baloch
The People of Buffalo Remember Those Lost in the Buffalo Blizzard of 2022
Jordan Pescrillo
The People of Buffalo Remember Those Lost in the Buffalo Blizzard of 2022
Jordan Pescrillo
Jordan Pescrillo
Manal Tamimi on Life and “Resisting Alone” in the West Bank After October 7
John Collins
Manal Tamimi on Life and “Resisting Alone” in the West Bank After October 7
John Collins
John Collins
The Scarcest Resource is Wilderness: A Call to Oppose the Copperwood Mine Project
Tom Grotewohl
The Scarcest Resource is Wilderness: A Call to Oppose the Copperwood Mine Project
Tom Grotewohl
Tom Grotewohl
Interweaving with Somdeep Sen: The ICJ’s Investigation of Israel and the Possibilities and Limitations of International Law
John Collins
Interweaving with Somdeep Sen: The ICJ’s Investigation of Israel and the Possibilities and Limitations of International Law
John Collins
John Collins
“The Human Tribe” from Naples to NYC
Valeria Obregon
“The Human Tribe” from Naples to NYC
Valeria Obregon
Valeria Obregon
Ghassan Hage: Statement Regarding My Sacking from the Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology
Weave News
Ghassan Hage: Statement Regarding My Sacking from the Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology
Weave News
Weave News
Deconstructing Colonial Narratives in Spain
Berenice Gervacio
Deconstructing Colonial Narratives in Spain
Berenice Gervacio
Berenice Gervacio
Malaga for Palestine: “The generations surge together in resistance to meet the reality of power”
John Collins
Malaga for Palestine: “The generations surge together in resistance to meet the reality of power”
John Collins
John Collins
Interweaving With Vonetta T. Rhodes: “Child care is a civil right and a public good”
Steve Peraza
Interweaving With Vonetta T. Rhodes: “Child care is a civil right and a public good”
Steve Peraza
Steve Peraza
Child Care: Underreported and Underappreciated
Steve Peraza
Child Care: Underreported and Underappreciated
Steve Peraza
Steve Peraza
The Anti-Zionist Generation: Gen Z Demands an End to the Israeli Occupation Despite Widespread Repression
Derek Sherrange
The Anti-Zionist Generation: Gen Z Demands an End to the Israeli Occupation Despite Widespread Repression
Derek Sherrange
Derek Sherrange
Ione Belarra: To Stop Genocide in Palestine, We Must Use Our Heads and Our Hearts
John Collins
Ione Belarra: To Stop Genocide in Palestine, We Must Use Our Heads and Our Hearts
John Collins
John Collins
‘Much more than a bathroom’: NGO Battles Argentina's High Inflation in Mission to Support Hygiene and Public Health
Cordelia Keberle
‘Much more than a bathroom’: NGO Battles Argentina's High Inflation in Mission to Support Hygiene and Public Health
Cordelia Keberle
Cordelia Keberle
Massacre of the Soul
Steve Peraza
Massacre of the Soul
Steve Peraza
Steve Peraza
Miguel Urbán: The Palestinian Struggle is Our Struggle in Europe
John Collins
Miguel Urbán: The Palestinian Struggle is Our Struggle in Europe
John Collins
John Collins
Spanish journalist Olga Rodriguez: “They want the massacre of the Palestinian people to be normalized”
John Collins
Spanish journalist Olga Rodriguez: “They want the massacre of the Palestinian people to be normalized”
John Collins
John Collins
“Israel Kills, Europe Sponsors!”: Spaniards Mobilize for Palestine, Call Out EU Complicity
John Collins
“Israel Kills, Europe Sponsors!”: Spaniards Mobilize for Palestine, Call Out EU Complicity
John Collins
John Collins
Information Activism for Indigenous Rights in Thailand: An Interview With Pi Phnom
Alyana Contant
Information Activism for Indigenous Rights in Thailand: An Interview With Pi Phnom
Alyana Contant
Alyana Contant
“Make Art”: An Interview With Savior El Mundo
Valeria Obregon
“Make Art”: An Interview With Savior El Mundo
Valeria Obregon
Valeria Obregon
Climate Justice Now! Spaniards Demand Decarbonization at Madrid March
John Collins
Climate Justice Now! Spaniards Demand Decarbonization at Madrid March
John Collins
John Collins
The Impact of Climate Change on North Country Farmers
Ryan Krugman
The Impact of Climate Change on North Country Farmers
Ryan Krugman
Ryan Krugman
Flowers of Buffalo: Abra Lee and Gardeners in Black History
Steve Peraza
Flowers of Buffalo: Abra Lee and Gardeners in Black History
Steve Peraza
Steve Peraza

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Jim Crow on Campus, Episode 4: "The Case Against SUNY Canton"
Erin Corbine
Jim Crow on Campus, Episode 4: "The Case Against SUNY Canton"
Erin Corbine
Erin Corbine
Jim Crow on Campus, Episode 3: “Dashawn and Andre”
Erin Corbine
Jim Crow on Campus, Episode 3: “Dashawn and Andre”
Erin Corbine
Erin Corbine
Jim Crow on Campus, Episode 2: "Ashley"
Erin Corbine
Jim Crow on Campus, Episode 2: "Ashley"
Erin Corbine
Erin Corbine
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Christian Exoo
Jim Crow on Campus, Episode 1: "Tyreek"
Christian Exoo
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Weave News Announces Non-Profit Status, Partnership With Media Freedom Foundation
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Artsakh: The Burdens of Healing (Short Documentary)
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Stand With the AAPI Community: Resources and Actions
Weave News
Stand With the AAPI Community: Resources and Actions
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Editor’s Note: From “Surviving PWIs” to “Conflicting Emotions”
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Protect the Protest Task Force Launches With A Promise: An Attack On One Is An Attack On All
Jana Morgan
Protect the Protest Task Force Launches With A Promise: An Attack On One Is An Attack On All
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Call for Submissions: Glocal Dispatches
Weave News
Call for Submissions: Glocal Dispatches
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Weave News to co-sponsor the 2018 Media Freedom Summit 2.0
John Collins
Weave News to co-sponsor the 2018 Media Freedom Summit 2.0
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John Collins
Call for Submissions: Surviving PWIs for POC
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Call for Submissions: Surviving PWIs for POC
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Weave News 10th Anniversary Conference Presenters
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Weave News 10th Anniversary Conference and Call for Proposals
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Weave News 10th Anniversary Conference and Call for Proposals
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After January 6th: Critical and Grassroots Perspectives
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NCALE Summit video: Rivers, Water & Life panel
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Talking Wings - The Collective Behind the Summit
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Talking Wings - The Collective Behind the Summit
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SLCJI Celebration: Citizen Journalism in the North Country
NextGen Media
SLCJI Celebration: Citizen Journalism in the North Country
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Interweaving with Hanif Abdurraqib: “To know that I cannot move the world on my own means that I can’t be silent”
Nicole Roché
Interweaving with Hanif Abdurraqib: “To know that I cannot move the world on my own means that I can’t be silent”
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Protect the Protest Task Force Launches With A Promise: An Attack On One Is An Attack On All
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Protect the Protest Task Force Launches With A Promise: An Attack On One Is An Attack On All
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Weave News to co-sponsor the 2018 Media Freedom Summit 2.0
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Is LaMDA Sentient? We Don't Know - and That's What Scares Me

When it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI), I am a layperson; I don’t have anything remotely resembling AI development experience. But if the interview posted by Google engineer Blake Lemoine is an accurate and truthful account of their conversation with LaMDA, I don’t know if I could make a determination on whether LaMDA is sentient or not.

And that’s absolutely horrifying to me.

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