People Just Do Something - Love in the time of fascism at Jikoni East Africa
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"The Cable activismcast continues its trailblazing run of live interviews with reporters, academics and agitators. This month’s a post-Valentine’s debrief at Jikoni East Africa, with journalist and author Sarah Jaffe discussing commodified connection, manufactured isolation and how we create true relational care under capitalism’s intimacy-crushing yoke."

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A event on Tuesday 24th February. The event starts at 19:00.


How do we love, organise, and look after each other under capitalism, crisis, and creeping fascism? Priyanka and Isaac sit down with Sarah Jaffe — industrial correspondent and author of Work Won’t Love You Back — to ask exactly that. She knows labour, love, and the labour of love.

Sarah is also co-host of Heart Reacts, an advice podcast for anyone trying to stay emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. And having covered the political movement in the city, it’s obvious we need her help as much as you do. Join us for our late-Valentine’s special, a perfect blend of romance and cynicism — just as you’d expect from your favourite investigative newsroom.

We want your questions, so send them in ahead. Think:

“Is it okay to date someone in my activist group?”

“How do you find love with a looming apocalypse?”

“Is my polycule revolutionary or just good old-fashioned sleeping around with extra admin?”

“How do I still get it up when the icebergs are melting and the penguins are sad? :("

https://sarahljaffe.com

Entry requirements: 16+

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