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Business as usual?

February 17, 2017 by Julie Tomlin

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It feels like it matters more than ever that protest is effective, but how do we create the space to examine our methods and perhaps dream up new ones?

Filed Under: Books, Notes Tagged With: future, Greece, protest, USA

Finding the words

June 18, 2016 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

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There is a deficit of language in relation to the apparent contradiction of the ongoing pain of loss and the emergence of hope

Filed Under: Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: cafes, Greece, London, new politics, rebuilding

Light and darkness on Twelfth Night …

January 6, 2016 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

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There is so much more we need to do, but when times are dark, maybe light, joy and celebration can be acts of defiance?

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: 2016, Athens, Greece, London

Facing up to Greece’s nightmare

July 14, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

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We can’t avoid confronting the full scale of what’s happened to Greece by retreating into arguments about what could or should have been done

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: Greece

Dreaming of a different kind of union

July 13, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

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In the UK I have to work harder to hold onto the things that seemed so clear in Greece, but what I’ve seen there, and in the Netherlands this past week, also fuels my dreams

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: Amsterdam, Athens, Greece, London, Netherlands

The power of us

July 13, 2015 by Julie Tomlin 1 Comment

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Holding the tension between acknowledging the full scale of loss and continuing in hope isn’t easy – but it is the stuff that great exploits are made of

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: Amsterdam, Europe, Greece, Netherlands

A tale of two cities, or more…

July 4, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

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Back in London I feel cut off from Athens, missing the conversations, the intensity, the roll ups, the sense that politics matter

Filed Under: Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: Athens, Greece, Madrid, Spain

A matter of life and death

July 2, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

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On this night in Athens, I didn’t want to accept the idea that nothing could be done to reign in the power of the corporations and the economic elites

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: Athens, Greece

Knowledge and power

July 1, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

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The question of whether we can make a difference in the world seemed particularly important as I walked through Plaka on Monday

Filed Under: Books, Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: Athens, Greece, Spain

The power of ‘no’

June 30, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

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Four articles I’ve read most accurately reflect what I’ve been seeing and hearing in Athens over the last few days

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: Athens, Greece

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