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On poetry, politics and the future with Birgitta Jónsdóttir

Nov 22, 2022
45 mins

Episode Description

Birgitta Jónsdóttir is an Icelandic poetician, anarchist and activist. She was first elected as an MP representing the Citizens' Movement in the 2009 election. She became involved with WikiLeaks during Julian Assange's visit to Iceland in 2010, and helped to produce the Collateral Murder video. Following her time with WikiLeaks, she created the International Modern Media Institute, of which she became executive director in 2011. She was also involved in two court cases in the United States during her parliamentary term, one of which was the high-profile case Hedges vs Obama. In 2012, close to the end of her term, she co-founded the Icelandic Pirate Party, becoming their first MP.

In this episode, Birgitta shares about her unique approach as a poetician working from within the system to change it.

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