Post Capitalism & Psychedelic Colonialism

Join Alnoor Ladha, Lynn Murphy and Stephen Reid for a discussion on post capitalism and psychedelic colonialism based on Alnoor and Lynn's new book Post Capitalist Philanthropy and Alnoor and Rene Suša's recent article Why the “Psychedelic Renaissance” is just Colonialism by Another Name.

Some of the questions we'll be discussing:

On Post Capitalism

• How is the metacrisis (including ecological collapse, climate change, species extinction, increasing pandemics, institutional racism, rising authoritarianism, spiking inequality and inhumane poverty) a logical outcome of our dominant economic, political and cultural system?
• What are the five philosophical tenets of neoliberalism?
• What is post capitalism? What subtle distinction does the space in 'post capitalism' convey relative to 'post-capitalism'?
• What are the seven principles of post capitalist realities (post anthropocentric, trans-rationalist, post transactional, anti-patriarchal, post hierarchical, anti-colonialist, anti-racist)?
• What is an 'onto-shift'? What are some examples of post capitalist onto-shifts?
• What is the Five Elements Mandala? How do we use capital to create and support post capitalist realities?

On Psychedelic Colonialism

• In what ways can we question the idea of a 'renaissance' in psychedelics?
• To the extent to which under our current dominant economic system, profit entails expropriation or exploitation elsewhere, who or what is being exploited/colonised by the psychedelic renaissance?
• What might be the consequences of attempts by those interested in the therapeutic potential of psychedelics to remove their spiritual/visionary component?
• What are the "Five Ds" (dialogue, de-commodification, decriminalization, decolonization, decentralization) that together form an alternative to psychedelic colonialism?
• How do we contribute to reciprocity when we engage with plant teachers and their ancestral custodians?

You will get most out of this event if you take a look at the article and the Knowledge page of the Post Capitalist Philanthropy site beforehand.

We will leave at least 30 minutes for Q&A from the audience. You will be able to suggest and upvote questions via Slido.

Alnoor Ladha

Alnoor Ladha is an activist, journalist, political strategist and community organiser. From 2012 to 2019 he was the co-founder and executive director of the global activist collective The Rules. He is currently the Council Chair for Culture Hack Labs. He holds an MSc in Philosophy and Public Policy from the London School of Economics. 

Lynn Murphy

Lynn Murphy is a strategic advisor for foundations and NGOs working in the geopolitical South. She was a senior fellow and program officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation where she focused on international education and global development. She resigned as a “conscientious objector” to neocolonial philanthropy. She holds an MA and PhD in international comparative education from Stanford University. She is also a certified Laban/Bartenieff movement analyst.

Stephen Reid

Stephen Reid is a teacher, technologist and coach. He hosts the Futurecraft Residency and is a member of the not-for-profit worker co-operative Dandelion Collective, where he leads the development of the Dandelion platform for regenerative events and co-created gatherings. Previously, he founded The Psychedelic Society, served as the youngest ever board member of Greenpeace UK, and consulted for organisations including the New Economics Foundation, the Living Wage Foundation and 350.org. Stephen has an MPhys in Physics from the University of Oxford, where he specialised in quantum field theory, and an MRes in Complexity Sciences from the University of Bristol.

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