Magdalena Smieszek

Please join me and @profgsgilbert.bsky.social in London on Tues 3 June to hear about our new Practical Toolkit to protect people displaced across borders in the context of climate change & disasters. Kindly hosted by @biicl.bsky.social & Refugee Legal Support www.biicl.org/events/12024...

Why Poland and Gaia Win Eurovision With or without the trophy, Poland's Justyna Steczkowska is a winner of this year's song contest, and that's more important than you think. Vote for her on Saturday's final because I can't.

🌍 Mother Earth is calling you.

Read, watch, listen here:

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Why We Commemorate and Why We Give — And Why I'm Asking These days we must not look away from the pain but look it right in the face and put our weight behind what is right and true.

🗓️ May 9 = Europe Day

🕯️May 8–9 = WWII Remembrance

🎂 Also, my birthday, so I’ve written about the history I was born into, the work I’ve chosen, and the future I still believe in. Read here, and if it resonates, please support, subscribe, and share.

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For the Love of Pope Francis: A Universal Ordo Amoris The "order of love" for the human family

The papal conclave is about to meet, Trump is joking about being Pope, and I have things to say about the order of love.
It’s part eulogy for Pope Francis, part critique of American politics, part meditation on sacred texts and philosophy, part confessional.
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Earth is our Country: Expanding the Case for World Passports Taking action through self-sovereignty, radical collaboration, and planetary networks

The world passport has been used by refugees, artists, and celebrities, but has also been dismissed and ridiculed. First issued in 1954, it was a bold declaration that we belong to the planet. The history is incredible. We can go to the next level. Just published ↓

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Girls' Night in Outer Space vs. Astronomical Female Accomplishments Reflections on Spectacle, Feminism, and Earthly Realities

This week, a "crew" of celebrities, including Katy Perry, took a suborbital trip with Blue Origin. It was promoted as empowering but who decides feminist achievement and who gets remembered as an accomplished woman taking up space? I vent a bit...
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Human Space Flight: Views from Orbit and Earthbound Reflections The world's first cosmonauts amidst power, politics, and planetary belonging.

On the anniversary of humanity’s first in-person journey into space, I reflect on what it meant then and what it means for us now….

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The Case for World Passports—You Want One. But How? Because what defines planetary citizenship if not an identity document that facilitates mobility and human rights.

Want a world passport? Some already have it, but for the rest, we have to make a case for it, one that responds to statelessness, climate migration, and passport apartheid.

Today, the International Day of Conscience is a good time to start the conversation.

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The Perversion of Peace and Development International Disorder in the Days of Trump and What To Do About It

Forced displacement isn’t peace. Economic control isn’t development. Trump's playbook is as old as empire. There’s a pattern and I call it the “perversion of peace and development” – my response to the international disorder in the days of Trump and what to do. open.substack.com/pub/thecosmo...

Liberation of Humanity: Auschwitz, The Hague, and the Promised Land The Holocaust is remembered, as we watch Palestinians and Israelis released from captivity, and the message about liberation could not be more stark

The Holocaust is remembered, as we watch Palestinians and Israelis released from captivity, and the message about liberation could not be more stark.

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The Cosmocitizens' Tribune | Magdalena Smieszek | Substack A platform for formulating cosmocitizenship, because our planet needs it. Click to read The Cosmocitizens' Tribune, by Magdalena Smieszek, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

The Cosmocitizens’ Tribune takes off with its new website, how exciting! thecosmocitizens.substack.com

New Year Blast-Off with Cybercitizenship and Space Exploration Time to explore our space — inner, outer, cyber, and juridical

New Year Blast-Off with Cybercitizenship and Space Exploration
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Time to explore our space — inner, outer, cyber, and juridical.
One of the trickiest parts of formulating cosmocitizenship is figuring out how new laws and systems can serve this evolving formulation. But it’s 2025...

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'Tis the season to recover humanity.

Rebirth of the Human-Self: Jesus the Archetype in the Land of Justice open.substack.com/pub/thecosmo...

On Human Solidarity Day I launched The Cosmocitizens’ Tribune. Have a read, subscribe, and please share. open.substack.com/pub/thecosmo...

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