Slow Factory as we know it is no longer. Long live the Slow Factory. But before we explain where we’re headed, let us — in true Slow Factory fashion — break down the context one last time.

In a world where authoritarianism is masked by algorithms and sanitized headlines, the true threat to democracy comes not just from governments but from tech and media giants who distort reality, censor dissent, and profit from oppression. The internet, once a tool of empowerment, has been hijacked into a surveillance apparatus, while platforms like Meta erase Palestinian voices in real time and corporate news outlets normalize state violence through euphemisms and bias. From Gaza to the mines fueling “green” tech, today’s neocolonialism is dressed in innovation and distraction. But communities of the global majority are not passive victims—we are the storytellers, and we must build media that centers truth, justice, and liberation.

Octavia Butler once said, “You got to make your own worlds; you got to write yourself in.” For thirteen years, Slow Factory has done just that — building inclusive systems and writing ourselves into futures where we are otherwise erased.

Over the past year, we’ve been quietly coding, designing, and preparing to launch an independent publishing platform: Everything is Political. It exists to archive, protect, and amplify political and cultural work, research, and stories by and for those on the frontlines. It was born from necessity — to counter dehumanization, erasure, and misinformation — and to weave liberation across movements and cultures.

In order to focus on this new media platform and community, you will be seeing a dramatic change in the flow of urgent information and explainers. We’re all hands on deck now, building a platform meant to outlive the broken systems around us.

Shifting public opinion towards justice requires precision, skill and strategy, and based on our metrics, research and data we can confidently say that Slow Factory has contributed significantly in shifting public opinion, and that is a key catalyst to systems change. We will continue to do this through a new infrastructure that belongs to us. In times of collapsing empires, the act of sharing knowledge becomes revolutionary. Remember: the printing press sparked revolutions. Today, independent media — truly independent, people-powered media — is our modern printing press. Everything is Political is not just a platform. It is a home for collective memory, resistance, and future-building.

Join us.

If you’ve ever felt disempowered but knew in your bones that things must change, this is your moment.

Become a founding member of everythingispolitical.com — not just to support, but to shape the infrastructure of our shared future.

The revolution needs writers, readers, dreamers, coders, organizers, healers. It needs you.