Antonia Malchik
Writer, Self-employed
Antonia Malchik’s essays and articles have appeared in Aeon, The Atlantic, Orion, The Los Angeles Times, High Country News, and many other publications. She is an independent scholar and researcher of the commons and the history of private ownership. Her first book, A Walking Life, is about the past and future of walking’s role in our shared humanity. She lives in northwest Montana.
Written by Antonia Malchik
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Human rights and justice
Riot acts
History shows that tumult is a companion to democracy and when ordinary politics fails, the people must take to the streets
Antonia Malchik
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The environment
Who owns the earth?
Private land ownership is a beautiful dream gone badly wrong. It’s time to reinstate the forgotten ideal of the commons
Antonia Malchik
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Cities
The end of walking
In Orwellian fashion, Americans have been stripped of the right to walk, challenging their humanity, freedom and health
Antonia Malchik