Astra Taylor

Astra Taylor is an award-winning writer, organizer, and documentarian, and a cofounder of the Debt Collective. Her films include What Is Democracy?, Zizek!, and Examined Life. She is the author of The People’s Platform, which won the American Book Award; Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone; The Age of Insecurity; and, with Leah Hunt-Hendrix, Solidarity. Taylor regularly writes for publications including The New Yorker and The New York Times. Taylor toured with the band Neutral Milk Hotel and was the 2023 CBC Massey Lecturer.