The Precariat: Today's Transformative Class?

October 2018

Global capitalism is roiling class structure and forging a new mass class of precarious workers. The fight for a universal basic income can help catalyze this “precariat” as a transformative change agent.

Roundtable

Debating the Precariat

October 2018

An exchange featuring Bill Fletcher, Nancy Folbre, Azfar Khan, Alexandra Köves, George Liodakis, Ronaldo Munck, William I. Robinson, Pritam Singh, Eva-Maria Swidler, and Alison Tate and Evelyn Astor, with a response from Guy Standing.

Interview

Living on the Frontlines of Resistance

Medea Benjamin

October 2018

Activist Medea Benjamin talks about her life at the forefront of the fight for peace and justice, and the need now more than ever to organize beyond borders.

Recent

Nuclear Abolition: The Road from Armageddon to Transformation

David Krieger
August 2018

A legacy of the Cold War, nuclear weapons will leave us perennially on the eve of destruction—until they are abolished once and for all. Nuclear abolitionists must join forces with movements seeking sustainability and justice to overcome governmental hostility and public apathy.
How to Ban the Bomb
August 2018

An exchange featuring Andreas Bummel, David Barash, Richard Falk, Anna Harris, Judith Lipton, Ian Lowe, Hiroo Saionji, and Lawrence Wittner, with a response from David Krieger.
Serving the Earth, Serving One Another

Joanna Macy
August 2018

In a world of spiraling ecological and social crises, where does one find hope? Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy discusses how understanding the interdependence of our world prepares us for the fight to improve it.
Feminism and Revolution: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Julie Matthaei
June 2018

An implacable and inclusive feminism remains essential for building the larger solidarity politics and economics we need for a Great Transition that eliminates oppression of all kinds.

Forthcoming

The what and why of ecosocialism
Time for a World Party?
World Social Forum under scrutiny

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The MacroScope

A Scan of Critical World Developments

Climate Call to Action

The latest IPCC report sounds the alarm. Will the world wake up?
Is the World Losing Its Conscience?

The results of Sweden’s recent elections are but the latest in Europe’s wrong turn rightward.
Throwing Away the Throwaway Economy

Countries are taking action to curb runaway plastic waste.
Stumbling Down an Up Escalator

Economic growth in poor countries will swamp climate mitigation efforts, until the paradigm shifts.