Current Publications

The Precariat: Today's Transformative Class?
Essay

The Precariat: Today's Transformative Class?

Guy Standing

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.
Debating the Precariat
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.

Recent

  • Nuclear Abolition: The Road from Armageddon to Transformation

    David Krieger

    August 2018

    Nuclear Abolition: The Road from Armageddon to Transformation

    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 – A Roundtable

    August 2018

    How to Ban the Bomb – A Roundtable
    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

    Serving the Earth, Serving One Another
    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

    Feminism and Revolution: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
    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