Jorge Krekeler
The Almanac of the Future documents paradigmatic transformations – called ‘motivational experiences’ – emerging in Latin America that demonstrate alternatives to the current extractive model of ‘development’. Jorge Krekeler reflects on the origins and purpose of the Almanac …
Alessandra Monaco
What if we see beauty as a form of art and fashion as a tool to cultivate creativity and self-expression? In this new article, Alessandra Monaco explores alternatives to commodified notions of beauty. She interviews Giulia Paganelli, anthropologist …
Quincy Saul
In this article, Quincy Saul shares snippets of his experiences at the World Social Forum in Kathmandu, Nepal. He highlights the moments and movements – on democracy, food justice, and protecting river ecosystems – that have inspired him. …
Alessandra Monaco
This is the second article in a three-part mini series exploring the intersection of beauty and fashion. The first article, which has also been adapted into a comic by Shaunauk Sokey, investigated the meaning and role of …
Mitja Stefancic
Tiziana Terranova’s book, “After the Internet: Digital Networks between Capital and the Common” is a collection of essays representing the author’s own intellectual evolution, theorizing the crucial developments on digital networking and inter-networking over the last two decades. …
Carlos Tornel
“In times of civilizational collapse, the preservation of dignity can only come from below.”*
In conversations ranging from coffee shops to university classrooms, the language and notion of “civilizational collapse” is becoming increasingly common. The disaffection …
Alessandra Monaco
The motivation for writing this series
About seventeen years ago I entered the world of fashion, more by chance than with any serious intent. In fact, I had been a student of the humanities with a keen interest …
Clem McCartney
Seven weeks have passed in the current heightened phase of the conflict in Israel/Palestine – seven, often seen as a special number. The level of death and destruction that has occurred during this time might have given those …
Christine Dann
What is “ecosophy’? In his Introduction to Ecosophies of Freedom, Miland Wani gives a good overview of the derivation of the word (a contraction of ecological philosophy, with the emphasis on ‘eco’ – home or household, and …
Caroline Shenaz Hossein and Natalie Holmes
Susu is a centuries-old financial system in Ghana. A type of rotating savings and credit association (ROSCA), it’s one of a number of informal, collective financial institutions practiced across West Africa. For their study, …
Christine Dann
“Nous sommes des habitant·es en lutte attachés à leur territoire.”
Les Soulèvements de la Terre [2023] *
“We are inhabitants in struggle attached to their territory.”
“One common factor is the territorialization of the movements – that is, …
Review of Hope in Hopeless Times by John Holloway, Pluto Press, October 2022 – https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745347363/hope-in-hopeless-times/
Anitra Nelson
Two books arguing that we need to go beyond money to achieve postcapitalism were published by Pluto Press last year (2022). The most …