Christophe Aguiton, Geneviève Azam, Maxime Combes, Thomas Coutrot and Jean Gadrey
In less than two months, the coronavirus pandemic has already been reshuffling the cards of economic globalization. The continuous lengthening of supply chains and the international division of labour …
David Barkin and Alejandra Sánchez
Introduction
The dominant contemporary model of the world economic system is promoted as the ideal of development and growth to improve wellbeing and quality of life to society. It suggests that equality, justice and freedom …
Ashish Kothari speaks with Yasin Duman about the role of the Kurdish Autonomous Administration in establishing grass-roots democracy in Rojava, northern Syria.
Ashish Kothari: Yasin, thanks for taking the time to speak with us on the socio-political changes shaping Rojava, …
Tero Mustonen
North Karelia, located in Eastern Finland, has been the traditional homeland of the Sámi, Karelian and Savo-Karelian peoples. Down the ages the people of North Karelia have enjoyed a deep and rich connection with nature. Seasonal hunting, fishing, …
Hannibal Rhoades
“We are stuck with the problem of living despite economic and ecological ruination. Neither tales of progress nor of ruin tell us how to think about collaborative survival. It is time to pay attention to mushroom picking.”- Anna …
The following statement was presented by Besime Konca of the Kurdish Women’s Movement at “Defend the Sacred” Conference, 17th August 20.
Dear women, dear friends,
We have come together in Tamera, Portugal to collectively find a way to defend …
Shrishtee Bajpai
Bhookh se maut nahin hoti, jal, jungle, zameen chheenney se hoti hai (hunger doesn’t kill you, you die when your forests, water and land are taken away from you), says feisty Bitoli Didi of Sitapur City in …
Ashish Kothari: Could you both introduce yourselves to our readers?
Elandria Williams: I am Elandria Williams and I have a background in Community Organizing. I come from Powell, Tennessee in the United States.
Mabrouka Mbarek: I am Mabrouka …
David Pellow
In this 2nd (and 20th anniversary) edition of her now classic work, Ariel Salleh charts an ambitious course for addressing the challenges of the 21st century, in which global capitalism continues to amplify its predatory march against efforts …
This conversation is based on Paul Robbins’ reading of Ashish Kothari’s article “Radical Well-Being: Alternatives to Development” (forthcoming in Research Handbook of Law, Environment and Poverty, Philippe Cullet and Sujith Koonan (eds), Edward Elgar), and in response to the latter’s …
Saral Sarkar
At the beginning of the journey stood the most famous statement of Marx, which I read as a college student:
“Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.”1…
