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15 Notes on 60 Days of Pandemic and Economic Depression in Brazil
A Brazilian historian and PSOL militant puts forward fifteen theses on the limits and opportunities in a conjuncture marked by multiple nested crises in his country
Infectious Optimism
Dan Boscov-Ellen writes about the limits of reform to stave off climate change, and proposes radical alternatives.
Salt in the Wound
What sorts of crises are emerging from Covid-19, and how should we understand them in relation to prior crises?
Class Organization and Rupture on the Terrain of Housing
An organizer with the Oakland-based Tenant and Neighborhood Councils (TANC) argues for a focus on base-building instead of what he characterizes as the two prevailing modes of housing politics: service and advocacy.
The Virus Infects Politics, Pt. 2
Philosopher Michael Bray provides us with six theses on social reproduction, biopolitical economies, and the legitimacy of states in the context of the current crisis.