Archive of Covid-19

Oli Mould, author of Against Creativtiy, on the post-covid shift to aesthetic imaginaries of alternative planetary presents. 

How can we develop a theory and practice of ecological counterpower that is commensurate to the coming catastrophe? Davide Gallo Lassere on the limits of Andreas Malm's ecological Leninism. 

Paolo Gerbaudo, author of The Great Recoil, discusses the legacy and future of populism with researcher Giorgos Venizelos 

Enzo Traverso on post-fascism in times of pandemic.

Benjamin Bratton, author of THE REVENGE OF THE REAL, explores the implications of vaccine mandates as COVID numbers rise and new variants appear. Weighing the alternatives, he warns against the "Florida model" of laissez-faire and denialist biopolitics.

Anton Jäger reflects on Paolo Gerbaudo's The Great Recoil, neoliberalism, and the evolving role of the state in the Covid-era

How should the left position itself strategically vis-a-vis liberalism in this new political moment? Carlo Invernizzi Accetti on socialist strategy in Paolo Gerbaudo's The Great Recoil. 

As part of our roundtable on Paolo Gerbaudo's The Great Recoil, Gabriel Hetland writes about populism, sovereignty, and what the US and European lefts can learn from comrades in Latin America.

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing the state to remake itself through, among other things, monetary police and public services. In this important interview, Etienne Balibar reflects on democracy, revolution, and neoliberal capitalism in the Coronavirus era.

A hope for a livable future and just systems of care lies in our ability to mobilize and organize.