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Print Issue Archive

Browse our archive of print issues below, back to our founding in 1975.

Summer 2023

What does solidarity mean, and how can movements build enough of it to change society? This issue clarifies a key idea in struggles for a more just world.

Spring 2023

Equality of opportunity is a popular ideal, but does it turn a blind eye to structural injustice? This issue explores the importance of outcomes, not just opportunities.

Winter 2023

This collection of poetry, stories, and essays engages speculation as both a ubiquitous feature of financial capitalism and a radical tool of collective imagination.

Fall 2022

Centered on movements in the Global South, this issue explores a range of radical visions for a world after neoliberalism and empire. Guest edited by Adom Getachew. 

Summer 2022

Efforts to green the economy often sound like austerity measures in disguise. But what if “post-growth living” could be an opportunity for more pleasure, not less?

Spring 2022

This issue explores the meaning of law beyond the Constitution and the courts—both as a tool of oppression and as a means of collective liberation.

Winter 2022

This arts anthology explores whether and how we can repair terrible ruptures of political and social life today.

Fall 2021

From climate change to the pandemic, uncertainty looms large over our public and personal lives. How should we deal with it, socially and politically?

Summer 2021

This issue makes the case for industrial policy. Addressing investment, innovation, supply chains, and growth, it maps a robust vision for state involvement in the economy.

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