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Forum XXVI (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.
Forum XXVI (Spring 2023)
Does equal opportunity truly capture the meaning of equality, or does its emphasis on personal responsibility turn a blind eye to structural injustice? This issue explores the importance of outcomes, not just opportunities.
Forum XXV (Winter 2023)
How can the speculative imagination help us build a better world? This collection of poetry, stories, and essays engages speculation as both a ubiquitous feature of financial capitalism and a radical tool of collective imagination.
Forum XXIV (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.
Forum XXIII (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?
Forum XXII (Spring 2022)
Is law separate from politics? 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.
Forum XXI (Winter 2022)
This arts anthology explores whether and how we can repair terrible ruptures of political and social life today.
Forum XX (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?
Forum XIX (Summer 2021)
This issue makes the case for industrial policy—what it is, and why we need it now. Addressing investment, innovation, supply chains, and growth, it maps a robust vision for state involvement in the economy.
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