On Solidarity

From the Editors: On Solidarity

Introducing our summer 2023 issue: What does solidarity mean, and how can movements build enough of it to change the world?

  • Deborah Chasman
  • Matt Lord

How Much Discomfort Is the Whole World Worth?

Movement building requires a culture of listening—not mastery of the right language.

  • Mariame Kaba
  • Kelly Hayes

The Intimate Project of Solidarity

A conversation with Dan Berger and veteran activists Zoharah Simmons and Michael Simmons on the origins of Black Power and the work of coalition building.

  • nia t. evans

Why Unions Need More Democracy

In Rules to Win By, Jane McAlevey and Abby Lawlor reject backroom dealmaking. Rank-and-file workers are going even further.

  • Ege Yumuşak

Escape from the Market

Basic income proposals threaten the market order—which is why they keep being beaten back, even though some capitalists support them.

  • Simon Torracinta

Unmaking Asian Exceptionalism

On violence and the possibility of solidarities in America.

  • Gaiutra Bahadur

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