Has Labor Become More or Less Powerful Over the Last Two Decades? Has Labor Become More or Less Powerful Over the Last Two Decades?
Neither Aaron Benanav’s Automation and the Future of Work nor Sarah Jaffe’s Work Won’t Love You Back was written with the pandemic in mind but together they serve as an indispensab...
Oct 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Alyssa Battistoni
Can Capitalism Be Fixed? Can Capitalism Be Fixed?
In his new book, Branko Milanovic charts what has gone wrong with contemporary capitalism while also insisting we must reconcile ourselves to its contradictions.
May 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Alyssa Battistoni
The Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Climate Change: Worker Power The Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Climate Change: Worker Power
Capitalists created the climate crisis. But a low-carbon labor movement can help solve it.
Nov 20, 2019 / Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos
The Inescapable Politics of Climate Change The Inescapable Politics of Climate Change
What we need to know now is not what climate change will do in the future, but what we should about it in the present.
May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Alyssa Battistoni
What Will the State Look Like in an Era of Ecological Disaster? What Will the State Look Like in an Era of Ecological Disaster?
Hobbes for an age of accelerated climate change.
Jun 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Alyssa Battistoni