Interview

Pierre Dardot: "We Are Witnessing a Civil War Against Collective Rights"

Interview In an era of rising global authoritarianism, what is the role of the state? How do violence and governmentality intersect? Can the commons still hold emancipatory potential?" These were some of the pressing questions explored in a lively exchange with philosopher Pierre Dardot.

By Gustavo Robles

“Revolution can happen even if people do not think about it” — an interview with Asef Bayat

Interview This interview with Professor Asef Bayat discuss the characteristics of twenty-first-century revolutionary movements and their conditions of possibility in the future and highlights the impact of global political shifts on revolutionary activism

By Firoozeh Farvardin

“We Need a Flood!” – A Young and Independent Union’s Struggle in and through Waves of Local Strikes

Interview In this interview, we talk to Mehmet Türkmen, President of the United Textile, Weaving and Leather Workers’ Union (Birtek-Sen), which is an independent trade union founded in Gaziantep, one of Turkey’s major textile centres, at the beginning of 2022. Since its establishment, Birtek-Sen has played a critical role in numerous strikes, particularly in Gaziantep

By Onur Can Taştan

“It’s Not Possible to be Anti-Fascist Without Being Feminist”

Interview Ewa Majewska talks about why feminism should be at the centre of anti-fascist militancy and theory, reflects on how women researchers are still not heard or are ignored in academia and argues that the left needs to put its prejudices aside and research the institution of "family"

The Far Right in Brazil Long Precedes Trump and Bolsonaro

Interview In this interview, Odilon Caldeira Neto discussed the origins of fascism in Brazil and the possible influences that the Integralism movement has had on the advancement of the Brazilian far right

By Paula Gil Larruscahim