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"We do not have to love one another to engage in meaningful solidarity." – on International Women's Day 2020 we bring you this writing from Judith Butler.

"I will take my seat and fight for your rights." – Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, 'Campaign Slogan', 1968

On Rosa Luxemburg's birthday, we present an extract from her 1906 essay “Critique in the Workers’ Movement,” available in English for the first time.

From the displacement of indigenous communities to the erasure of black lives, mass incarceration exists to exert political and economic control over racialised subjects. Until we treat criminal justice reform as an act of anti-colonial resistance, they have no hope of emancipation.

Staff at 74 British universities are currently on strike, their third major round of industrial action since 2018. Often cited in discussions of changes to universities since the early 1980s are market pressure. Yet, by invoking market pressures, we too often take the responsibility away from the managers who make decisions. It's not markets, it is the managers who fuel this crisis.

In these videos Bram Büscher looks at the radical revolution needed within conservation, proposing a post-capitalist approach that incorporates decolonisation, and goes beyond individual responsibility.

The question for conservation is no longer whether we want or need radical change. It is already happening. The question is how we understand the pressures and help direct imminent radical change towards something positive. This is the crossroads facing the conservation community today.

In this edition: Susan Watkins on the UK election, R. Taggart Murphy on Japan, and more.

What are the roots of the current crisis of democracy? How should we understand the simultaneity of contemporary revolts? Fifteen years after the publication of his book Hatred of Democracy, Jacques Rancière returns to its themes.

Andrew Weatherall (1963-2020), DJ, radio host and cultural catalyst died on 17th February 2020 at the age of 56. His prolific career and huge influence changed the British musical landscape. Jessica Thorne and Seth Wheeler pay tribute to this visionary artist, and chart his formation in the radical milieu of Windsor.

Len McCluskey joins Alex Doherty to talk about his new Verso book, Why You Should Be A Trade Unionist, on this episode of the Politics Theory Other podcast. 

This week we're thinking about love, desire and relationships, at the intersection of capitalism, the state, and heteronormativity. And, Love Island.