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A Planetary Pandemic: International Reflections from Mike Davis, Ai Xiaoming and others

The stark inequality of "extreme cities" is going to be exacerbated and tested by the effects of climate change.

Thousands of refugees still remain in camps in Greece, like Moria on Lesbos. They now face the coronavirus crisis with no protection or help. Teresa Thornhill, author of Hara Hotel: A Tale of Syrian Refugees in Greece, tells their story of desperation in the face of the pandemic.

Vivian Gornick reads other people's diaries, Andrea Long Chu plays D&D, Enzo Traverso considers the siege of Leningrad, Hazel Carby reads privilege and anxiety, Geoff Mann locates hornswoggle, Asad Haider reads courageously, and more.

Closing the tap on aggregate economic growth opens positive new possibilities. It renders possible a more equitable world and a form of convivial conservation that celebrates and enables living together.

To win public support for the cause of energy transition, People’s Power campaigns need to develop radical new forms of energy democracy, ones that involve equitable popular access and governance directed to the needs of those who have borne the toxic brunt of fossil capitalism.

How has the pandemic made itself felt in Palestine?  S C Molavi and Eyal Weizman, of Forensic Architecture, look at how Israel has used the coronavirus crisis in order to further consolidate its regime of surveillance and domination against Palestinians.

Announcing Spectre, a new journal of new, internationalist, Marxist-feminist, anti-racist analysis, strategy, and debate--a project that needs your help by May Day!

Rory Olcayto on why politics must come before the work of architects or urban designers to bring about the changes we need in our cities.

The Coronavirus pandemic has confined us to our households, caused thousands to lose their jobs and spread debilitating panic and despair. Calls to crisis helplines are surging and the majority of us are feeling anxious or low. But, Sian Bradley asks, can politicising these feelings help forge collective healing?

An update on workplace safety practices from our distributors.

In this new series, authors give us a window into their quarantined days. Here Bifo reflects on how he is haunted by the umbral, and the woman writers he is reading.