It’s difficult to make sense of the reactions of many Western governments and international actors to the disastrous elections inMore…
| February 15, 2012
For Next Steps in Congo, Listen to the Congolese
| February 15, 2012
A History of Resistance in the Congo
With the publication of this essay, along with an essay by Joshua Marks, Possible Futures is pleased to announce aMore…
| February 6, 2012
Conference-calling across the Occupy Rhizome
As Occupy camps spread around Southern California in early October, a small group of occupiers located at City Hall inMore…
| January 25, 2012
Occupy Philosophy!
Smack in the middle of the holidays, on a Wednesday night in very late December, about 150 people—philosophy professors andMore…
| January 24, 2012
Trashing the Script
In the spring of 1992, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping toured southern China. This was the trip that furthered the opening of China’s state-run More…
February 16, 2012
Police Brutality as Congolese Protest
Today marks the twenty-year anniversary of the 1992 Marche des Chrétiens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), aMore…
February 10, 2012
Beyond the Spectacle of Police Brutality
Reflecting on the January 28 actions in Oakland (and responding to a recent Chris Hedges column critical of “black bloc” tactics),More…
February 7, 2012
Left Forum on the Occupy Movement and Global Capitalism
Left Forum, the largest annual gathering of the left in North America, meets this March in New York under theMore…
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BOOK SERIES INTRODUCTION
From the Current Crisis to Possible Futures
“Today we face an abundance of crises. We use the word most for what has happened in financial markets, but there are also crises in domestic politics and global governance—crises of environmental degradation, refugees and forced migration, infectious disease, and war. Each creates both intellectual and practical puzzles. Each shapes what possible futures are open to us, but seizing more rather than less attractive futures depends on deepening our knowledge of what is going on and what is possible.”
- Craig Calhoun, Series Editor, Possible Futures Book Series
