Issue section: Science and Politics

Rezgar Akrawi argues that artificial intelligence, if freed from capitalist control and developed democratically, can serve emancipatory purposes.

Brian Tokar argues against dystopian narratives on climate change that promote hopelessness, and calls for an approach focused on building mutual aid networks.

Sam Friedman argues that the Trump regime’s attacks on science is rooted in the capitalist class interest, which is fundamentally threatened by scientific knowledge of climate change.