Reimagining our collective powers against austerity
The following edited text is based on an interview with Max Haiven by the Berliner Gazette on the topic of their annual theme UN|COMMONS.
It is published under Creative Commons License. Established in the late
1990s, the Berliner Gazette is an online magazine and a platform for
hosting discussions and debates on topics including digital technology,
new forms of engagement and transnational collaboration.
It is published under Creative Commons License. Established in the late
1990s, the Berliner Gazette is an online magazine and a platform for
hosting discussions and debates on topics including digital technology,
new forms of engagement and transnational collaboration.
Max Haiven is
a writer, teacher and organizer based in K’jipuktuk (Halifax),
Mi’Kma’ki (Southern Coastal Atlantic Canada). He teaches cultural
studies and political economy at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and is the author of the books Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power (2014), Cultures of Financialization (2014) and (with Alex Khasnabish) The Radical Imagination (2014). He is co-director of the Radical Imagination Project.
a writer, teacher and organizer based in K’jipuktuk (Halifax),
Mi’Kma’ki (Southern Coastal Atlantic Canada). He teaches cultural
studies and political economy at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and is the author of the books Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power (2014), Cultures of Financialization (2014) and (with Alex Khasnabish) The Radical Imagination (2014). He is co-director of the Radical Imagination Project.
Commons emerge as we attempt to
reclaim solidarity, autonomy and possibility through struggle — and that
necessarily implies a confrontation with power.
reclaim solidarity, autonomy and possibility through struggle — and that
necessarily implies a confrontation with power.
Photo: a banner at Occupy Philadelphia, 2011 (by Cindy Milstein).
