Progressive and radical organizations must rise to meet the immediate challenges of these crises, while also working to replace the failing systems...
SftP Statement on COVID-19 Pandemic
Chapter and Working Group Reports, Autumn 2019 Reports from Science for the People working groups and chapters SftP Retreat, Blacksburg Chapter, Labor Working Group, Science for Puerto Rico, Social Sciences Discussion Group Volume 22...
A Guide to Action for Advocates of the Green New Deal A Review of Creating an Ecological Society: Toward a Revolutionary Transformation By Jamie Bemis Volume 22, number 2, Envisioning and Enacting the Science We Need Creating an Ecological...
In recent years it has become increasingly clear that capitalism is not just a system of wage labor, but a system that thrives by exploiting and extracting value from labor through any means necessary: gigging subcontractors, interns...
Where did the 1970s radical science movement begin? Some may say it started in a grand conference hall, where Nobel Prize winner Maurice Wilkins declared that science was in a state of crisis.
Although often not associated with the radical science movement, the Alternative Corporate Plan produced by workers at Lucas Aerospace in the UK in the 1970s was, one of radical science’s outstanding achievements. And, like Science for the...
Biological essentialism and reductionism have plagued how we scientists do science, and how society looks at the science we do, for a very long time. Biological essentialism refers to the idea that who we are is purely innate, a hardwired...
Nine Ways Scientists Can Support a People’s Green New Deal By Zach Zill Volume 22, number 1, The Return of Radical Science In late 2018, the Green New Deal (GND) vaulted into the center of US politics thanks to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio...
Register now for the Third International Meeting for Science in Palestine, held January 10-12, 2020, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The meeting will convene people of diverse backgrounds from across the world along with some...
Growing up, there was a globe on my family’s living room table. My brother and I would play “vacation,” spinning the globe and dragging our fingers along the rotating lines of latitude. Wherever our fingers pointed when the globe stopped...
The next generation of Science for the People–a publication for radical science, engineering and technology workers and enthusiasts–is experiencing a revival! Watch the full documentary here!
Get Involved with SftP
A lot has changed in the worlds of science and publishing since Volume 21, Number 2 of Science for the People came off the presses in 1989. Since that last issue, the absence of such a leading voice for radical science has enabled the...
Get updates, early access, and a special PDF of Science for the People by supporting Science for the People with a monthly donation. You can also send a one-time donation via check! Contact our publishers at sftp.publishing@gmail.com for...
BIO-POLITICS Science for the People seeks proposals for articles, art, and other content for the upcoming issue, “Bio-Politics” (Volume 23, Number 3, autumn 2020). When Science for the People emerged in the late 1960s, the group...