Laboratories are icons of scientific achievement and human progress, but like all historical processes, they are shaped by class conflicts. This article presents a critical history of the lab and plots a future toward socializing our means...
The 996.ICU movement in China—named after a rhyme in Chinese, “working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m for 6 days a week puts you in the ICU”—was a cry against the exploitative tech sector. Tech workers worldwide must learn its lessons and pursue...
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Between the first and the second Science for the People delegations in 1973 and 1978, China has changed drastically, and with it, the practices of science that the SftP delegates attempted to see. Zuoyue Wang provides the historical and...
S. Rupsha Mitra explores the legacies of racism, class politics, and colonialism in her poem, "The Elitist Trail."
Statements like the Great Barrington Declaration have disrupted political consensus among scientists and activists.
It is our pleasure to announce that the upcoming issue, "Don't Be Evil"—a discussion of technology and capitalism—will be back in print! Pre-order your copy now.
Richard Lewontin's Biology as Ideology exposes how economic and social forces shape our conception of biology, and how such an ideological commitment in scientific practices fails to realize science's potential to solve human problems.
By measuring genetic variation within and between purported human races, Lewontin cemented our understanding of the non-existence of biological races in the human species. Despite modern advances in molecular biology validating his early...
Ayahuasca is being explored by the nascent psychedelic industry, but what’s in it for the Native populations who created the medicine?
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A champion of community-based primary care, Dr. H. Jack Geiger believed health services could lead to broader social transformation.
Semblanza de una celebridad del mundo científico cuyo fallecimiento pone de luto a quienes bregan por una "ciencia para el pueblo", libre de las ataduras del capitalismo. (English translation inside)
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...
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