Helen Zhao

Helen Zhao is a former elected member of the Student Workers of Columbia-UAW 2710 Bargaining Committee. From 2019-2020, she helped to negotiate the union’s first contract. She is a PhD candidate in Philosophy, SoF/Heyman Public Humanities Fellow, and member of… Continue Reading

Utopia 3/13 | READINGS

Primary Readings Battistoni, Alyssa. “Spadework.” n+1, no. 34 (Spring 2019). https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-34/politics/spadework/. PDF. Battistoni, Alyssa. “Labor Without Love.” Nation, October 3, 2022. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/sarah-jaffe-aaron-benanav-automation-work/. PDF. Franke, Katherine. “Columbia University Has Lost Its Way.” Nation, January 18, 2022. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/columbia-university-strike/. Harney, Stefano, and Fred Moten. “Chapter 4:… Continue Reading

Utopia 5/13 | READINGS

Primary Readings Sara Horowitz, Mutualism: Building the Next Economy from the Ground Up. New York: Penguin Random House, 2021. Kelly, Esteban, and Melissa Hoover. “Future Horizons: Visions toward Democratizing Our Economy.” Nonprofit Quarterly. July 27, 2022. https://nonprofitquarterly.org/future-horizons-visions-toward-democratizing-our-economy/. Kelly, Esteban. “Plausible, Pessimistic, Optimistic,… Continue Reading