John Feffer is the director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the
Institute for Policy Studies. He is the author, most recently, of
Aftershock- A Journey into Eastern Europe's Broken Dreams and the
Splinterlands trilogy.
The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is a progressive think tank
based in Washington, DC, dedicated to building a more equitable,
ecologically sustainable, and peaceful society. In partnership with
dynamic social movements, we turn transformative policy ideas into
action. Based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the Transnational
Institute is an international research and advocacy institute
committed to building a just, democratic, and sustainable world.
For more than forty years, TNI has served as a unique nexus between
social movements, engaged scholars, and policy makers. Focus on the
Global South was established in 1995 to challenge neoliberalism,
militarism and corporate-driven globalisation while strengthening
just and equitable alternatives. With offices in Bangkok, New
Delhi, and Manila, we work in solidarity with the Global South--the
great majority of humanity that is marginalized and dispossessed by
corporate-driven globalisation and global capitalism--believing
that progressive social change and Global South solidarity are
imperative if the needs and aspirations of oppressed peoples across
the world are to be met.
"If a crisis is also an opportunity, teachers and students
everywhere can benefit from this collective but visionary response
to the pandemic. Across crucial policy areas, diverse voices
suggest how we can seize our moment to leap beyond some of the
endemic injustices of the past, locally and globally." —Samuel
Moyn, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School
and Professor of History at Yale University
"Feffer (Aftershocks), a foreign policy analyst at the Institute
for Policy Studies, gathers ideas from the institute’s summer 2020
symposium in this incisive and far-reaching treatise on the
potential for post-pandemic global reform. Drawing from discussions
held by think-tank founder Walden Bello, labor union director Cathy
Feingold, Yale University history and law professor Samuel Moyn,
and other progressives, Feffer contends that the Covid-19 pandemic,
income inequality, and climate change are interconnected issues
that must be addressed by a concerted global effort. A chapter on
the prospects for a “Green recovery” from the pandemic notes that
politicians in the E.U., South Korea, and the U.S. have proposed
Green New Deals, and raises ideas for how best to manage the
decline of the fossil fuel industry. Feffer also summarizes
participants’ thoughts on issues the pandemic has brought into
sharp relief, including income disparities along racial and ethnic
lines and the potential consequences of a break in the
international food supply chain. Though participants provide few
specific, substantive plans of action, they point to organizations
such as the UN and the World Social Forum as models for
international cooperation and problem-solving. Progressives will
gather valuable talking points from this shrewd assessment of the
current state of global affairs." —Publishers Weekly
"At a moment when faculty across the disciplines should be
encouraging students to get involved in solving the world's urgent
problems—from the pandemic and public health to global warming and
war to inequality and injustices related to racism, sexism, and
other systems of oppression—The Pandemic Pivot is an
excellent, cutting-edge text to assign for discussion, debate, and
helping students envision bold new ideas. Importantly, the book is
full of big proposals for urgent structural change from a diverse
group of experts from around the globe and is written in an
accessible, conversational style that will allow undergraduate and
graduate students alike to engage deeply with the issues at
hand."—David Vine is Professor of Anthropology at American
University and is the author of The United States of War: A
Global History of America’s Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the
Islamic State
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