Max Haiven

Max Haiven teaches political economy and cultural studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax and is author of Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power: Capitalism, Creativity and th

Art after money

Banksy’s prank on the art market rhymes with our common struggle against financialization’s shredding of society.

By Max Haiven

/ 10 Oct 2018

"The corollary of the derivative is the border": visions for the democratic control of movement

Democracy is created in the seizing of it: those who are democratizing movement are those who, in their actions, are implicitly or explicitly demanding the abolition of borders.

By Max Haiven

/ 14 Apr 2016

Why social movements need the radical imagination

Book extract: The radical imagination often emerges most brilliantly from those who encounter the greatest or most acute oppression and exploitation, and is often stunted and diluted in those who enjoy the greatest privileges.

By Max Haiven

/ 22 Jul 2014