
Radical perspectives and movement to change science and society; magazine by @sftporg
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ALT A graphic with a maroon background and white and orange text that reads "The human potential for creativity and intellectual exploration is shackled by the machinery of the academic-industrial complex." Two photographs depict the Black Community Survival Conference put on by the Black Panther Party on the left and an image of Doctor Ai Yinling of Huang Song Yu Commune in China lecturing barefoot doctors. Below is the title of the article and title of this issue of the magazine.

ALT A graphic with purple background and white and darker purple text. To the right is a circle overlay with a drawing of a pipette in white, purple and pink. The text reads with the following pull quote, "The Open Science movement promises inclusivity and better science but ignores the economic and political realities that shape research... Universities promoting Open Science operate in a clear contradiction; they call for global knowledge sharing while funding the destruction of knowledge systems in the Global South."
![A head shot of Victor Penchaszadeh depicting a man with white hair, glasses, brown eyes and a beige shirt smiling at the camera with bookshelves in the background. The image is set against a rust red background with white text above with the title of the article and a quote that reads, "Victor, given that you are Argentine [and] that you are a geneticist, is there anything more important for you to do than to find a scientific way to identify our robbed grandchildren?"](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HEMdBY0WEAEdcmw.jpg?name=small&format=webp)
ALT A head shot of Victor Penchaszadeh depicting a man with white hair, glasses, brown eyes and a beige shirt smiling at the camera with bookshelves in the background. The image is set against a rust red background with white text above with the title of the article and a quote that reads, "Victor, given that you are Argentine [and] that you are a geneticist, is there anything more important for you to do than to find a scientific way to identify our robbed grandchildren?"

ALT A graphic with a textured charcoal background and a light blue twisting strand of DNA moving diagonally from left to right. Cutting between the two strands is a white sword, one of two making up the classic symbol of piracy; two crossed swords with a skull over top. White text at the bottom is the title of the article and its authors, matching the caption.

ALT The same graphic is centered on a dark grey background. Text above reads "what was presented as a benefit-sharing system looks instead like a donation box--dependent, like most charity, on the goodwill of the powerful." Below the image is the title of the article as well as "In Vol 27 no 2 of Science for the People Magazine: The Political Economy of Science/Now Available Online! Subscribe!"

ALT A graphic with dark blue background and white text above and below an illustration. The image depicts a longship in ice-filled waters in a watercolor style with a digital drawing of a stealth bomber approaching with a cartoon black bear in a Maine jersey and baseball cap overlaid. The bear is also wearing orange hearing protection and holds an orange wand in each hand for air traffic controlling. The text above reads, "If we are to heed the alarm for ecological catastrophe, which has been wailing for decades, then we must get deadly serious about building real political power. -Eric Brown." The text below is the title of the article and "In Vol 27 no 2 of Science for the People Magazine: The Political Economy of Science/Now Available Online! Subscribe!"

ALT An illustration of a bright orange bearded, bushy-tailed creature with horns and fangs seated on its haunches with a grey blindfold and holding a balance in its teeth. Behind it is lush greenery on a bright yellow background.

ALT A second illustration of a similar bright orange creature with a grey blindfold but this one holds the hilt of a sword between its teeth, the blade of which extends off the right side of the frame. This creature is also seated in front of lush greenery with two bright red flowers on either side and a yellow background.

ALT A graphic with the full illustration of the two bearded creatures at the center--the sword extending to the right has a bird standing on the blade. Text above reads "The political potential exploited in this configuration has its roots in the ongoing colonization of the Ryukyu Islands. -Mamoru Erina." Below the illustration is the title of the article and "In Vol 27 no 2 of Science for the People Magazine: The Political Economy of Science / Now Available Online! Subscribe!"

ALT An illustration in bold colors and shapes with a chalky texture depicting a cluster of buildings and structures with figures working in various roles. On the left is a figure in lab coat gesturing at projected diagrams with an audience gathered at a table. On the top is a series of figures in suits standing on a roof overlooking the scene. At the bottom is a conveyor belt with workers handling objects as they move towards a central machine-like building.

ALT A graphic split in half. The left half is the right of the previous illustration depicting figures gathered around an easel with graphs, figures workign in a lab, and figures carrying boxes. On the right is a pull quote that reads, "Technology crystallizes knowledge into actionable tools--machinery, software, or procedures--while simultaneously creating barriers to restrict access by competitors."

ALT A graphic in shades of blue with a pull quote on top that reads, "Science... is not simply a tool at the service of individual capitals, but an enabler of the global process of capital accumulation. -Diego Kozlowski, Natsumi S. Shokida, & Carolina Pradier." In the middle is an overview of the previous illustration, and at the bottom is the title of the article as described in the caption, as well as "Vol27 No 2 of Science for the People Magazine: The Political Economy of Science / Now Available Online! Subscribe!"

ALT An illustration in various shades and hues of yellow centered around a person with long dark wavy hair in a white lab coat seated at a workbench with various beakers, flasks, and a microscope. Three much larger figures loom menacingly in suits, ties, glasses, and collared shirts, all with short dark hair; one with a magnifying glass aimed at the central figure, one flipping through a handful of cash, and the third just standing and staring at the central figure. Coins and bills rain down on the scene, with the central figure working on top of a pedestal with more beakers and flasks below.

ALT A graphic with yellow background and a horizontal slice of the previous image across the center, focused on the figure in the lab coat seated at the workbench with two of the three larger figures looming on either side. White and dark yellow text are above and below the image as well as additional bills and coins falling across the page. The text above the image reads, "Now more than ever there is a need to understand science, data, and knowledge as products of historically contingent political and economic interests and arrangements./-Max Soar and Courtney Addison." The text below the image reads, "From Defunding Science, Stifling Dissent: Lessons from Aotearoa/In Vol 27 no 2 of Science for the People Magazine:/The Political Economy of Science / Now Available Online! Subscribe!"

ALT A graphic with periwinkle blue background and white and dark blue text. A circle on the right contains an illustration of a machine-like structure with piping bending in and out of the frame in purples and pinks; an diagram of circles connected via lines is in the middle of the apparatus. The text reads, "Even if the political appetite to increase government funding for science were there--and this whim presently runs in the opposite direction--this form of funding could not keep up with industry funding. We need a system where we decide what we make. That is, we need social ownership of the means of production. -Alice Malone / From Who Owns Knowledge? Science Under Capitalism and Socialism / In Vol 27 no 2 of Science for the People Magazine: The Political Economy of Science ' Now available online! Subscribe!"

ALT A graphic with white background and black text in the top quarter and an illustration the bottom 2/3rds of a person at an historical lab bench with pots and candles on a shelf behind them and bubbling flasks above a burner and mortar and pestle on the surface in front of them. A giant hand reaches in from the right side of the frame adorned with rings and gems and handing the scientist a giant starred coin. The text at the top reads, "SCIENCE AND SYNTHESIS: Does Late Capitalism Constrain the Systemic Thinking Required by Science?"

ALT A white background with large purple text that reads "Capitalism colonizes not only economies and governments; it also colonizes schools, universities, mass media, social media./It colonizes psyches." Below is a circular illustration of a person in a lab coat seated in front of a computer housed in a large module connected to pipes and tubes that extend out of the frame and are visible in the background.

ALT A periwinkle blue background with large white text and a graphic of quotation marks above in seafoam green. The text reads "There is good reason for much of the skepticism of science because capitalism is such a powerful force in shaping its agenda, both determining its priorities and distorting its results. We need to stand with science but against capitalism, and we need a clear philosophy to do this. / Helena Sheehan" Helena Sheehan's name is also in seafoam green. White horizontal lines box the text in above and below.

ALT A long horizontal illustration inside a red cell-walled space with a cluster of characters in an apparent standoff. Several characters in police-like uniforms take a worm-like yellow creature towards a bubble vehicle as a group of mostly red figures with white bubbles on their backs watch, held back by another police-like figure. Other characters are rectangular, droplet, or faceted shapes with one character in green wit a cartoonish face. All characters have grim expressions on their faces as they watch the scene unfold.

ALT A black and white line drawn graphic of a person in a hat in 3/4 view from the shoulders up in a collared shirt with dark hair, beard and moustache. Above them is bold text that reads "LOMAGRANDE/ EL BALUARTE DEL SINU." A speech bubble next to them reads "¡ECHE! ESTA HISTORIA NO ME LA HABIAN CONTADO!"

ALT On the left 2/3rds of the frame is a B&W photograph of 4 people, 2 seated across from each other and 2 standing behind. One of the seated figures is writing or drawing on a clipboard with paper. Across from them is a person seated with a brimmed hat, striped shirt and dark pants. There is car in the background, trees, and plants. The right 1/3rd of the frame is a series of line drawings of the seated figure, now standing barefoot with a machete in front of plants and gourds. A second drawing is a map labeled "SUCRE" with the ocean, a river, and a couple cities labeled. A third drawing at the bottom depicts two shirtless figures in a field, one pointing at two more figures silhoutted against a tree in the distance. There is text in Spanish wrapping around all three drawings.

ALT A black and white horizontal photograph of 4 people standing in a semi-circle with trees in the background and a dark building on the left edge. From left to right: a figure in a short-sleeved collared shirt and dark pants, with dark hair, beard, moustache, and glasses in profile; a figure in a white collared shirt with a patterned tie and herringbone suit jacket with white hair, bear, and moustache and glasses in 3/4 view; a figure in a white collared shirt, dark tie, dark pants, and a light suit jacket with a name badge clipped to their lapel with dark hair and glasses, facing the camera and smiling with hands in pockets; a figure in a white t-shirt and dark pants, necklace, watch and glasses, with dark hair and stubble moustache and beard, glasses, in profile smiling at the group.



