This article introduces the collection of contributions to the symposium on emerging forms of worker collectivism among the precariat. It seeks to locate the salient issues in terms of radical analysis and radical political projects in the context of developments in the organisation of production, distribution and exchange. It also provides an overview of the why, when, where, who and how of these emerging struggles.
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