Another World Is Possible

In Another World Is Possible (published by The New Press), intrepid journalist Natasha Hakimi Zapata travels around the world, from Costa Rica to New Zealand, and Estonia to Singapore, to uncover how different countries solve the problems that plague the United States—from housing to retirement to drug addiction. Hakimi Zapata’s in-depth reporting, including interviews with senior government officials, activists, experts, and the ordinary people affected by their policies, provides a clear-eyed assessment of the history, challenges, and real-world impact of these programs. The result is a compelling, frame-shifting account of how we might live differently and create a safer, healthier, more sustainable future.

It may seem like a daunting moment to imagine a better world, but now is exactly the time to. Defeating the grim political program emanating from Washington will require a strong political vision, and a plan for getting there. We will be joined by the book’s author, as well as movement leaders and journalists, to take stock of the present moment, and make the case that another world is still possible.

Speakers:

Natasha Hakimi Zapata is an award-winning journalist, university lecturer, and literary translator. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Los Angeles Review of Books, In These Times, Truthdig, Los Angeles Magazine, and elsewhere. The former foreign editor of Truthdig and the author of Another World Is Possible: Lessons for America from Around the Globe (The New Press), she lives in London.

Asha Ransby-Sporn is a Chicago-based organizer and writer who has built movement organizations, led on winning issue-based and political campaigns, and is deeply committed to Black, left social movements.

Alex Han is Executive Director of In These Times. He has organized with unions, in the community, and in progressive politics for two decades. In addition to serving as Midwest Political Director for Bernie 2020, he’s worked to amplify the power of community and labor organizations at Bargaining for the Common Good, served as a Vice President of SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Indiana for over a decade, and helped to found United Working Families, an independent political organization in Illinois that has elected dozens of working-class leaders to city, state and federal office. Most recently he was executive editor of Convergence Magazine.

Sarah Lazare is a labor journalist based in Chicago. She is the editor of Workday Magazine and a former editor for In These Times. Her work has appeared in numerous outlets, including The Nation, The Intercept, and The American Prospect. She co-edited the book About Face: Military Resisters Turn Against War (PM Press).

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

In These Times, 2040 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, United States