Strange Matters is an a libertarian-socialist intellectual and literary magazine of new and unconventional thinking covering a wide range of subjects. Strange Matters was founded in 2020 by a collection of co-editors with interest and training in a range of intellectual disciplines—literature, architecture, history, economics, the natural sciences, and computer science, among others. We are proudly living our socialist values as a 100% worker-owned and managed cooperative.
Issue 1 is made up of these goodies:
Editorial – Words for our Present Reality Editorial – Socialism with an Anarchist Squint Steve Mann – Notes Toward a Theory of Inflation John Michael Colón & Steve Mann – History of Chartalism Pt. 1 & 2 Jessica Gordon Nembhard & Susan R. Nembhard – The Black Cooperative Economy Tawanda Mulalu • Addison Winslow • Mira Lazine • Quinn Soutar Kyle Flannery – Bloodless Board Games, Covert Colonialisms Mary Steffenhagen – Buy Boltcutters Joseph Grantham – Pharmacy Poems Robin Eisgrau – Permanent Handstamp Alexander Lin – The Former Essayist Elizabeth Sandifer – Triple Review: Retro Shock Jun Kuromiya – Barry Jenkins’s Cinematic Technique