Facing the State

<p>transform! 2023 considers the class character of the contemporary nationstate its measure of relative autonomy</p><p>from capital and the left's strategies totransform it. While neoliberalism has cut back the state's function as a guarantor</p><p>of public welfare it has strengthened its role as an organiser of global marketisation and finance. However with the</p><p>pandemic the crucial necessity of public healthcare services became a burning question for large sections of the</p><p>population and worker-led initiatives to transform production and protect the environment raised the question of the state's possible role in socio-ecological transformation.</p>