Vol. 55 No. 220 (2025): Arbeit. Raum. Kämpfe.

The world is undergoing a spatial reconfiguration. Growing protectionism, heightened geopolitical tensions, the rise of the BRICS countries, the crisis in the automotive industry – all this and more is linked to the spatial transformation of capitalist production and labour processes.

The school of Labour Geography, which is critical of capitalism but not capital-centric, views capital as an antagonistic relationship between workers and capitalists: a relationship that is also established and contested in its positioning in space. In PROKLA 220, spatial reconfiguration is discussed from the perspective of Labour Geography, with a particular focus on labour struggles: what struggles are emerging, for example around lithium mining or the privatisation of ports, and how do they influence spatial dynamics in global capitalism?

With contributions from Jorma Apelt, Michaela Doutch, Anne Engelhardt, Tine Haubner, Daniel Heinz, Stefanie Hürtgen, Janika Kuge, Alexander Maschke, Janina Puder, Oliver Pye, Homaira Rahnoma, Nora Räthzel, Simon Schaupp, Leoni Schlender, Nicolas Schlitz, Jenny Simon, Jule E. Westerheide and Christa Wichterich.