In a time of far-right violence on our streets, increasing police authoritarianism, attacks on workers' rights, and violence against migrant communities, we need spaces to come together more than ever.

In order to realise our potential we’re looking for up to 3 new trustees with specific skills and experience to help us build towards our vision.

Pluto Journals and African Books Collective are pleased to announce the launch of the ‘African Journals Initiative’, working with a growing community of no-fee (‘diamond’) Open Access (OA) social science and humanities journals based in African universities.

This letter aims to set out publicly an explanation of the thinking behind the move of the Pluto Journals publications into Open Access.  I am sharing this because these are issues of relevance to all writers and publishers in social sciences.