Sense & Solidarity is a platform where people who want to change the world come together to learn about ideology, strategy and the radical imagination.
Together, Dr. Sarah Stein Lubrano, a writer, content creator and specialist in political psychology, and Dr. Max Haiven, an educator and organizer…
We also offer bespoke workshops and consultation for organizations.
Who are we?
Sense & Solidarity is a tiny organization run by two reckless friends.
All of our funding is earned through offering workshops and other services, and we are supported by RiVAL: The ReImagining Value Action Lab.
Sarah Stein Lubrano
Dr Sarah Stein Lubrano has a background in feminist, mutual aid, and other local organising as well as teaching in prisons.
She holds a PhD from the University of Oxford and a Master’s degree from the University of Cambridge.
Her thinking often reaches the public through the Sense and Solidarity Initiative and the Future Narratives Lab.
She was previously the Head of Content at The School of Life and wrote obituaries. She regularly appears on public radio and a variety of podcasts.
Her first book is, Don’t Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st Century Minds is out now with Bloomsbury.
Max Haiven
Dr. Max Haiven is a writer and teacher and Canada Research Chair in the Radical Imagination.
His most recent books are Palm Oil: The Grease of Empire (2022), Revenge Capitalism: The Ghosts of Empire, the Demons of Capital, and the Settling of Unpayable Debts (2020) and Art after Money, Money after Art: Creative Strategies Against Financialization (2018).
Max is currently working on a book for MIT Press titled The Player and the Played: From Gamed Capitalism to 21st Century Fascism and a board game, Billionaires and Guillotines.
He led a team that recently published The World After Amazon: Stories from Amazon Workers (2024) and is editor of VAGABONDS, a series of short, radical books from Pluto Press.
He teaches at Lakehead University, where he directs the ReImagining Value Action Lab (RiVAL).




