Why Don’t We Break Free

Published on 05 Mar 2025

Since the 1980s, neoliberalism has deeply shaped global policy, academia, and institutions, driven by the Washington Consensus and structural adjustment programs that forced privatisation, trade liberalisation, and austerity onto developing nations. Universities, once bastions of independent thought, became increasingly dependent on corporate funding and market-driven research, prioritising profitability over knowledge for its own sake.

Join Luqman Al-Hakim in reflecting the shift of a broader reality in which neoliberal logic is in every aspect of life, constraining thought and activism within the boundaries of the a system that needs to be challenged and changed.