Message from the Grassroots

Librarians have responded to the decades-long “serials crisis” with a common narrative and range of responses that failed challenge ideology structures caused it. Using Walter Rodney’s theory guerilla intellectual, we critically examine dominant understanding this so-called crisis emphasize role capital plays within The imperial nature scholarly journal publishing some its many contradictions are discussed. “Transformative” agreements receive special attention as hyper-capitalist manifestation these at heart commercial publishing.The politics refusal one response commercialism, prestige, power imbalances drive academic system. Highlighting differences between reform, paper explores protagonistic librarians can play in protracted struggle beyond confines our profession. Select open access efforts identified end examples different forms refusal. This is intended move traditional discourse laying blame solely feet oligopoly also expounds on bourgeois academy’s use knowledge production for accumulation.