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This Reader collects together texts on Precariousness that first appeared in Mute magazine issues 29 (January 2005) and 28 (August 2004) with writing on the politics of precarity from a number of other sources.

The intention is to present in one small volume a selection of texts which address the problems and potentials of the concept of precarious labour. This Reader reflects something of the current discussion and debate around social precariousness, precarious work, precarious life, and the struggles against this condition.

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Mute would like to thank the following authors and publications for allowing us to reproduce their texts:
John Barker, Alex Foti, Frassanito Network, Loren Goldner, Hydrarchist, Anthony Iles, Kolinko, Angela Mitropoulos, Kidd McKarthy, Merijn Oudenampsen, Gavin Sullivan, Laura Sullivan, Marina Vishmidt, Interactivist Info Exchange and Greenpepper Magazine.

Contents of this cluster

1. Introduction: Exploring Precariousness
2. Precari-us?
3. Cheap Chinese
4. The Insecurity Lasts a Long Time
5. Precarious Straits
6. Precarity and n/european Identity: (an interview with Alex Foti (ChainWorkers))
7. Is Precarity Enough?
8. Precarious, Precarisation, Precariat?
9. Marx and Makhno Meet McDonald's
10. Disobbedienti, Ciao
11. Wages for Anyone Is Bad for Business
12. Call to Arms