Like all good things, it has taken some time to develop, to form, but finally it is here. In June 2026, a group of critical scholars from the Global South and the Global North came together and founded the International Society of Critical Social-Ecological Studies (CRISES). The catalyzing event occurred over a year before, in March 2025. The occasion was the landmark conference “Marx in the Anthropocene” hosted by the IUAV University of Venice. The conference, which put forw