USA OFF

/IMAGINE

2050.Authors will explore our world beyond imperialism and predatory capitalism: cultures without Coca-Cola, tobacco empires, junk food, trashy movies, invasive internet; without Silicon Valley, Google, Meta...

What replaces power, desire, techno-feudalism?

An invitation to speculative futurists and storytellers to imagine 2050 after the United States of America vanished in 1980. Through collapse and dissolution, the country ended undone by oil-crisis, social revolt, economic implosion, and global realignment.
Deadline for submitting the text (700-1,000 WORDS): April 1, 2026.
Submit bold, unsettling futures that feel possible and urgent. Short stories, global perspectives, radical hope, unexpected solidarities, everyday life reimagined together.

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‘USA OFF’ TEAM

AUTHORS (more to be confirmed):

Irene Gil (Spain),

Kim de Vidts (Belgium),
Marcus Bussey (Australia),
Shiela R Castillo (Philippines),
Steve Wells (UK),
Rodolfo Angeles (Honduras),
Victor Velasco (Spain),
Zoe Cohen (UK),

CO-EDITOR

MARCUS BUSSEY (AUSTRALIA)

Futurist and educator with a keen interest in intercultural encounters. He has taught widely throughout Australia. He publishes widely and has co-authored Futures Thinking for Social Foresight with Richard Slaughter (2005) and co-edited (2020) Phenomenologies of Grace: the Body, Embodiment, and Transformative Futures with Camila Mozzini-Alister.

FERNANDO GUTIÉRREZ (URUGUAY)

Uruguayan-born, Florida-based futurist with a passion for space and science fiction, seeking to identify opportunities to increase participation of emerging and developing nations in space-based commerce and exploration. 🌎🧑‍🚀🌍🛰🌏

Board member at Grey Swan Guild, member of the Association of Professional Futurists, Master's degree in Foresight at the University of Houston.

COORDINATION

JAUME ENCISO (SPAIN), climate activist, One Day in 2050 founder. Green events facilitator, climate officer and environmental awareness campaign’s management for 15 years. Coordinator of Clima Utopyas, ECOFascism, 2050 livros and #RICHPHOBIA books.

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