The Militant Image contributes to an important emergent body of work by artists, filmmakers and curators (Hito Steryl, The Otolith Group, Renée Green, Florian Zeyfang) re-assessing militant avant-garde work so that it might function as a resource for contemporary artistic and anti-capitalist activity.

How is the militant image to be understood at this moment in this special issue that assembles research from London, Buenos Aires, Paris, New York and Lisbon?