Pandemic solidarity : mutual aid during the Covid-19 crisis /
Pandemic solidarity : mutual aid during the Covid-19 crisis /
Mutual aid during the Covid-19 crisis
edited by Marina Sitrin and Colectiva Sembrar, foreword by Rebecca Solnit.
- London : Pluto Press, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 276 pages) : illustrations
- FireWorks .
Foreword / Introduction / About Colectiva Sembrar -- Communal lifeboat : direct democracy in Rojava (NE Syria) / "Capitalism kills, solidarity gives life" : a glimpse of solidarity networks from Turkey / Solidarity network in Iraq during Covid-19 : this time the enemy is invisible / Sharing spaces and crossing borders : voices from Taiwan / Standing in solidarity with those who must refuse to keep a social distance : disability activism in South Korea / Rethinking minority and mainstream in India / Confronting state authoritarianism : civil society and community-based solidarity in southern Africa / On intersectional solidarity in Portugal / Solidarity flourishes under lockdown in Italy / Solidarity networks in Greece / Viral solidarity : experiences from the UK / Turtle Island / Argentina : injustices magnified, memories of resistance reactivated / On grassroots organizing : excerpts from Brazil / Concluding to begin / by Rebecca Solnit -- by Marina Sitrin -- Emre Sahin and Khabat Abbas -- Seyma Ozdemir -- Midya Khudhur -- Chia-Hsu Jessica Chang -- Ji Young Shin ; translated by Han Gil Jang -- Debarati Roy -- Boaventura Monjane -- Lais Gomes Duarte and Raquel Lima -- Eleanor Finley -- EP and TP -- Neil Howard -- carla bergman and magalí rabasa with Ariella Patchen and Seyma Ozdemir -- Nancy Viviana Piñeiro and Liz Mason-Deese -- Vanessa Zettler -- Colectiva Sembrar.
In times of crisis, when institutions of power are laid bare, people turn to one another. Pandemic Solidarity collects firsthand experiences from around the world of people creating their own narratives of solidarity and mutual aid in the time of the global crisis of Covid-19.The world's media was quick to weave a narrative of selfish individualism, full of empty supermarket shelves and con-men. However, if you scratch the surface, you find a different story of community and self-sacrifice. Looking at eighteen countries and regions, including India, Rojava, Taiwan, South Africa, Iraq and North America, the personal accounts in the book weave together to create a larger picture, revealing a universality of experience - a housewife in Istanbul supports her neighbour in the same way as a teacher in Argentina, a punk in Portland, and a disability activist in South Korea does.Moving beyond the present, these stories reveal what an alternative society could look like, and reflect the skills and relationships we already have to create that society, challenging institutions of power that have already shown their fragility.
9780745343204
GBC072335 bnb
019811218 Uk
COVID-19 (Disease)--Prevention.
Epidemics--Social aspects.
Public-private sector cooperation.
Solidarity.
Crises.
COVID-19 (Disease)
COVID-19
Social Networking
Social Support
Electronic Books.
RA644 / .P363 2020
Foreword / Introduction / About Colectiva Sembrar -- Communal lifeboat : direct democracy in Rojava (NE Syria) / "Capitalism kills, solidarity gives life" : a glimpse of solidarity networks from Turkey / Solidarity network in Iraq during Covid-19 : this time the enemy is invisible / Sharing spaces and crossing borders : voices from Taiwan / Standing in solidarity with those who must refuse to keep a social distance : disability activism in South Korea / Rethinking minority and mainstream in India / Confronting state authoritarianism : civil society and community-based solidarity in southern Africa / On intersectional solidarity in Portugal / Solidarity flourishes under lockdown in Italy / Solidarity networks in Greece / Viral solidarity : experiences from the UK / Turtle Island / Argentina : injustices magnified, memories of resistance reactivated / On grassroots organizing : excerpts from Brazil / Concluding to begin / by Rebecca Solnit -- by Marina Sitrin -- Emre Sahin and Khabat Abbas -- Seyma Ozdemir -- Midya Khudhur -- Chia-Hsu Jessica Chang -- Ji Young Shin ; translated by Han Gil Jang -- Debarati Roy -- Boaventura Monjane -- Lais Gomes Duarte and Raquel Lima -- Eleanor Finley -- EP and TP -- Neil Howard -- carla bergman and magalí rabasa with Ariella Patchen and Seyma Ozdemir -- Nancy Viviana Piñeiro and Liz Mason-Deese -- Vanessa Zettler -- Colectiva Sembrar.
In times of crisis, when institutions of power are laid bare, people turn to one another. Pandemic Solidarity collects firsthand experiences from around the world of people creating their own narratives of solidarity and mutual aid in the time of the global crisis of Covid-19.The world's media was quick to weave a narrative of selfish individualism, full of empty supermarket shelves and con-men. However, if you scratch the surface, you find a different story of community and self-sacrifice. Looking at eighteen countries and regions, including India, Rojava, Taiwan, South Africa, Iraq and North America, the personal accounts in the book weave together to create a larger picture, revealing a universality of experience - a housewife in Istanbul supports her neighbour in the same way as a teacher in Argentina, a punk in Portland, and a disability activist in South Korea does.Moving beyond the present, these stories reveal what an alternative society could look like, and reflect the skills and relationships we already have to create that society, challenging institutions of power that have already shown their fragility.
9780745343204
GBC072335 bnb
019811218 Uk
COVID-19 (Disease)--Prevention.
Epidemics--Social aspects.
Public-private sector cooperation.
Solidarity.
Crises.
COVID-19 (Disease)
COVID-19
Social Networking
Social Support
Electronic Books.
RA644 / .P363 2020