| Description |
xxiv, 276 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
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FireWorks |
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FireWorks (Pluto Press)
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Rebecca Solnit -- Introduction / by Marina Sitrin -- About Colectiva Sembrar -- Communal lifeboat : direct democracy in Rojava (NE Syria) / Emre Sahin and Khabat Abbas -- "Capitalism kills, solidarity gives life" : a glimpse of solidarity networks from Turkey / Seyma Özdemir -- Solidarity network in Iraq during Covid-19 : this time the enemy is invisible / Midya Khudhur -- Sharing spaces and crossing borders : voices from Taiwan / Chia-Hsu Jessica Chang -- Standing in solidarity with those who must refuse to keep a social distance : disability activism in South Korea / Ji Young Shin ; translated by Han Gil Jang -- Rethinking minority and mainstream in India / Debarati Roy -- Confronting state authoritarianism : civil society and community-based solidarity in southern Africa / Boaventura Monjane -- On intersectional solidarity in Portugal / Lais Gomes Duarte and Raquel Lima -- Solidarity flourishes under lockdown in Italy / Eleanor Finley -- Solidarity networks in Greece / EP and TP -- Viral solidarity : experiences from the UK / Neil Howard -- Turtle Island / carla bergman and magalí rabasa with Ariella Patchen and Seyma Özdemir -- Argentina : injustices magnified, memories of resistance reactivated / Nancy Viviana Piñeiro and Liz Mason-Deese -- On grassroots organizing : excerpts from Brazil / Vanessa Zettler -- Concluding to begin / Colectiva Sembrar. |
| Summary |
Collects first-hand experiences from around the world of people creating their own networks of solidarity and mutual aid in the time of Covid-19. |
| Subject |
COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects.
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COVID-19 (Disease) -- Economic aspects.
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Disaster relief.
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Coronavirus Infections -- economics.
(DNLM)D018352Q000191
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Disaster Planning. (DNLM)D004189
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COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01984649
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Disaster relief. (OCoLC)fst00894731
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| Added Author |
Sitrin, Marina, editor.
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Sembrar, Colectiva, editor.
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Solnit, Rebecca, writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
0745343171 hardback |
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9780745343174 hardback |
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9780745343167 |
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0745343163 |
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