Pluto press dez 2024 (2 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - ENGAGEis a tribute to the power of self-determined stories. This dynamic anthology includes reflections by Indigenous, Black and Afro-Indigenous organizers and educators analyzing and resisting historical and contemporary violence and theft.Both raw and disciplined, ENGAGEdiscusses spirituality, environmentalism, security, freedom, autonomy, Indigenous cultures, anti-Blackness, family, and liberatory pedagogy. It is an invitation to dismantle colonial oppressions and a toolkit to build a future free from the harmful legacies of racism and genocide.ENGAGE includes contributions from under-platformed writers from diverse political perspectives. It emphasises the role of non-academic as well as academic collaborators who function as stewards of progressive and radical projects that seek to build a libertory future.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Squatting in London has a rich and diverse history. Today, squatters live a marginalised, stigmatised and criminalised existence, yet they persist. Behind the glittering façade of shiny new buildings, Londonis a network of vacant offices, boarded-up shops and dilapidated pubs that host some of the city's poorest and most determined citizens, exiled and increasingly pushed to the margins.This bookis an account of the real lives of the city's squatters: their ambitions and struggles. Squatting is a challenge to the logic of property which underpins the city. By finding refuge, staying put, creating spaces and participating in counter-cultures, squats are political acts. They sit in direct opposition to the speculation, gentrification and regeneration that controls London today.From wasted office blocks transformed into a life-saving homeless shelter, to temporary art exhibitions and raves; from an empty doctor's surgery, to a library closed by cuts; from mutual aid networks set up during the pandemic, to restaurants, shops, offices and pubs -Squatting Londonis an alternative, underground and rebellious ethnographic account of a city you thought you already knew.…