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Astra Taylor: The Age of Insecurity (2023, House of Anansi Press)

Writer, filmmaker, and organizer Astra Taylor takes a curious, critical, and ultimately hopeful look at …

Excellent!

Really well-done survey of how modern life is characterized by insecurity and how the disappearance of the commons and the decline of the social safety net encourages us to fall back on working harder and harder to accumulate personal security rather than rely on solidarity.

Originally given as a series of lectures available here: www.cbc.ca/radiointeractives/ideas/2023-cbc-massey-lectures-astra-taylor

Shane Burley, Ben Lorber: Safety Through Solidarity (2024, Melville House Publishing)

Two activist journalists present a progressive, intersectional approach to the vital question: What can we …

I learned so much

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