Pandemic Solidarity

Marina Sitrin is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at SUNY Binghamton, New York. She is the author of 'Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina' (AK Press, 2006); 'Everyday Revolutions: Horizontalism and Autonomy in Argentina' (Zed Books, 2012), the co-author of 'They Can’t Represent US! Reinventing Democracy from Greece to Occupy' (Verso, 2014).Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books on feminism, western and indigenous history, popular power, social change and insurrection, and hope and disaster, including 'A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster' (Penguin, 2010) and 'Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities' (Haymarket, 2016).

'Just what we need so desperately in this moment. How we come out of this pandemic will shape the future of humanity. Now, as never before, we have to break the deadly logic of capital. A beautiful and important book.'

• List of FiguresSeries PrefaceForeword by Rebecca Solnit Introduction by Marina Sitrin About Colectiva Sembrar PART I - GREATER MIDDLE EAST (ROJAVA, TURKEY AND IRAQ)1. Communal Lifeboat: Direct Democracy in Rojava (NE Syria) - Emre Sahin and Khabat Abbas2. “Capitalism Kills, Solidarity Gives Life”: A Glimpse of Solidarity Networks from Turkey - Seyma Özdemir3. Solidarity Network in Iraq During Covid-19: This Time the Enemy is Invisible - Midya KhudhurPART II - SOUTH AND EAST ASIA (TAIWAN, SOUTH KOREA AND INDIA)4. Sharing Spaces and Crossing Borders: Voices from Taiwan - Chia-Hsu Jessica Chang5. Standing in Solidarity with Those Who Must Refuse to Keep Social Distance: Disability Activism in South Korea - Ji Young Shin (translated by Han Gil Jang)6. Rethinking Minority and Mainstream in India - Debarati RoyPART III - SOUTHERN AFRICA (MOZAMBIQUE, SOUTH AFRICA AND ZIMBABWE)7. Confronting State Authoritarianism: Civil Society and Community-Based Solidarity in Southern Africa - Boaventura MonjanePART IV - EUROPE (PORTUGAL, GREECE, ITALY AND THE UK)8. On Intersectional Solidarity in Portugal - Lais Gomes Duarte and Raquel Lima9. Solidarity Flourishes Under Lockdown in Italy - Eleanor Finley10. Solidarity Networks in Greece - EP and TP11. Viral Solidarity: Experiences from the UK - Neil HowardPART V - TURTLE ISLAND (NORTH AMERICA)12. Turtle Island - carla bergman and magalí rabasa with Ariella - Patchen and Seyma ÖzdemirPART VI - SOUTH AMERICA (ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL)13. Argentina: Injustices Magnified; Memories of Resistance Reactivated - Nancy Viviana Piñeiro and Liz Mason-Deese14. On Grassroots Organizing: Excerpts from Brazil - Vanessa ZettlerConcluding to Begin - Colectiva SembrarNotes on ContributorsIndex