Community Safety in the Fourth World War

Notes on Insurgent Conviviality

AvManuel Callahan,Annie Paradise

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

We are living through what the Zapatistas call the 'Fourth World War'—a war waged by the forces of colonialism and racial capitalism—that insists we forget our victories, relinquish our practices of care, and abandon our struggle. For communities targeted and ravaged by policing and militarization, safety is a paramount concern. But where do we turn? To the state, with its warped ideas of security and all its attendant violences?Drawing on more than a decade of 'convivial research' and 'insurgent learning', alongside struggles across the San Francisco Bay Area, and in dialogue with struggles across the Global South, the authors argue for self-organized, locally rooted insurgent conviviality. This, they claim, can be observed through a community safety with five critical elements: community self-defense; fierce care; assembly; knowledge production and self-representation; and autonomous justice.Advancing conviviality as a praxis, as a counterforce to racial patriarchal capital, this book aims to re-enchant the world through a focus on life; to share and generate tools, strategies, and theorizations that build from below in order to cross-pollinate struggles everywhere.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-07-20
Mått:110 x 215 x 12 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Vagabonds
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745351513

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Manuel Callahan is the co-founder of the Center for Convivial Research and Autonomy (CCRA), a transterritorial research collective based in the San Francisco Bay Area with connections to struggles across Southern Mexico. Since 2003, he has facilitated the Universidad de la Tierra, Califas. For over three decades, he has been a primary activator of Acción Zapatista, including work with the Zapatista Autonomy Project. He is both a researcher and co-convener of the Counter Counterinsurgency Lab. Annie Paradise is a member of the Center for Convivial Research and Autonomy (CCRA), a transterritorial research collective, and a collaborator with the Universidad de la Tierra, Califas, an autonomous learning initiative, both based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a researcher and co-convener of the Counter Counterinsurgency Lab, and together with Manuel Callahan and others, facilitates Methodologies Against Forgetting and Oblivion (MAFO).

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'Unraveling the codes of violence unfolding across multiple geographies and diverse sociocultural fabrics—yet always inscribed upon the same wretched of the earth—the authors propose a combative and dissident impulse-concept aimed at disarming societal violence while weaving new fabrics of life: fierce care.'

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1. Fierce Care/Networks of Care2. Community Self-Defense3. Assembly4. Insurgent Knowledge Production / Auto Representation5. Autonomous JusticeConclusion