{"product_id":"pirate-care-acts-against-the-criminalization-of-solidarity-9780745349800","title":"Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A most nourishing and encouraging book\"\u003c\/b\u003e McKenzie Wark, author of \u003ci\u003eA Hacker Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Capital is Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In many places worldwide, the freedom to care for one another is being attacked by the powerful, and acts of solidarity are being made illegal. In a moment of struggle defined by the rollback of the social safety net, the criminalization of migration, and the right-wing clampdown on bodily autonomy, radical networks of care are fighting back. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From volunteer rescue boats in the Mediterranean to underground labs preparing gender-affirming hormones, people are reclaiming the means to care for one another in defiance of a system that devalues and exploits the labor of care. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Against atomized despair, \u003ci\u003ePirate Care\u003c\/i\u003e shows that fighting back isn't only about legal and legislative changes and organizing, direct action, and disobedient care. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eValeria Graziano\u003c\/b\u003e is a cultural theorist and organizer who is researching militant practices of work refusal and repair. She co-founded the Carrotworkers Collective and Micropolitics Research Group. Marcell Mars is an advanced internet user. Tomislav Medak is a commons and disability activist and an independent researcher interested in technologies and environmental crisis. Mars and Medak are founding members of Multimedia Institute\/Mama and custodians of the Memory of the World shadow library. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The authors are the convenors of the Pirate Care project. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Valeria Graziano, Marcell Mars, Tomislav Medak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 4.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745349800","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44147020038189,"sku":"9780745349800","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_71734b0f-a4f8-4149-85f0-f6b9c200d73f.jpg?v=1757181284","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/pirate-care-acts-against-the-criminalization-of-solidarity-9780745349800","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}