Results for "Taylor, Astra"

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • From renowned organizers and activists Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor, comes the first in-depth examination of Solidarity—not just as a rallying cry, but as potent political movement with potential to effect lasting change. “A window into what is possible when w... Read More about Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea

Finalist, 2024 Writers' Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing These days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The status quo isn't working for anyone, even those who appear to have it all. What is going on? In this urgent cultural diagnosis... Read More about The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart (CBC Massey Lectures)

FEATURED IN THE NEW YORKER: The Faces of Americans Living in Debt Finalist for the Dorothea Lange/Paul Taylor Prize in Documentary. Featured on Politico, in the Washington Post, the Daily Mail, and the Huffington Post, USA Today, Business Insider, Refinery29, and Fast Company. Based on the popular o... Read More about The Debt Project: 99 Portraits Across America

An incisive treatise on solidarity, the centuries-old idea that bridges care for the individual with care for the collective -- and why we can't survive without it.Solidarity is often invoked, but it is rarely analyzed and poorly understood. Here, two leading activists and thinkers survey the past, ... Read More about Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea

A Powerful Guide to Action for People in Debt.... Read More about Can't Pay, Won't Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition

What is democracy really? What do we mean when we use the term? And can it ever truly exist? Astra Taylor, hailed as a “New Civil Rights Leader” (LA Times), provides surprising answers.There is no shortage of democracy, at least in name, and yet it is in crisis everywhere we look. From a cabal of th... Read More about Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone