Medicine Stories
Essays for Radicals
Aurora Levins Morales
- English
- PDF
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Medicine Stories
Essays for Radicals
Aurora Levins Morales
About This Book
In this revised and expanded edition of Medicine Stories, Aurora Levins Morales weaves together insights and lessons learned over a lifetime of activism to offer a new theory of social justice. Calling for a politics of integrity that recognizes the complicated wholeness of individual and collective lives, Levins Morales delves among the interwoven roots of multiple oppressions, exposing connections, crafting strategies, and uncovering the wellsprings of resilience and joy. Throughout these twenty-eight essaysâtwenty-one of which are new or extensively revisedâshe exposes the structures and mechanisms that silence voices and divide movements. Theresult is a medicine bag full of techniques and perspectives to build a universal solidarity that is flexible, nuanced, and strong enough to fundamentally shift our world toward justice. Intimately personal and globally relevant, Medicine Stories brings clarity and hope to tangled, emotionally charged social issues in beautiful and accessible language.