- English
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About this book
From the co-author of Let This Radicalize You, a collection of letters to inspire activists to continue the fight
Organizers are well seasoned in defeat. We study movement histories, strategize collectively, and gather strength in direct action, knowing that liberation does not arrive overnight, but that the fight is worth it. But what happens when political and personal crises overlap, and the despair becomes overwhelming? Where do we turn when the process of organizing no longer feels like a site of refuge, but isolating, or even tragic?
Read This When Things Fall Apart is a collection of letters written to organizers in crisis who are struggling with the conflicts, heartbreaks, and catastrophes that activists so often experience. From grief to exhaustion, fractured relationships, state violence and interpersonal violence, the struggle for justice can be tumultuous. Each letter invites the reader to the writer’s particular world in abortion defense, organizing within prison walls, recuperating from state repression after the 2020 uprisings, or as a new parent struggling to find their way in movement spaces, and offers an authentic account of moving through difficult times.
Personal, reflective, and hopeful, Read This When Things Fall Apart is a new type of book for radicals that harnesses the writers' individual moments of despair into living, breathing wisdom capable of chipping away at the supposed inevitability of fascist life. Restorative like a letter from a trusted friend and invigorating like a story from a mentor, the book is an indispensable companion for all of us navigating the challenging times ahead.
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Table of contents
- Introduction Read This If You Feel Like Youâre Falling
- Read This if Youâre New and Trying to Find Your Way
- Read This if Youâre Witnessing the Unthinkable
- Read This if Youâre Losing and Discouraged
- Read This if Someone You Loved Has Killed Themself or Wants to, and Maybe You Want to Too but You Also Want to Survive
- Read This if You Are Struggling with Your Mental Health
- Read This if You Are Organizing Outside the Law
- Read This if Youâve Been Assaulted (I Believe You)
- Read This if Youâre a Parent Feeling Isolated
- Read This if You Are Panicking about Collapse
- Read This if You Want to Defeat Fascism
- Read This if You Are Overwhelmed by Attacks on Reproductive Autonomy
- Read This if Injustice Has Alienated You from Your Community
- Read This if You Are a Discouraged Incarcerated Organizer
- Read This if You Are Heartbroken
- Read This if You Want to Fight Big Tech
- Read This if Youâre Hurting and Want to Find Your People
- Read This if Youâre Disabled and Trying to Figure Things Out
- Read This if You Are Fighting Deportations and Youâre Afraid or Discouraged
- Read This if You Are Struggling with Grief
- Conclusion Read This if Youâre Wounded and Want to Quit
- Relating to the Origin
- Acknowledgments
- About the editor
- Copyright