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Astra Taylor

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The Radical Past and Future of Debt Resistance

The deep roots of debt relief activism in the United States.

by Astra Taylor via The Nation on September 25, 2024
Talking “Solidarity” With Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix

A conversation with the activists and writers about their wide-ranging history of the politics of the common good and togetherness.

by Astra Taylor, Leah Hunt-Hendrix, Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins via The Nation on April 23, 2024
The Forgotten Lessons of Truly Effective Protest

Organizing is a kind of alchemy: it turns alienation into connection, despair into dedication, and oppression into strength.

by Astra Taylor, Leah Hunt-Hendrix via The Guardian on March 14, 2024
A Paradise for All

The relentless radicalism of Benjamin Lay.

by Astra Taylor via Lapham’s Quarterly on March 21, 2023
Occupy Wall Street’s Legacy Runs Deeper Than You Think

Former occupiers are working to transform the system from inside and out.

by Astra Taylor via Teen Vogue on December 17, 2019

Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea

Astra Taylor, Leah Hunt-Hendrix

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A shoe stepping on money.

Islands in the Stream

Musicians are in peril, at the mercy of giant monopolies that profit off their work.

by David Dayen via The American Prospect on March 22, 2021

Drawing of girl raising American flag by Molly Crabapple

Occupy Memory

In 2011, a grassroots anticapitalist movement galvanized people with its slogan “We are the 99 percent.” It changed me, and others, but did it change the world?

by Molly Crabapple via New York Review of Books on September 16, 2021

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