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Can friendship as a political practice offer enough traction to imagine a borderless world? The startling contemporary rise in aggressive ethno-nationalism and end-times ecological crises have the same root: an inability to be together with humans as much as the natural world. Matt Hern and Am Johal suggest that porous renditions of being-together animated by friendship can spark a repoliticization of the political to surpass the foreclosures ...

Modern "sub-urbs" as a place of vibrancy, conflict and resistance

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Displacement and dispossessions are convulsing cities across the globe, becoming the dominant urban narratives of our time. In What a City Is For, Matt Hern uses the case of Albina, as well as similar instances in New Orleans and Vancouver, to investigate gentrification in the twenty-first century. In an engaging narrative, effortlessly mixing anecdote and theory, Hern questions the notions of development, private property, and ownership. Argu...

For the love of sports! An unabashed intellectual explores the contemporary fascination with sports and their cultural and political importance.

A radical handbook for young people, with contributions from Noam Chomsky, Dan Savage and many others.

Debates about education often revolve around standardized testing, taxes and funding, teacher certification, and more. This work presents an array of historical and contemporary alternatives to traditional schooling, demonstrating that children's capacity to learn decreases as soon as they enter bureaucratic, institutional facilities.

An unapologetic defense of city life in a time of environmental crisis.