Anarchists have been central in helping communities ravaged by disasters, stepping in when governments wash their hands of the victims. Looking at Hurricane Sandy, Grenfell, the Greek migrant crisis and other disasters, Disaster Anarchy is an inspiring and alarming book about collective solidarity in an increasingly dangerous world. As climate change and neoliberalism converge, mutual aid networks, grassroots direct action, occupations and brigades have all sprung up in response to this crisis with considerable success - Occupy Sandy was widely acknowledged to have organised relief more effectively than federal agencies or NGOs. However, anarchist-inspired relief has not gone unnoticed by government agencies. Their response is usually extensive surveillance or co-option of tactics, extending at times to violent repression involving police brutality. Arguing that disaster anarchy is one of the most important political phenomena to emerge in the twenty-first century, Rhiannon Firth shows though her work within these movements, that anarchist theory and practice is needed to protect ourselves from the disasters of our unequal and destructive economic system.

Book Information
ISBN 9780745340456
Author Rhiannon Firth
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Pluto Press
Publisher Pluto Press
Weight(grams) 135g