Cooking Up a Revolution - Food Not Bombs, Homes Not Jails, and Resistance to Gentrification

During the late 1980s and early 1990s the city of San Francisco waged a war against the homeless. This book treats the conflict between the city and activists as a unique opportunity to examine the contested nature of homelessness and public space while developing an anarchist alternative to liberal urban politics that is rooted in mutual aid, solidarity and anti-capitalism.

List of contents

1 Turning statistics into people: From sick talk to the politics of solidarity
2 What dumpstered soup tells us about violence, charity, and politics
3 Parks, permits, and riot police: Understanding the politics of public space occupations and negotiated management policing between the city of San Francisco and Food Not Bombs
4 The war against the homeless: Frank Jordan, broken windows, and anti-homeless politics in San Francisco
5 The Homeless fight back: The politics of homeless resistance
6 Bolt cutters and the politics of expropriation: Homes Not Jails, urban squatting, and gentrification
7 Towards an anarchist "Right to the City"
Coda: Theses on homelessness, public space, and urban resistance
Bibliography

About the author

Sean Parsons is Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Northern Arizona University

Summary

During the late 1980s and early 1990s the city of San Francisco waged a war against the homeless. This book treats the conflict between the city and activists as a unique opportunity to examine the contested nature of homelessness and public space while developing an anarchist alternative to liberal urban politics that is rooted in mutual aid, solidarity and anti-capitalism. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Sean Parson, Parson Sean
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781526148025
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4802-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Contemporary Anarchist Studies
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > Theme cookery books; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Social History, COOKING / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, Political science & theory, Social and cultural history, Political science and theory, Human Geography, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law