Solidarity between catastrophic singularity and disastrous individualism — Against Catastrophe
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Solidarity between catastrophic singularity and disastrous individualism — Against Catastrophe
They have articulated ten principles of disability justice: Intersectionality, Leadership of those most affected, Anticapitalist politics, Cross-movement solidarity, Recognizing wholeness, Sustainability, Cross-disability solidarity, Interdependence, Collective Access, and Collective Liberation.
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Rebecca Solnit explores the connection in “A Paradise Built in Hell,” articulating how amidst the destruction that disasters enact, more considerate and caring communities often arise. It’s a dynamic that can spark deep joy for those who experience it, Solnit writes — a joy that “reveals an ordinarily unmet yearning for community, purposefulness... See more
Johanna Hoffman • Futures From Ruins
That ‘individual responsibility’ idea is present in so many messages from awareness campaigns: the idea that it is our duty to reach out to loved ones and services for help; the suggestion that mental health support should come in the form of a ‘service’ at all; the emphasis on individual tools like therapy, meds, self-help, mindfulness and apps to
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