We Are 'Nature' Defending Itself
Book description
In 2008, as the storms of the financial crash blew, Isabelle Fremeaux and Jay Jordan deserted the metropolis and their academic jobs, traveling across Europe in search of post-capitalist utopias. They wanted their art activism to no longer be uprooted.
They arrived at a place French politicians had declared lost…
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I first heard Isabelle and Jay speak in 2021, and found myself literally gripping the arms of my chair with fascination.
They told the 40-year-long story of their home at ‘the ZAD’, 4,000 acres of wild wetlands and forest that the French state intended for an international airport. Community-building and collective resistance in the face of intense and repeated police assault – the footage of which is astonishing to witness – eventually saw off the planned devastation, and has inspired numerous other ZADs around France and the world.
We Are ‘Nature’ Defending Itself weaves together captivating theory and hard-fought practice…
From Shaun's list on navigating the unfolding collapse of civilisation.
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