We Are 'Nature' Defending Itself

By Isabelle Fremeaux, Jay Jordan,

Book cover of We Are 'Nature' Defending Itself: Entangling Art, Activism and Autonomous Zones

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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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1 author picked We Are 'Nature' Defending Itself as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

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…

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