{"product_id":"9781913512774","title":"The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity by Schulman, Sarah","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Schulman, Sarah \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePolitical ideologies\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 November 2025 by Peninsula Press Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 131 x 26 | 290g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom award-winning writer Sarah Schulman, a longtime activist and critic of the Israeli war on Gaza, comes a brilliant examination of the misunderstood concept of solidarity which seeks to provide a new vision of what it means, and why it matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this nuanced analysis, Schulman challenges the traditional notion of solidarity as a simple union of equals, arguing that in today's world of globalized power structures, true solidarity requires the collaboration of bystanders and conflicted perpetrators with the excluded and oppressed.  Schulman examines a range of case studies, from the fight for abortion rights in post-Franco Spain, to NYC's AIDS activism in the 1990s, to the current wave of protest movements against Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people, and her own experience growing up as a queer female artist in male dominated culture industries. Reckoning with the successes and failures of these movements, she argues that action always comes at a cost, despite not always being effective. But without solidarity we are stuck with the status quo, and we lose any hope of progressive change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e By turns challenging, inspiring, pragmatic, and poetic, The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity provides a much-needed path for how we can work together towards justice now and for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burley Fisher Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63971385213305,"sku":"9781913512774","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0405\/3385\/2310\/files\/9781913512774.jpg?v=1784024741","url":"https:\/\/burleyfisherbooks.com\/products\/9781913512774","provider":"Burley Fisher Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}