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[This book] "explores the origins and effects of the capitalist crisis that began in 2008. It moves on to examine the responses of both the dispossessed and the ruling classes to the catastrophe, giving special attention to student mobilizations around the world. Weaving together a global network of stories and analyses, editor Deric Shannon creates an outline of what real and effective opposition to the forces that are destroying our lives and our planet might look like." --P. [4] of cover

Scholars developing a concept they call the 'human rights enterprise' suggest a theory of human rights guaranteed, in some cases, by social movements from below and often against the wishes of the state. This article draws on data from an ethnography conducted in a small Food Not Bombs collective to critically assess the radical potential and pitfalls of the claims made by scholars promoting the human rights enterprise and the social movement organizations using the language of 'rights' to frame their direct action-oriented praxis.

We might re-examine critical state theory by exploring the state's role in mediating conflicts around racism in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we argue that the New York State Department of Public Health's guidance for COVID treatments in 2021 is best understood in the context of larger social struggles against racism in policing in the US, demonstrating the relevance of the multi-sites of power approach to state theory. We re-tool aspects Bob Jessop's critical state theory to argue for the salience of this approach in understanding contemporary state attempts to create social order out of societal divisions.

Power and the state -- Breaking the theoretical stalemate -- State projects and economic intervention -- State projects and heteronormativity -- State projects and social movements -- State projects and the human right to shelter -- State projects and the human right to food -- Intersections of state projects, multi-sites of power, and the welfare state -- Where do we go from here?

Through a self-reflexive and ongoing process, in this paper we chronicle how we as graduate students learned about feminist pedagogy through methodology. Primarily, we noted dilemmas in feminist methodology that became central dilemmas for us in our roles as feminist research guides within a combined graduate and undergraduate feminist methodologies course. As we became aware of these specific dilemmas, not only did we attempt to apply them to the research we were conducting for an institutional ethnographic research project on campus safety, but we also found them to be central pedagogical concerns in ways that were both unique and similar to each individual graduate student. Our analysis focuses on the insider/outsider dilemma, self-reflection, and multiple subjectivities in the hopes that we can share our experiences of what became a vital and unique learning experience.

This book highlights the recent rise in interest in anarchist theory and practice attempting to bridge the gap between anarchist activism on the streets and anarchist studies in the academia. Bringing together some of the most prominent voices in contemporary anarchism in the academy, it includes pieces written on anarchist theory, pedagogy, methodologies, praxis, and the future.