No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality - Softcover

Flaherty, Jordan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849352666 ISBN 13: 9781849352666

Verlag: AK Press, 2017

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Jordan Flaherty s No More Heroes is a both fascinating documentation of recent movement history that I enjoyed the hell of out reading, and an example of solidarity journalism at its best. From cautionary tales about rapey manarchist saviors who turn out to be FBI informants, to a breakdown of why most of the people trying to save sex workers actually cause violence and damage, this book is essential literature for movements and people trying to figure out how to do right and not play into the ableist charity and savior models that have been killing us for too long. Leah Piepzna-Samarasinha, author of Dirty River
No More Heroes is a vitally useful intervention in the current political moment. Spot-on analysis, gripping examples, and a clear, urgently necessary argument about how we need to re-think harmful rescue frames and the leadership models they foster will make this book immensely useful to contemporary movements. Dean Spade, author of Normal Life
No More Heroes is an a much-needed critique of unchecked leadership within causes and social movements. At a time when media latches onto figureheads and sound bites, Jordan Flaherty helps us understand how new movements are able to be democratic, decentralized and effective in changing policy and rewriting discourse. Francesca Fiorentini, Host and Producer of AJ+
If you are earnest in the desire to be a good white ally, if you are a Black male looking to support his sisters in struggle or a cisgendered male trying to find his way in the fight for LGBTQ liberation, you must read this book. Max Rameau, author of Take Back the Land
From Jordan Flaherty, the journalist who broke the story of the Jena Six, comes this thrilling people s history of current movements for revolutionary change. A powerful, engaging, exciting book for anyone concerned about the state of the world. Cynthia McKinney, former Georgia congresswoman
Longtime movement journalist Jordan Flaherty grounds his analysis of the money, power, and seductive ideology driving the present-day savior impulse in the brutal histories of colonial domination and racism. A wake-up call to decolonize US-based activism and international solidarity work, everyone interested in social change should read this book. Anjali Kamat, independent journalist
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"Jordan Flaherty's No More Heroes is a both fascinating documentation of recent movement history that I enjoyed the hell of out reading, and an example of solidarity journalism at its best. From cautionary tales about rapey manarchist 'saviors' who turn out to be FBI informants, to a breakdown of why most of the people trying to 'save' sex workers actually cause violence and damage, this book is essential literature for movements and people trying to figure out how to do right and not play into the ableist charity and savior models that have been killing us for too long." --Leah Piepzna-Samarasinha, author of Dirty River

"No More Heroes is a vitally useful intervention in the current political moment. Spot-on analysis, gripping examples, and a clear, urgently necessary argument about how we need to re-think harmful 'rescue' frames and the leadership models they foster will make this book immensely useful to contemporary movements. " --Dean Spade, author of Normal Life

"No More Heroes is an a much-needed critique of unchecked leadership within causes and social movements. At a time when media latches onto figureheads and sound bites, Jordan Flaherty helps us understand how new movements are able to be democratic, decentralized and effective in changing policy and rewriting discourse." --Francesca Fiorentini, Host and Producer of AJ+

"If you are earnest in the desire to be a good white ally, if you are a Black male looking to support his sisters in struggle or a cisgendered male trying to find his way in the fight for LGBTQ liberation, you must read this book." --Max Rameau, author of Take Back the Land

"From Jordan Flaherty, the journalist who broke the story of the Jena Six, comes this thrilling people's history of current movements for revolutionary change. A powerful, engaging, exciting book for anyone concerned about the state of the world." --Cynthia McKinney, former Georgia congresswoman

"Longtime movement journalist Jordan Flaherty grounds his analysis of the money, power, and seductive ideology driving the present-day savior impulse in the brutal histories of colonial domination and racism. A wake-up call to decolonize US-based activism and international solidarity work, everyone interested in social change should read this book." --Anjali Kamat, independent journalist
"Jordan Flaherty's No More Heroes is a both fascinating documentation of recent movement history that I enjoyed the hell of out reading, and an example of solidarity journalism at its best. From cautionary tales about rapey manarchist 'saviors' who turn out to be FBI informants, to a breakdown of why most of the people trying to 'save' sex workers actually cause violence and damage, this book is essential literature for movements and people trying to figure out how to do right and not play into the ableist charity and savior models that have been killing us for too long." --Leah Piepzna-Samarasinha, author of Dirty River

"No More Heroes is a vitally useful intervention in the current political moment. Spot-on analysis, gripping examples, and a clear, urgently necessary argument about how we need to re-think harmful 'rescue' frames and the leadership models they foster will make this book immensely useful to contemporary movements. " --Dean Spade, author of Normal Life

"No More Heroes is an a much-needed critique of unchecked leadership within causes and social movements. At a time when media latches onto figureheads and sound bites, Jordan Flaherty helps us understand how new movements are able to be democratic, decentralized and effective in changing policy and rewriting discourse." --Francesca Fiorentini, Host and Producer of AJ+

"If you are earnest in the desire to be a good white ally, if you are a Black male looking to support his sisters in struggle or a cisgendered male trying to find his way in the fight for LGBTQ liberation, you must read this book." --Max Rameau, author of Take Back the Land

"From Jordan Flaherty, the journalist who broke the story of the Jena Six, comes this thrilling people's history of current movements for revolutionary change. A powerful, engaging, exciting book for anyone concerned about the state of the world." --Cynthia McKinney, former Georgia congresswoman

"Longtime movement journalist Jordan Flaherty grounds his analysis of the money, power, and seductive ideology driving the present-day savior impulse in the brutal histories of colonial domination and racism. A wake-up call to decolonize US-based activism and international solidarity work, everyone interested in social change should read this book." --Anjali Kamat, independent journalist

Reseña del editor

The left is full of missionaries. Privileged in terms of race, sex, or class, these do-gooders set out to save the poor and oppressed in ways that make matters worse and also serve to bolster the their own social power. They are driven by a desire for justice, but they don't want to listen to those they are ostensibly rescuing.

Seasoned journalist Jordan Flaherty brings us inside the dark and politically twisted mind of the savior. Starting with Brandon Darby, an FBI informant whose rise within radical circles showed how movements are susceptible to a particular style of political heroism, Flaherty introduces us to would-be liberators and the damage they cause. We meet the young, idealistic, and mostly white people who join Teach For America and displace unionized African American teachers. We hear anti-sex-trafficking crusaders and the marginalized women their programs put behind bars. We see Red Cross coffers grow at the expense of local communities who consistently do more with less. And we also see a growing response to these dynamics: grassroots and street-based uprisings like those in Ferguson, Missouri, creating accountable movements focused on real, systemic change.

Insightful and unsparing, No More Heroes is an indispensible tool for social justice activists.

Jordan Flaherty, executive producer of The Laura Flanders Show, is an award-winning journalist who has appeared on television and radio shows including Anderson Cooper 360, CNN Headline News, and News and Notes on NPR. He is author of Floodlines: Community and Resistance From Katrina to the Jena Six.

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• Verlag: AK Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1849352666
• ISBN 13: 9781849352666
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 175