Everything for Everyone by M.E. O'Brien and Eman Abdelhadi

[profiterole_reads]

Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 by M.E. O'Brien and Eman Abdelhadi was absolutely amazing! This is speculative activism fiction written in the form of non-fiction. 12 interviews cover the political, economic, social, health and climate crises of the mid-21st century, then the insurrections that led to establishing communes all over the world, with a focus on New York City.

I've heard of this very formative book because Eman Abdelhadi wrote the "Introduction" of Inara: Light of Utopia, an anthology of queer and trans Palestinian utopian writing. This Palestinian American author also dedicated a chapter of Everything for Everyone to the liberation of the Levant, where the Gaza insurrection turned out to be the start of the global revolution.

Some chapters deal with technological advances, including setting up communes in space (the Moon, the asteroid belt, Mars...). Others deal with post-capitalism community organising, gestation work, education, recovery for refugees and trauma survivors, ecological restoration...

Most characters are LGBT (many enbies, two trans women...) and/or POC.

Comments

[yourivy]

Wow, that one sounds amazing! I will have to see if I can get it anywhere else but Amazon though...I haven't had an account for years because I do not want to support them.

[profiterole_reads]

Here's the book on the publisher's website, you should be able to buy it from there.

[yourivy]

Thank you!

[ragnarok_08]

This sounds interesting!

[profiterole_reads]

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