{"product_id":"friends-in-common-radical-friendship-and-everyday-solidarities-9780745350585","title":"Friends in Common: Radical Friendship and Everyday Solidarities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I've been waiting for this book for years - a beautifully written, compelling study of the significance of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003edense bonds of friendship in fostering and preserving \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eprogressive politics. A joyful, empowering read\" - \u003c\/b\u003eLynne Segal, author of \u003ci\u003eLean on Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A moving exploration of the importance and the difficulty \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eof forging intimate relationships within capitalism\" - \u003c\/b\u003eHannah Proctor, author of \u003ci\u003eBurnout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Friendship is full of revolutionary potential in the face of a profoundly anti-social capitalist system. \u003ci\u003eFriends in Common\u003c\/i\u003e explores friendship as a radical practice, capable of upending hierarchies and producing social change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Friendship can transcend social boundaries and political borders. It is vital in building communities and underpinning solidarity. But its transformative potency ensures that it is heavily policed and restrained by the state. Understanding the radical possibilities of friendship can help us rethink our approach to family, work and politics, and show us new routes to resistance and ways to open up spaces of solidarity and escape. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriends in Common\u003c\/i\u003e shows that friendship as a political practice is foundational to strengthening revolutionary ideas and projects, and can be the antidote to capitalist despair. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura C. Forster\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian and writer based in Newcastle. She is a lecturer in Modern History at the University of York, and has written for \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eROAR\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDOPE\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eJoel White\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and researcher based in Glasgow. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e. He co-runs the record label GLARC. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaura C. Forster is a lecturer in Modern History at the University of York. Her research is concerned with intimacy, radical ideas, and political activism in the long nineteenth century. Laura has written for \u003ci\u003eTribune, ROAR, DOPE, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNovara Media\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Newcastle and is part of Food \u0026amp; Solidarity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Joel White is a writer and researcher based in Glasgow. He is involved with groups in the city that organise around mutual aid, migrant solidarity, prison abolition and anti-racism. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGuardian, Wire, Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLRB\u003c\/i\u003e blog. He co-runs the record label GLARC.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51475297894674,"sku":"9780745350585","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4fab0ffd-5801-4299-84bd-708906df2915.jpg?v=1752591944","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/friends-in-common-radical-friendship-and-everyday-solidarities-9780745350585","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}