Gary Kinsman, “Learning From AIDS Activism for Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic” now out in Sick of the System, Why the COVID-10 Recovery Must be Revolutionary as a pay what you can ebook from Between the Lines.

https://btlbooks.com/book/sick-of-the-system

Families left grieving; small businesses shuttered; communities in lockdown; precarious workers set adrift; health care workers stressed beyond endurance. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world to its core. But the cracks already ran deep.

Featuring essays on poverty, health care, incarceration, universal basic income, policing, Indigenous communities, and more, this anthology delivers a stinging rebuke of the pre-pandemic status quo and a stark exposé of the buried weaknesses in our social and political systems. As policy makers scramble to bail out corporations and preserve an unsustainable labour market, an even greater global catastrophe—in the form of ecological collapse, economic recession, and runaway inequality—looms large on the horizon.

What can we do? From professors to poets, the authors of Sick of the System speak in one voice: We can turn our backs on “normal.” We can demand divestment, redistribution, and mutual aid. We can seize new forms of solidarity with both hands. As the world holds its breath, revolutionary ideas have an unprecedented chance to gain ground. There should be no going back.

  • Electronic book text, 169 pages
  • ISBN 9781771135290
  • Coming May 2020