{"product_id":"the-fantasy-and-necessity-of-solidarity","title":"The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning writer Sarah Schulman, a longtime activist and critic of the Israeli war on Gaza, comes a brilliant examination of the misunderstood concept of solidarity which seeks to provide a new vision of what it means, and why it matters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this nuanced analysis, Schulman challenges the traditional notion of solidarity as a simple union of equals, arguing that in today's world of globalized power structures, true solidarity requires the collaboration of bystanders and conflicted perpetrators with the excluded and oppressed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchulman examines a range of case studies, from the fight for abortion rights in post-Franco Spain, to NYC's AIDS activism in the 1990s, to the current wave of protest movements against Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people, and her own experience growing up as a queer female artist in male dominated culture industries. Reckoning with the successes and failures of these movements, she argues that action always comes at a cost, despite not always being effective. But without solidarity we are stuck with the status quo, and we lose any hope of progressive change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns challenging, inspiring, pragmatic, and poetic, \u003ci\u003eThe Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity\u003c\/i\u003e provides a much-needed path for how we can work together towards justice now and for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 304 pages | Published November 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63969828438365,"sku":"9781913512774","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781913512774.jpg?v=1774370917","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-fantasy-and-necessity-of-solidarity","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}