Sarah Jaffe

Segur que a tu també t’han dit que si fas el que t’agrada serà com si no treballessis cap dia de la teva vida. Sota aquest pretext del capitalisme i el liberalisme no hem qüestionat el que és inaccep

An indispensable (Nation) examination of why "doing what you love" is a recipe for exploitation, creating a new tyranny of work in which we cheerily acquiesce to doing jobs that take over our lives. Youre told that if you "do what you love, youll never work a day in your life." In Work Wont Love You Back, Sarah Jaffe, a preeminent voice on labor, inequality, and social movements, examines this "labor of love" myththe idea that certain work is not really work, and therefore should be done out of passion instead of pay. Told through the lives and experiences of workers in various industries, Jaffe reveals how all of us have been tricked into buying into a new tyranny of work. Once freed from those binds, we can finally figure out what actually gives us joy, pleasure, and satisfaction.

Necessary Trouble is the definitive book on the movements that are poised to permanently remake American politics. We are witnessing a moment of unprecedented political turmoil and social activism. Over the last few years, weve seen the growth of the Tea Party, a twenty-first-century black freedom struggle with BlackLivesMatter, Occupy Wall Street, and the grassroots networks supporting presidential candidates in defiance of the traditional party elites. Sarah Jaffe leads readers into the heart of these movements, explaining what has made ordinary Americans become activists. As Jaffe argues, the financial crisis in 2008 was the spark, the moment that crystallized that something was wrong. For years, Jaffe crisscrossed the country, asking people what they were angry about, and what they were doing to take power back. She attended a peoples assembly in a church gymnasium in Ferguson, Missouri; walked a picket line at an Atlanta Burger King; rode a bus from New York to Ohio with student organizers; and went door-to-door in Queens days after Hurricane Sandy. From the successful fight for a 15 minimum wage in Seattle and New York to the halting of Shells Arctic drilling program, Americans are discovering the effectiveness of making good, necessary trouble. Regardless of political alignment, they are boldly challenging who wields power in this country.

From a social critic and journalist, a poignant book that encourages publicly grieving of what weve lost in order to move towards a hopeful future. Detailed, lucid and richly sourced, Sarah Jaffes From the Ashes shows how the transformational power of grief can fuel revolutionary change. BookPage (starred review) Our era is one of significant and substantial loss, of unraveling hopes and expectations, of dreams curtailed, of aspirations desiccated. At the same time, we are denied the means of mourning the futures that are being so brutally curtailed. At such a moment, taking the time to grieve is a radical act. Through in-depth reporting intertwined with memoir, Sarah Jaffe shows how public memorialization has become more than a refusal or a protest: it is a path to imagining a better world. When we are able to mourn the lives, the homes, and the worlds we have lost, we are better prepared to fight for a transformed future. "[A] passionately felt study of global protest movements A writer of great curiosity and emotional honesty." Times Literary Supplement (UK)

Un examen exhaustivo de por qué «hacer lo que te gusta» es una receta para la explotación, que crea una nueva tiranía del trabajo en la que aceptamos alegremente realizar tareas que se apoderan de nu

Te dicen que si “haces lo que te gusta, no trabajarás ni un día de tu vida”. Ya sea trabajando por “exposición” y “experiencia”, o soportando malos tratos en nombre de “formar parte de la familia”, t

Segur que a tu també t’han dit que si fas el que t’agrada serà com si no treballessis cap dia de la teva vida. Sota aquest pretext del capitalisme i el liberalisme no hem qüestionat el que és inaccep