In times of crisis, when institutions of power are laid bare, people
turn to one another. Pandemic Solidarity collects firsthand experiences
from around the world of people creating their own narratives of
solidarity and mutual aid in the time of the global crisis of Covid-19.
The world's media was quick to weave a narrative of selfish
individualism, full of empty supermarket shelves and con-men. However,
if you scratch the surface, you find a different story of community and
self-sacrifice. Looking at eighteen countries and regions, including
India, Rojava, Taiwan, South Africa, Iraq and North America, the
personal accounts in the book weave together to create a larger picture,
revealing a universality of experience - a housewife in Istanbul
supports her neighbour in the same way as a teacher in Argentina, a punk
in Portland, and a disability activist in South Korea does. Moving
beyond the present, these stories reveal what an alternative society
could look like, and reflect the skills and relationships we already
have to create that society, challenging institutions of power that have
already shown their fragility.