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by Debt Collective (Author), Astra Taylor (Foreword by)
"The Debt Collective's Student Debt Strike is an important campaign to help build the mass movement we need to resist and abolish student debt." -Rep. Rashida Tlaib"Can't Pay, Won't Pay is less about the mechanics of finance than their meaning in the lives of billions of people around the world. And it is from this focus on personal meaning that the book derives its political power, plucking an identity that is associated with so much shame and silent suffering, and charging it with a new collective power to throw sand in the gears of capitalism." -Jacobin
"A quick and accessible read...an impassioned call to action." -Hyperallergic
"By prioritizing redress and repair, we can win free and universal education, housing, and healthcare. No one should have to go into debt to meet their basic needs, ' Debt Collective declares in this urgent book, which lays out concrete strategies and a powerful vision for radical change." -Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
"This book explains why we are overdue for a debt revolution and, more importantly, how to do it. To abolish debt is to begin to rebuild society. We need to start doing so now." -David Graeber
Author Biography
THE DEBT COLLECTIVE is a new kind of union--a debtors ' union--that transforms individual financial struggles into a source of collective power by enabling its members to dispute debts and engage in strategic campaigns of economic noncooperation. The Debt Collective 's writers' bloc includes Ann Larson, Astra Taylor, Hannah Appel, Thomas Gokey, and Laura Hanna.
ASTRA TAYLOR is a filmmaker, author, and activist. She is the author of The People 's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age and Democracy May Not Exist, But We 'll Miss It When It 's Gone.
