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Reclaiming PedagogiesE26 - Pirate Care as a Revolutionary Act: Valeria Graziano & Tomislav Medak (FRONTIERS OF COMMONING, hosted by David Bollier)Pirate Care is a term used to describe creative, public acts that challenge the "organized abandonment" of people in need. In the tradition of civil disobedience, pirate care activists intervene to show compassion and social solidarity for ordinary people. Pirate Care also highlights how the state, markets, or patriarchal families have politicized particular types of care by declaring them unpatriotic, a threat to business revenues, or unacceptably kind to people of the "wrong" citizenship, race, or gender identity. In a new book, 'Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity' (Pluto Press), Valeria Graziano and Tomislav Medak explain the varieties...2025-04-1843 min
Frontiers of Commoning, with David BollierPirate Care as a Revolutionary Act: Valeria Graziano & Tomislav MedakPirate Care is a term used to describe creative, public acts that challenge the "organized abandonment" of people in need. In the tradition of civil disobedience, pirate care activists intervene to show compassion and social solidarity for ordinary people. Pirate Care also highlights how the state, markets, or patriarchal families have politicized particular types of care by declaring them unpatriotic, a threat to business revenues, or unacceptably kind to people of the "wrong" citizenship, race, or gender identity. In their new book, 'Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity' (Pluto Press), activists Valeria Graziano (Italy; England) and Tomislav Medak...2025-01-0143 min