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What the Black feminists who resisted state violence can teach us about care

The history of political organising among marginalised communities in the UK shows us the value of nurturing networks

What the Black feminists who resisted state violence can teach us about care
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The care crisis is a term that describes the deliberate breakdown of infrastructures that sustain life driven by neoliberal government policy.

It names the processes of state abandonment that designate which lives are worth protecting materially, and which are simply unwanted excess.

Needs that can and should be met socially have been displaced onto individuals, while corporations produce profits from the care economies that exploit workers.