The social fabric of the US is under assault at all scales, from the rapacious rents charged for homes to genocidal and colonialist campaigns in Gaza, Venezuela, Iran, and beyond. This blatant disregard for life has illuminated the necessity of bringing an alternative system into being. Whether via mutual aid for ICE-threatened neighbors or renewed […] The post 9 Books About Retaking and Rebuilding Our Commonwealth appeared first on Electric Literature .