ICYMI: “On Property” Virtual Launch Video
Last week on February 25, we had a great time celebrating the launch of Rinaldo Walcott’s On Property. The event was hosted by Anjula Gogia at Another Story Bookshop in Toronto, ON. Rinaldo Walcott had a stimulating conversation with Beverly Bain and Idil Abdillahi about the book, what inspired it, and their ongoing work in the community.
In case you missed it, you can still watch the video now:
ABOUT ON PROPERTY:
From plantation rebellion to prison labour’s super-exploitation, Walcott examines the relationship between policing and property.
That a man can lose his life for passing a fake $20 bill when we know our economies are flush with fake money says something damning about the way we’ve organized society. Yet the intensity of the calls to abolish the police after George Floyd’s death surprised almost everyone. What, exactly, does abolition mean? How did we get here? And what does property have to do with it? In On Property, Rinaldo Walcott explores the long shadow cast by slavery’s afterlife and shows how present-day abolitionists continue the work of their forebears in service of an imaginative, creative philosophy that ensures freedom and equality for all. Thoughtful, wide-ranging, compassionate, and profound, On Property makes an urgent plea for a new ethics of care.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Rinaldo Walcott is a Professor in the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. His research is in the area of Black Diaspora Cultural Studies, gender and sexuality.
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