Sarah Schulman’s “The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity”
Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak with Sarah Schulman about her latest book, “The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity.”
By LARB Radio HourMay 2, 2025
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Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak with Sarah Schulman about her latest book, The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity. With a focus on practical politics, Schulman explores both how we imagine solidarity and what the work of solidarity requires. Rather than a horizontal movement, the book focuses on the ways achieving today’s most pressing political goals—from Palestine’s self-determination to immigration reform and protecting LBGTQ rights—requires working across various levels of individual privilege and power. With both historical and present day examples, Schulman presents a clear-eyed, long-term vision of a life in activism, laying out stumbling blocks and failures alongside meaningful progress, and the steps it takes to get there.
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