{"title":"Shira Hassan","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our curated collection of works by Shira Hassan, an insightful author known for her profound contributions to the realms of \u003cem\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Current Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e. Hassan’s writing tackles pressing societal issues with empathy and clarity, making her an essential voice in contemporary discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong her notable works is \u003cem\u003eSaving Our Own Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, a compelling book that delves into community-based responses to systemic injustices. Shira Hassan combines her experiences and thorough research to present narratives that are both informative and transformative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in exploring the intersections of activism, community healing, and policy change will find Hassan’s books both enlightening and inspiring. Her work encourages us to rethink social structures and engage in meaningful dialogue about the world around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse through this collection to discover how Shira Hassan’s writings offer a unique blend of personal experience and scholarly insight, making a significant impact in the field of political and social discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"saving-our-own-lives-by-shira-hassan-9781642598414","title":"Saving Our Own Lives","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaving Our Own Lives\u003c\/em\u003e is an anthology of essays by long-time organiser Shira Hassan that fills the gap in documenting the essential practice of Liberatory Harm Reduction, one of the most important interventions of the 20th century. This collection tells the stories of sex workers, Black, Indigenous, and people of colour, queer folks, trans, gender non-conforming, and two-spirit people building systems of change and support outside societal frameworks of oppression and exploitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a collective story of trans women of colour who, as sex workers and radical political organisers, created shared housing to ensure young people had safe places to sleep. It is the story of clean syringes, \"liberated\" from empathetic doctors' offices by activists—punk women of colour—distributed among injection drug users in squats in the East Village, alongside the early AIDS activists who made sure everyone knew how to use them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the story of the Black Panthers and the Young Lords taking over Lincoln Park Hospital in the Bronx to demand and ultimately create community-accessible drug treatment programmes. It also tells of bad date sheets exchanged between sex workers in Portland, who created a data collection tool that changed how prison abolitionists track systemic violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt a political moment when Liberatory Harm Reduction and mutual aid are more important than ever, \u003cem\u003eSaving Our Own Lives\u003c\/em\u003e serves as an inspiration and a catalyst for the radical transformation of our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849950515436,"sku":"9781642598414","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/22974263482772.jpg?v=1759065840"},{"product_id":"saving-our-own-lives-by-shira-hassan-9781642598810","title":"Saving Our Own Lives","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiberatory Harm Reduction\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most important interventions of the 20th century, yet a compilation of its critical stories and voices was, until now, seemingly nowhere to be found. \u003cem\u003eSaving Our Own Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, an anthology of essays from long-time organiser Shira Hassan, fills this gap by telling the stories of how sex workers, Black, Indigenous, and people of colour, queer folks, trans, gender non-conforming, and two-spirit people are—and have been—building systems of change and support outside the societal frameworks of oppression and exploitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a collective story of trans women of colour, who were sex workers and radical political organisers, who created shared housing to ensure that young people had safe places to sleep. 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