Cooking Up a Revolution: Food Not Bombs, Homes Not Jails, and Resistance to Gentrification

by Sean Parson

Book Overview

During the late 1980s and early 1990s the city of San Francisco waged a war against the homeless. Over 1,000 arrests and citations where handed out by the police to activists for simply distributing free food in public parks. Why would a liberal city arrest activists helping the homeless? In exploring this question, the book treats the conflict between the city and activists as a unique opportunity to examine the contested nature of homelessness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526148021
• ISBN13: 9781526148025
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"