How are pathways to asylum shaped by neoliberal capitalism? And how are people resisting profit-making structures within the asylum industry?
The book brings together writing, photography, art & infographics contributed by academics, activists, artists & people impacted by asylum regimes. It is intended to challenge readers to move beyond questions of legal, moral, and humanitarian obligations that dominate popular debates regarding asylum seekers.
Digging deeper, the contributors focus on processes and actors often overlooked in mainstream analyses and on the trends increasingly rendering asylum available only to people with financial and cultural capital.
In highlighting protest as well as profit, Asylum for Sale “strikes a crucial balance of critical analyses and proposed solutions for resisting and reshaping current and emerging immigration norms”.
Praise:
“An unparalleled resource” – Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything, The Shock Doctrine, and many more
“Conveys the possibilities of global citizenship, involving active solidarity with those who are crossing borders whether through choice or as a refusal of oppression” – Hilary Wainwright, author of A New Politics from the Left
“An urgent, inspiring, and necessary volume” – Jamila Hammami, founder of the Queer Detainee Empowerment Project
Discount codes:
To ensure this book is accessible to all, while still supporting our brilliant independent publisher PM Press, we’re encouraging potential readers to pay you can afford: full price, 20% off (use code ASYLUM20), or 40% off (use ASYLUM40) – intended especially for people directly impacted by asylum regimes and/or on low incomes.
Siobhán McGuirk 