Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want

Haymarket Books is a radical, independent, nonprofit book publisher based in Chicago.Our mission is to publish books that contribute to struggles for social and economic justice. We strive to make our books a vibrant and organic part of social movements and the education and development of a critical, engaged, international left.We take inspiration and courage from our namesakes, the Haymarket Martyrs, who gave their lives fighting for a better world. Their 1886 struggle for the eight-hour day – which gave us May Day, the international workers’ holiday – reminds workers around the world that ordinary people can organize and struggle for their own liberation. These struggles continue today across the globe—struggles against oppression, exploitation, poverty, and war.

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Join Ruha Benjamin in conversation with Sepehr Vakhil about her new book, Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want.

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<a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691222882/viral-justice" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">V﻿iral Justice</a> , by Ruha Benjamin, is an inspiring vision of how we can build a more just world—one small change at a time.Long before the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin was doing groundbreaking research on race, technology, and justice, focusing on big, structural changes. But the twin plagues of COVID-19 and anti-Black police violence inspired her to rethink the importance of small, individual actions. Part memoir, part manifesto, Viral Justice is a sweeping and deeply personal exploration of how we can transform society through the choices we make every day.“A book as urgent as the moment that produced it.”—Jelani Cobb, Columbia Journalism SchoolOrder your copy of Viral Justice <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691222882/viral-justice" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here </a>or buy one at the in-person book event. Join us for a limited-capacity in-person book launch event for Viral Justice in Chicago at Haymarket House. ****Masks and proof of vaccination are required for all attendees. Doors will open at 6:00 PM.***_﻿______________________________________________S﻿peakers: R﻿uha Benjamin is a professor in the Department of African American studies at Princeton University where she studies the social dimensions of science, technology, and medicine. Benjamin is the founding director of the IDA B. WELLS Just Data Lab, and a faculty associate in the Center for Information Technology Policy, Program on History of Science, Center for Health and Wellbeing, and Program on Gender and Sexuality Studies. She also serves on the executive committees of the Program in Global Health and Health Policy and Center for Digital Humanities. She is the author of Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want , Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code , People’s Science: Bodies &amp; Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier, and Captivating Technology: Race, Carceral Technoscience, and Liberatory Imagination in Everyday Life. Sepehr Vakhil is an assistant professor of Learning Sciences in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University._﻿______________________________________________This event is sponsored by <a href="https://www.haymarketbooks.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Haymarket Books</a> and <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Princeton University Press</a>. While all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work.

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