“No system can ever relieve us of our personal responsibility, and it is essential that we all recognise the need to change the way we live.”

What We Are Fighting For: A Radical Collective Manifesto (2012) https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745332857/what-we-are-fighting-for/

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