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Stay Solid! is essential reading! A beacon of light for youth around the world. This unique collage of voices helps inform, inspire, and uplift the next generation. MK Asante, Its Bigger Than Hip Hop

It aint easy being a kid these days. For the first time in generations, todays teens have worse prospects ahead of them than their parents did, and the pressure to toe the line and be a success is heavier than ever . . . and so is the temptation to just give up. But there are things in the world worth fighting for!

This scrapbook-style collection of essays, excerpts, explanations, and images pushes back against a culture that relentlessly demands that kids give up their best ideals, abandon their hopes, forget their ethical objections to dominant life, soothe their rage, and accept their fates. From dealing with the cops to dealing with your peers, from school and community to drugs and sex, from race and class to money and mental health, Stay Solid! provides essential support for radically inclined teens who believe that its possible for all of us to hang on to our values and build a life we believe in.

Compiled and edited by radical urbanist and educator Matt Hern, with the assistance of the youth community at Vancouvers Purple Thistle Center, Stay Solid! is for kids, and for anyone who considers themselves an allyparents, teachers, neighbors, friends, relatives, and beyond.

Contributors include Eirlys Rhiannon, Kelsey Savage, Eldon Hay, Miriam Ching Yoon Louie, Walker Banerd, Ivan Coyote, Julie Flett, Zora Moniz, Tomas Moniz, David Maduli, Ren Antrop-Gonzlez, Daniel Grego, Anthony Meza-Wilson, Mathew Davis, Jay Gillen, Carla Bergman, Mike Jo, Benito Miller Deale, Chris Mercogliano, Liz Lichtman, Fly, Michael Hardt, Yotam Marom, Geoff Mann, Anita Olson, Seth Tobocman, Hari Alluri, Gabriel Teodros, Nadia Chaney, Anna Hunter, Starla Blue David Disaster, Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness, Stephanie Mcmillan, Marisela B. Gomez, Diana Pei Wu, Pete Jordan, Mark Douglas, John Holt, Shawna Murray, Sev Torres, Lee Naught, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Dan Savage, Rj Maccani, Leroy Wan, Shira Tarrant, Kenneth W. Tupper, Chrystal Smith, Peggy Millson, Mark Haden, Dawn Paley, Isaac K. Oomen, Andrea Schmidt, Chris Carlsson, Andalusia Knoll, Corin Browne, Guerrilla Girls, Sassafras Lowrey, Ivan Illich, Ching-In Chen, Tieraney Carter, Romi Chandra-Herbert, Cindy Crabb, Melia Dicker, Wendy-O-Matik, Wwoof Canada, Cole Robertson, Bianca Bockman, Elise Boeur, S. Brian Willson, Eylem Korkmaz, Beast Hero, Tiny, Aka Lisa Gray-Garcia, Dave Markland, Dana Putnam, Autumn Brown, Michelle Alexander, Yvonne Yen Liu, Luam Kidane, Antonio Te Maioha, Alan Goodman, Ijeoma Madubata, Imani Oliver, Janelle Kelly, Alex Mah, Jamie Heckert, Reg Johanson, Cynthia Dewi Oka, Marty Fink, Josiane Anthony-H, Sunaura Taylor, Bethany Stevens, Aj Ivings, Carmen Papalia, Eli Clare, Mia Mingus, Sylvia Mcfadden, Melanie Yergeau, Taiaiake Alfred, Glen Coulthard, Gord Hill, Ward Churchill, Joi T. Arcand, Andrea Lee Smith, Andrew Curley, Richard J.F. Day, Hilary Moore, Derrick Jensen, Jo-Anne McArthur, Oliver Kellhammer, Ben West, Madhu Suri Prakash, Alexandra Henao-Castrillon, Sozan Savehilaghi, Guillermo Verdecchia, Bushra Rehman , No Borders, Carmen Aguirre, Victoria Law, Harsha Walia, Marla Renn, Arlin Ffrench, Pamela Cross, Test Their Logik, Testament, Adam Lewis, Vikki Reynolds, Sarah Quinter, Angela El Dia Martinez Dy, Dan Bushnell, Aaron Munro, Peter Morin, Sascha Altman Dubrul, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Ben Holtzman, Kalamity Hildebrandt, Ana Ambroz, Buffie Irvine, Joe Biel, Fiona De Balasi Brown, Manisha Singh, Danny Mcguire, GaChing Kong, Gustavo Esteva, Tasnim Nathoo, Adrienne Maree Brown, Dan Chodorkoff, One Crimethinc Ex-Worker, Mike Davis, and Maia Ramnath.

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intro FAMILY eirlys rhiannon kelsey savage ELDON HAY miriam ching - photo 1

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FAMILY

eirlys rhiannon

kelsey savage

ELDON HAY

miriam ching yoon louie

WALKER BANERD

IVAN COYOTE

JULIE FLETT

zora moniz

tomas moniz

DAVID MADULI

SCHOOL, EDUCATION, & LEARNING

REN ANTROP-GONZ LEZ

DANiel GREGO

ANTHONY MEZA-WILSON

MATHEW DAVIS

jay gillen/the BALTIMORE

ALGEBRA PROJECT

CARLA BERGMAN & MIKE JO

COMMUNITY

Benito Miller Deale

Chris Mercogliano

Liz Lichtman

Fly

Michael Hardt

Yotam Marom

MONEY, WORK, & SUCCESS

GEOFF MANN

anita olson

seth tobocman

Hari Alluri, Gabriel Teodros

and Nadia Chaney

anna hunter

STARLA BLUE david DISASTER

SKILLS

strangers in a tangled

wilderness

STEPHANIE M c MILLAN

MARISELA B. GOMEZ

DIANA pei WU

pete jordan

mark douglas

john holt

SHAWNA MURRAY/LEADERS OF A

BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE

sev torres

SEX

Lee naught

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

DAN SAVAGE

RJ MACCANI

LEROY WAN

SHIRA TARRANT

DRUGS

Kenneth W. tupper

CHrystal Smith

Peggy Millson

mark haden

dawn paley

ISAAC K. OOMmEN

MEDIA

ANDREA SCHMIDT

CHRIS CARLSSON

ANDALUSIA KNOLL

CORIN BROWNE

GUERrILLA GIRLS

RELATIONSHIPS

Sassafras Lowrey

Ivan Illich

tasnim nathoo

Ching-In Chen

tieraney carter

Romi Chandra-Herbert

Cindy Crabb

Melia Dicker

Wendy-O-Matik

TRAVEL

Becky Young/WWOOF Canada

Cole Robertson

Bianca Bockman

Elise Boeur

S. Brian Willson

Eylem Korkmaz

CLASS & CLASS STRUGGLE

Beast Hero

Tiny, aka Lisa Gray-Garcia

Dave Markland

Dana Putnam

geoff mann

RACE

Autumn Brown

michelle alexander

Yvonne yen Liu

luam kidane

antonio te maioha

Alan Goodman

ijeoma madubata & imani oliver

GENDER

Janelle kelly

Alex Mah

jamie heckert

Reg Johanson

cynthia dewi oka

Marty Fink

josiane anthony-H

DISABILITY

sunaura taylor

Bethany Stevens

AJ Ivings

carmen papalia

Eli Clare

mia mingus

sylvia m c fadden

melanie yergeau

INDIGENOUS STRUGGLES

Taiaiake Alfred & Glen Coulthard

Gord Hill

WARD CHURCHILL

JOI T. ARCAND

ANDREA lee SMITH

Andrew Curley

Angela Sterritt

Richard J.F. Day

Ecocide

hilary moore

Derrick Jensen

jo-anne m c arthur

Oliver Kellhammer

ben west

Madhu suri Prakash

IMMIGRATION & migration

Alexandra Henao-castrillon

sozan savehilaghi

guillermo verdecchia

Bushra Rehman

no borders

carmen aguirre

COPS & COURTS

victoria law

Harsha Walia

marla renn

Arlin Ffrench

Pamela Cross

Test Their Logik & testament

adam lewis

MENTAL WELLNESS

Vikki Reynolds

Sarah Quinter

Angela el dia Martinez Dy

Dan Bushnell

Aaron Munro

Peter Morin

Sascha altman Dubrul

YOUR PHYSICAL BODY

Alexis Pauline Gumbs

ben holtzman

Kalamity HILDEBRANDT

ana ambroz & buffie irvine

joe biel

fiona de balasi brown

manisha singh

Danny M c Guire

GaChing Kong

OUTRO: getting old/er

Gustavo Esteva

Tasnim Nathoo

ADRIENNE MAREE BROWN

Dan Chodorkoff

one crimethinc ex-worker

Maia Ramnath

MIKE DAVIS

our editorial collective

To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and placesand there are so manywhere people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.

And if we do act, in however small a way, we dont have to wait for some grand utopian future.

The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.

Howard Zinn

INTRO: SOLID!

WHAT IS THIS BOOK?

Hey thanks for picking this up! And welcome to our radical handbook.

This book is written directly to you. Especially if youre a youth, and even more especially if youre a youth with some radical ideas about yourself, your politics, and your world. Its also most definitely for anyone who considers themselves an ally: parents, neighbours, teachers, friends, relatives.

This book is a collection of ideas and stories, information, advice, and encouragement to stay solid and build a good life in a crazy world. Were pretty confident that what youll find in here is an argument for a different, better kind of world. So much of our culture insists that you give up your ethics, forget your dreams, do what youre told, eat the dominant ideology, accept that the world sucks, and believe that oppression is natural.

We want to fight this. We want you (and us!) to stay radical, keep asking hard questions, keep resisting, keep fighting the good fight, and keep trying to be a good person leading a thoughtful, generous, fun life.

We want to talk about having real values and an ethical worldview, about how to keep doing the things that really matter to you. We really believe that you dont have to have a boring, depressing, defeated lifenot now, not ever. We all have to compromise all the time and thats a good thing, but we want to support and exhort you to hang on to your best values and build a good life, not one that you meekly accept because you cant think of a different way.

And hey, a note here right from the beginning: throughout the book the contributors sometimes sound like they are talking to you, and thats awesome, because the book is intended to talk directly to teenagers. But were not talking at you. We want it to be very clearsuper cleartotally clearright off the hop that were not perfect people looking down on ignorant kids and showing them how to lead a good life. Very freaking far from it! We are talking to youth (many of the editors and contributors are youth, the rest of were once), but we are also talking to ourselves, our friends, our families, and each other, trying to articulate what a good life might mean.

The good life is not a thing. Its not a place. Its not something you can achieve. Theres no good life that looks like a secular heaven/nirvana, and believe us when we say that none of us are there. Were alland I mean all of us, not just people who have written something in heretrying to figure out what that might mean. There is no Truth in this book and none of it is gospel, its just a bunch of solid people trying to understand how we can live the best lives possible.

The world is very fucked up in lots of ways, but this book is built on an explicitly active and hopeful premise: that there is a lot worth fighting for, and that you can scrap long and hard while still being a good person, having a lot of fun, giving and receiving a lot of love, and having a good time.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN RADICAL?

By radical we are talking about a left/socialist/anarchist/anti-capitalist worldview. Labels mostly suck though, so its more accurate to say that we are people who are dissatisfied with the world as it is and are looking to contribute to a better, fairer, more ecological, more equitable world. Were speaking to kids who are asking themselves the same kinds of questions we are: how do we build a life that is dignified, fun, sustainable, meaningful, creative, and is a force for good?

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