Borders harm all of us: they must be abolished.

“A book that invites us to dream of a reconfigured world where the borders between nation states no longer control and define us.”  – Stella Dadzie Borders harm all of us: they must be abolished. Borders divide workers and families, fuel racial division, and reinforce global disparities. They encourage the expansion of technologies of surveillance and control, which impact migrants and citizens. Against Borders: The Case for Abolition by Gracie Mae Bradley and Luke de Noronha is a passionate manifesto for border abolition, arguing that we must transform society and our relationships to one another, and build a world in which everyone has the freedom to move and to stay. Buy now Here’s why a border-free world would be better than hostile immigration policies | Gracie Mae Bradley and Luke de Noronha write for the Guardian.   “Against Borders demonstrates the clarifying power of applying abolitionist politics to the issue of borders. In doing so, it achieves a rare unity of theory and practice, combining profound analysis with pointers to radical action.” – Arun Kundnani “The arguments in this elegant and powerful book are entirely reasonable and pragmatic and yet utterly revolutionary, proposing an abolitionist political imagination and a horizon of liberation.” – Michael Hardt “A refreshing, well-argued and moving proposal for 'non-reformist reforms' that would demolish one of the cruellest components of the capitalist state, written with a non-sectarian openness and a utopian imagination” – Owen Hatherley No walls, no borders reading list A reading list on the changing role of borders and how we consider freedom of movement, globalization, and humanitarian crises across the world.