Lovely tribute to the late David Graeber by Rebecca Solnit, from her foreword to a new collection of his writing.

"David’s recurrent rallying cry as both a scholar and an activist was: “It does not have to be this way.” Where academia can be cool and guarded, pulling away from direct engagement, he was warm and enthusiastic, wanting to see ideas lead to actions that could change the world"

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theguardian.com/books/2024/nov…

‘It does not have to be this way’: the radical optimism of David Graeber

As a new collection of his writing is published, Rebecca Solnit remembers her friend, the late activist and anarchist who believed ordinary people had the power to change the world

^{Rebecca Solnit (The Guardian)}