{"product_id":"the-case-for-open-borders-paperback","title":"The Case for Open Borders - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Washington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA beautifully-written, broadly accessible, and forthright argument for a solution to the migration crisis: open the gates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause of restrictive borders, human beings suffer and die. Closed borders force migrants seeking safety and dignity to journey across seas, trudge through deserts, and clamber over barbed wire. In the last five years alone, at least 60,000 people have died or gone missing while attempting to cross a border. As we deny, cast out, and crack down, we have stripped borders of their creative potential - as lines of contact, catalyst, and blend -- turning our thresholds into barricades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrilliant and provocative, \u003cem\u003eThe Case for Open Borders\u003c\/em\u003e deflates the mythology of national security through border lockdowns by revisiting their historical origins; it counters the conspiracies of immigration's economic consequences; it urgently considers the challenges of climate change beyond the boundaries of narrow national identities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book grounds its argument in the experiences and thinking of those on the frontlines of the crisis, spanning the world to do so. In each chapter, through detailed reporting, journalist and translator John Washington profiles a character impacted by borders. He adds to those portraits provocative analyses of the economics and ethics of bordering, concluding that if we are to seek justice or sustainability we must fight for open borders. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn recent years, important thinkers have begun to urge a profoundly different approach to migration, but no book has made the argument as accessible or as compelling. Washington's case shines with the multitudinous voices of people on the move, a portrait in miniature of what a world with open borders will give to our common future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Washington\u003c\/strong\u003e is a staff writer at Arizona Luminaria, a community-focused media outlet where he writes about the border, climate change, democracy, and more. He has written for \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Intercept\u003c\/em\u003e, and other outlets. His first book, \u003cem\u003eThe Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the US-Mexico Border and Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in 2020 by Verso Books. Washington is also a translator of books by Anabel Hernandez, Sandra Rodriquez Nieto, and others. His most recent translations include \u003cem\u003eThe Hollywood Kid\u003c\/em\u003e by ﾓscar Mart?ez and Juan Mart?ez, and \u003cem\u003eBlood Barrios\u003c\/em\u003e by Alberto Arce, which won a PEN Translates Award. Both were co-translated along with Daniela Ugaz\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003eHe lives in Tucson, Arizona, and tweets @jbwashing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759056191776,"sku":"9798888900727","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/456f11adfba2ada14999cb6fa46734c7.webp?v=1780141710","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-case-for-open-borders-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}