Solidarity practices , state violence and chronicity of crises during the pandemic

Abstract

This article presents an analysis of different forms and practices of solidarity emerging in the context of the pandemic. The theoretical framework is a reflection on the very notion of crisis and its chronicity. Drawing on empirical research, I show how the experience of crisis produces different forms of agency and mutual care. On one hand, I focus on mobilisations in the field of reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights during the pandemic, showing how activists define their relationship with the state and how they practice solidarity. On the other – referring to the micro level of practices – I discuss the situation of a group less visible during the pandemic, people who use opioids, presenting a different understanding and practice of solidarity in the context of the absence or hostility of the state.