Cooking up a revolution

In Cooking Up a Revolution Sean Parson examines the anarchist group Food Not Bombs and its practices of providing free food as a form of political resistance to gentrification and homelessness.

Drawing on interviews and archival research, Parson traces conflicts between activists and municipal authorities, showing how ostensibly charitable acts were politicized and criminalized.

The book situates Food Not Bombs within broader anarchist and urban social movements, highlighting tactics of mutual aid and collective care.

It analyzes state and municipal strategies used to suppress activist projects and the ethical-political commitments sustaining participants.

Parson uses this case to explore how grassroots direct action contests neoliberal urban development and institutions.