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How can we build a better world? And why do so many people with privilege end up making things worse when they try to help? Its called the savior mentality, and Jordan Flaherty finds it in FBI informants, anti-sex-work crusaders, Teach For America corps members, and out-of-touch journalists. No More Heroes celebrates grassroots challenges to these saviors and highlights movements focused on real, systemic change from the Arab Spring to Black Lives Matter. Praise for No More Heroes In this marvelous, enormously instructive book, Jordan Flaherty explores how we too often allow the struggle for change to be undermined by would-be saviorsand how todays grassroots social movements, led by communities on the frontlines of crisis, are charting a far more powerful path forward. Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything Part memoir, part history, part political critique, No More Heroes exposes the savior complex for what it really imperialism camouflaged as a rescue operation. A perfect gift for the age of Trump. Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams In No More Heroes , Jordan Flaherty upends the world. You might think you understand the issues of sex workers, disaster victims, and the poor, but through this series of personal stories from the front lines of these fights, No More Heroes demonstrates that our best intended assumptions are often wrong. Read this book before your misguided good intentions do more harm to your pet causes than good. Lolis Eric Elie, Writer, HBOs Treme From left -wing vanguards, Teach-For-America, and charitable foundations, to the power of military interventions, Jordan Flaherty shows how rhetorics of commercial culture and corporate media re-appear as moral arguments to justify domination. This is an original interrogation of destructive control masquerading as help. Sarah Schulman, author of Conflict Is Not Abuse Jordan Flaherty is one of Americas most committed journalists writing from below and to the left. His work lifts up voices rarely heard in media as he focuses on the tireless, courageous work of marginalized communities building collective power. At a time when many movements are increasingly aligned with the dangerous neoliberal notion of individual saviors, Jordan reminds us there are no masters in the path to love and liberation. Harsha Walia, author of Undoing Border Imperialism Compelling and accessible, this book may be challenging for folks with privilegeespecially cisgendered straight white mento read as it demands they ask searing questions that may indict them and their behavior, but Flaherty shows clearly that is exactly what privileged people have to do, because oppressed people stare these realities in the face every dayand when we blink, we die. Walidah Imarisha, author of Angels with Dirty Faces Jordan Flaherty...has learned through personal experience and from listening to those who are marginalized just how dangerous it can be for would-be superheroes (even those with the best intentions) to take up the cause of justice, absent a real grounding in the solidarity and accountability necessary to bring true liberation. This is a unique and compelling contribution to movement literature, written with a humility that is as powerful as it is genuine. Tim Wise, author of White Like Me No More Heroes gives us all another opportunity to do what it will actually take to create liberation in our trust them most impacted, come together across forms of oppression, and most importantly throw away the scarcity-based, fragile individuality that privilege teaches us to defend. Let it go, and embrace the humbling, collective work of getting free. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, author of Spill How Can We Build A Better World? And Why Do So Many People With Privilege End Up Making Things Worse When They Try To Help? It's Called The Savior Mentality, And Jordan Flaherty Finds It In Fbi Informants, Anti-sex-work Crusaders, Teach For America Corps Members, And Out-of-touch Journalists. No More Heroes Celebrates Grassroots Challenges To These Saviors And Highlights Movements Focused On Real, Systemic Change From The Arab Spring To Black Lives Matter. -- Publisher's Description The History Of Saviors -- We Are The World, We Are The Children -- The Death Of Riad Hamad -- Batman Is The Problem -- Nicholas Kristof Saves The World -- Is Teach For America Saving Our Children? -- The World's Oldest Excuse For Male Violence -- Monica Jones Versus Dr. Dominique -- Demanding The Impossible -- Black Lives Matter -- Decentering Privilege. By Jordan Flaherty. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 211-233) And Index. Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The History of Saviors -- Chapter Two: We Are the World, We Are the Children -- Chapter Three: The Death of Riad Hamad -- Chapter Four: Batman Is the Problem -- Chapter Five: Nicholas Kristof Saves the World -- Chapter Six: Is Teach for America Saving Our Children? -- Chapter Seven: The World's Oldest Excuse for Male Violence -- Chapter Eight: Monica Jones versus Dr. Dominique -- Chapter Nine: Demanding the Impossible -- Chapter Ten: Black Lives Matter -- Chapter Eleven: Decentering Privilege -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index Missionaries of the left, saviors are people of privilege who believe they have all the answers. They want to help, but don’t want to listen; they lead but never follow. From post-Katrina New Orleans, to anti-sex-traficking work, to do-gooder journalists, Flaherty’s book reveals saviors’ misdeeds but also shows how activists can build new, stronger movements. Missionaries of the left, saviors are people of privilege who believe they have all the answers. They want to help, but don't want to listen; they lead but never follow. From post-Katrina New Orleans, to anti-sex-trafficking work, to do-gooder journalists, Flaherty's book reveals saviors' misdeeds but also shows how activists can build new, stronger movements