“To Accompany is Political - A Transfeminist Essay on Homelessness” is a book rooted in the struggle and solidarity in working with homeless people in Argentina.

"“What does accompanying mean? Where do we do it from? What do we do it for? What bonds are created between the accompanier and the accompanied?… What political experiences are we able to co-create between those facing social issues and those who are not?”

Written by Florencia Montes Paez of the group No Tan Distintes [Not So Different], this book is a call for us to reflect on our own and our organisations’ actions in front of inequity, transforming ourselves in the process – to accompany, as a political act. Appearing for the first time in English, this edition brings a definitive work from the Spanish-speaking world to new lands and readers."

There will be questions and discussion, and copies of the book will be available to buy (£15).

Organised by AK Press, the Autonomous Library and Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty

Book info

https://www.akuk.com/to-accompany-is-political-a-transfeminist-essay-on-homelessness.html

(Translated by Daniela Camozzi, Beth Knowles Casas and Raquel Arreola Casas.

Published by Formas Press, 2026.)

Venue info

Collective Space, 21 Albert Street (off Leith Walk), Edinburgh EH7 5LH

Meeting is on the ground floor with disabled access.

Buses to Leith Walk, McDonald Road tram stop.

AK Press  https://www.akuk.com/index.php

Autonomous Library  https://linktr.ee/autonomouslibrary_edi

Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty  https://edinburghagainstpoverty.org.uk/