Inclusive Solidarity and Citizenship along Migratory Routes in Europe and the Americas

Helge Schwiertz is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Sociology and Social Theory at the University of Hamburg in Germany. His research interests include social and political theory, migration studies, racism, (pro-)migrant organizing, citizenship, solidarity, and radical democracy.Helen Schwenken is Professor of Migration and Society and Director of the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at the University of Osnabrück in Germany. Her research interests include gender and migration, social movement studies, and labour migration.

• Introduction: inclusive solidarity and citizenship along migratory routes in Europe and the AmericasHelge Schwiertz and Helen Schwenken1. Abolitionist vistas of the human. Border struggles, migration and freedom of movementSandro Mezzadra2. Deployed fears and suspended solidarity along the migratory route in EuropeMargit Feischmidt3. Volunteering for refugees and the repositioning of state sovereignty and civil society: the case of GreeceDimitris Parsanoglou4. Containing mobile citizenship: changing geopolitics and its impact on solidarity activism in MexicoTanya Basok and Guillermo Candiz5. Mobilizing for safe passages and escape aid: challenging the ‘asylum paradox’ between active and activist citizenship, humanitarianism and solidarityHelge Schwiertz and Helen Schwenken6. Migrants, activists, and the Mexican State: framing violence, rights, and solidarity along the U.S.-Mexico borderHeidy Sarabia7. Challenging who counts as a citizen. The infrastructure of solidarity contesting racial profiling in SwitzerlandSarah Schilliger8. Building the sanctuary city from the ground up: abolitionist solidarity and transformative reformFiona Jeffries and Jennifer Ridgley9. Differential solidarity: protests against deportations as structured contestations over citizenshipMaren Kirchhoff