Skopje, 26 June 2026 (MIA) — Jadro Cultural Center is hosting a book launch Friday for the Macedonian edition of “Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity” by Valeria Graziano, Marcel Mars and Tomislav Medak, who examine care as a modern political issue.

The authors ask how people can support each other when public institutions are weak and businesses exploit vulnerable people. They claim that care, from a shared community value, has been turned into a bureaucratic service available only to those who can pay for it. They also note that helping others is increasingly seen as a crime.

The authors offer a critical look at who receives care, who provides it and who is denied. They say care is a shared social and political responsibility rather than a private matter or an act of charity. Using examples from feminist, labor, digital, environmental and migrant groups, they explain how “pirate care” is a way for communities to help each other, organize and resist unfair systems.

The launch will feature a discussion with the authors about building support networks during crises, breaking rules to help others and ways of promoting solidarity that already exists in society. Artan Sadiku and Jovana Gjerasimovska will moderate the talk.

Valeria Graziano is a cultural theorist and organizer. Along with Marcell Mars and Tomislav Medak, she is the convenor of the Pirate Care Syllabus project. She has contributed to a number of collectives, including Precarious Workers Brigade, the Radical Education Forum, Boycott Workfare and the Women Strike UK. She is the co-author of “Rebelling with Care: Exploring Open Technologies for Commoning Healthcare” and she lives in Rijeka, Croatia.

Marcell Mars is an advanced internet user. With Tomislav Medak he founded the shadow library Memory of the World. He develops and maintains software infrastructure to support custodians of (universal access to) knowledge. His research “Ruling Class Studies,” started at the Jan van Eyck Academy, examines state-of-the-art digital innovation, adaptation and intelligence created by corporations such as Google, Amazon, Facebook and eBay. Marcell lives in Rijeka, Croatia.

Tomislav Medak is a commons and disability activist and an independent researcher with a focus on technology, environmental crisis and degrowth transition. He’s a member of Croatia’s green-left party Možemo! and, with Marcell Mars and a community of friends in Zagreb, he founded Multimedia Institute/MAMA, since 2000 a hub for cultural and political organizing. Together they have co-edited “Public Library” and “Guerilla Open Access.” He lives in Zagreb, Croatia.