Welcome back to the poor prozomenac. This is Andy.

And today we're joined by Hannah Cass, a leading voice in the study of social movements,

state power, and the pursuit of liberation.

Hannah is a joint PhD candidate in the Department of Geography and the Nelson Institute

for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Her work is deeply rooted in understanding the intersections of state repression and enclosure

in struggles for food, land, and abolition.

Her research specifically investigates how eco-defenders and abolitionists are building and

fighting for alternative life worlds beyond traditional policing and carceral systems.

Hannah also critically examines the concept of food anarchy, applying an anarchist lens to the

food sovereignty movement.

She theorizes how the state maintains a monopoly on hunger and explores how food

anarchy can dismantle existing food regimes and build new counterworlds through direct

action.

In this conversation, we talk about agroecology, the history of colonialism through food

systems, and where we go from here.

If you're interested in her work, check out our website, linked in the show notes,

and let us know what you think.

Hannah, thanks so much for coming on.

Can you tell us a little bit about your background and I guess your work?

Yeah, sure.

So my background is that I am a PhD candidate jointly appointed in the Department of Geography and the Nelson Institute

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