Love, as well as friendship, is a term that is at least as universal as it is broad. It can be everything or nothing; according to some, it might be an empty phrase, and a naive endeavor, whose appeal may elicit a weary smile. Yet it is love, and relationships overall, that can facilitate change, as a belief in community (Fromm) and a counter-movement to violence (hooks). In our X-Tutorial we examined the question what role love and friendship play for political change, discussing not only various Black and feminist thinkers, but also visiting the Spinnboden Lesben Archive, as well as the Missy Magazine. So far, this project has shown that love is an orientation towards and vision of a revolutionary alternative to a violence- and profit-oriented present, which includes concrete practices such as solidarity-based housing communities and queer-trans care concepts, as well as overcoming incarceration through local processes of transformative justice and economic redistribution in favor of socialization for the public. Through its universalistic appeal, love has the potential to serve as a connecting link between the supposedly private care of our loved ones and the orientation toward transnational solidarity. Further, the concept of love is not a mere add-on in terms of a just political future. It is necessary: As according to M.E. O’Brien, a “free society is one built on mutual care.” In this conference, we want to give insight into our disciplinary methods, our research results, and of course, the zine itself. During the second semester, we took a particular look at “friendship in dark times” (Arendt) and ask not only how we can understand friendship as a revolutionary method (White & Forster) and affect as crucial for political mass movements (Spade), but also how a trustful cooperation of mutual giving might oppose a political economy of trade and capitalist logics of extraction (Do Mar Castro Varela & Oghalai).