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Another Politics: Talking across Today´s Transformative Movements
Chris Dixon
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Description for Another Politics: Talking across Today´s Transformative Movements
Hardback. Amidst war, economic meltdown, and ecological crisis, a "new spirit of radicalism is blooming" from New York to Cairo, according to Chris Dixon. This book examines the trajectory of efforts that contributed to the radicalism of Occupy Wall Street and other recent movement upsurges. Num Pages: 355 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
Amidst war, economic meltdown, and ecological crisis, a "new spirit of radicalism is blooming" from New York to Cairo, according to Chris Dixon. In Another Politics, he examines the trajectory of efforts that contributed to the radicalism of Occupy Wall Street and other recent movement upsurges. Drawing on voices of leading organizers across the United States and Canada, he delivers an engaging presentation of the histories and principles that shape many contemporary struggles. Dixon outlines the work of activists aligned with anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, and anti-oppression politics and discusses the lessons they are learning in their efforts to create social transformation. ... Read more
Amidst war, economic meltdown, and ecological crisis, a "new spirit of radicalism is blooming" from New York to Cairo, according to Chris Dixon. In Another Politics, he examines the trajectory of efforts that contributed to the radicalism of Occupy Wall Street and other recent movement upsurges. Drawing on voices of leading organizers across the United States and Canada, he delivers an engaging presentation of the histories and principles that shape many contemporary struggles. Dixon outlines the work of activists aligned with anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, and anti-oppression politics and discusses the lessons they are learning in their efforts to create social transformation. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
Number of Pages
355
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520279018
SKU
V9780520279018
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About Chris Dixon
Chris Dixon is an activist, writer, and educator who received a PhD from the History of Consciousness program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His writing has appeared in We Are Many: Reflections on Movement Strategy from Occupation to Liberation, Anarchist Studies, Clamor, the Earth First! Journal, Left Turn, Social Movement Studies, and Upping the Anti. He has been ... Read more
Reviews for Another Politics: Talking across Today´s Transformative Movements
"An excellent distillation of what Dixon calls 'another politics,' a shared political orientation that unites grassroots organizers working from similar principles in the United States and Canada across issue, movement, sector, strategy and identity... Like a good organizing mentor, Dixon (and his interviewees) gives us insight without 'right' answers, helping to deepen our understanding of commonalities and remind us of ... Read more