Another politics : talking across today's transformative movements / / Chris Dixon ; with a foreword by Angela Y. Davis

• Autore: Dixon Chris <1977->
• Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 363 pages)
• Disciplina: 303.48/4
• Soggetto topico: Radicalism; Social movements - Political aspects; Social change - Political aspects; Anti-racism; Feminism; Criminal justice, Administration of; Anarchism
• Soggetto non controllato: activists; american protest; anti authoritarian; anti capitalist; anti oppression; canada; canadian protest; contemporary political struggles; ecological crisis; economic meltdown; government and governing; history; international movements; leadership; liberation; movement building; occupy wall street; organizing; political activists; political advocacy; political ideologies; political protest; political; politics; radical political thought; radicalism; social transformation; united states of america; war; work of against
• Persona (resp. second.): DavisAngela Y <1944-> (Angela Yvonne)
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "Fighting against amnesia": Movement Histories of Another Politics -- 2. "Defining ourselves in opposition": The Four "Anti's" -- 3. "Organizing now the way you want to see the world later": Prefigurative Politics -- 4. "Do you want to have a chance at winning something?": Developing Strategy -- 5. "In the world but not of it": An Emerging Strategic Framework -- 6. "Bringing people together to build their power": Anti-authoritarian Organizing -- 7. "Leadership from below": Taking Initiative and Building Capacities -- 8. "Vehicles for movement-building": Creating Organizations -- Conclusion: "Imagining ourselves outside of what we know" -- Resources for Movement-Building -- Organizations and Projects Mentioned -- Biographies of Interviewees -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. The book explores solutions to the key challenge for today's activists, organizers, fighters, and dreamers: building a substantive link between the work of "against," which fights ruling institutions, and the work of "beyond," which develops liberatory alternatives.
• Titolo autorizzato: Another politics
• ISBN: 0-520-95884-5; 9780520958845
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786559203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II