The Next Revolution
Popular Assemblies and the Promise of Direct Democracy
Published on 6. January 2015
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-78168-580-8 (ISBN)
Description
Many similarities exist between the new movements against austerity that have emerged since 2011, ranging from Taksim Square in Turkey to the Chilean student protests, and from Greece to NYC. One of them is their return to the principles of direct democracy and their organization around popular assemblies. These ideas are hardly new-Murray Bookchin, who is one of the leading anarchist thinkers of the twentieth century, has been elaborating ideas about popular assemblies for several decades that have influenced thinkers such as David Harvey. The Next Revolution brings together Bookchin's writings on popular assemblies for the first time, just as his ideas are rekindling the radical imagination worldwide.
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By far the most sophisticated radical proposal to deal with the creation and collective use of the commons across a variety of scales, and is well worth elaborating as part of the radical anticapitalist agenda. -- David Harvey, author of Rebel CitiesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
381 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78168-580-8 (9781781685808)
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Popular Assemblies and the Promise of Direct Democracy
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