
Oppose and Propose
Lessons from Movement for a New Society
Andrew Cornell(Author)
AK Press
Published on 5. May 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-1-84935-066-2 (ISBN)
Description
Strategic insights from the past for activists today!
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 166 mm
Width: 116 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
187 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84935-066-2 (9781849350662)
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Person
Andrew Cornell: Andrew Cornell's doctoral work at NYU's American Studies Program traces the development of post-WWI anarchism in the United States. He has been active in anti-prison, global justice, and academic labor movements. His work appears in Letters from Young Activists (Nation Books, 2005) and The University Against Itself (Temple University Press, 2008). He helps produce the quarterly anti-capitalist magazine Left Turn.
Content
Introduction
Part 1: History
--Anarchism and the Movement for a New Society: Direct Action and Prefigurative
Community in the 1970s and 1980s
Part 2: Conversations with Movement for a New Society
--Lessons from the Movement for a New Society [Event Transcripts]
--Nonviolence, Consensus, and Leadership: An Interview with George Lakey
Part 3: Documents
--Why Nonviolence? Introduction to Nonviolence Theory and Strategy
--Movement for a New Society Organizational Handbook
Conclusion
Part 1: History
--Anarchism and the Movement for a New Society: Direct Action and Prefigurative
Community in the 1970s and 1980s
Part 2: Conversations with Movement for a New Society
--Lessons from the Movement for a New Society [Event Transcripts]
--Nonviolence, Consensus, and Leadership: An Interview with George Lakey
Part 3: Documents
--Why Nonviolence? Introduction to Nonviolence Theory and Strategy
--Movement for a New Society Organizational Handbook
Conclusion