Practical Radicals
Description
High profile author: Bhargava led the Center for Community Change where he mentored and supported many of today's leading activists. He now heads a new center at CUNY social movement leadership.
TNP track in this space: When We Fight We Win, a similar manual for activism and organizing, sold over 20,000 copies. From Dictatorship to Democracy, a strategy manual for democracy activists, sold over 10,000 copies.
Wide network of supporters: Over 100 leading activists and organizers from every major social movement-from Ai-jen Poo to Pramila Jayapal-read the manuscript and offered comments and all have pledged support for the launch.
Coordinated national launch: Authors are tapping their many friends and supporters to plan a coordinated launch via social media and related events.
Punchy, accessible package: Blends accessible theory and strategy into a compact text meant to appeal to a wide readership, borrowing from the self-help genre and format.
Authoritative argument on par with bestselling Alinsky book: Drawing on decades of experience and expertise, the authors' purpose is to offer a relevant update of Rules for Radicals (over 260,000 copies in its most recent edition) for our times.
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Deepak Bhargava has been an organizer and campaigner for over thirty years. A former distinguished lecturer at CUNY, president and executive director of Community Change, and senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, he is now president of the JPB Foundation. The co-editor (with Ruth Milkman and Penny Lewis) of Immigration Matters and co-author (with Stephanie Luce) of Practical Radicals (both published by The New Press), he lives in New York City.
Stephanie Luce is a professor of labor studies and sociology at CUNY and the author of numerous books, including Labor Movements: Global Perspectives, as well as the coauthor (with Robert Pollin) of The Living Wage (The New Press). She lives in New York City.
