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OverviewAmidst 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Chris Dixon , Angela Y. DavisPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780520279025ISBN 10: 0520279026 Pages: 355 Publication Date: 15 August 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Angela Y. Davis Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Politics 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 Part 2. Strategy 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 Part 3. Organizing 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 IndexReviewsAn 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 the deep roots of the 'another politics' leftist lineage. -- Andrew Willis Garces Waging Nonviolence 20141202 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 the deep roots of the 'another politics' leftist lineage. -- Andrew Willis Garces Waging Nonviolence 20141202 An invaluable snapshot of the North American left today... To understand the state of the left in North America, in all its aspirations and its limitations, Another Politics is an important book. -- Justin Podur teleSUR 20141216 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 the deep roots of the 'another politics' leftist lineage. -- Andrew Willis Garces Waging Nonviolence An invaluable snapshot of the North American left today... To understand the state of the left in North America, in all its aspirations and its limitations, Another Politics is an important book. -- Justin Podur teleSUR With such widespread challenges and injustice facing our society, combined with the shifting energies and momentum of people power, the 'another politics' Chris Dixon documents in Another Politics: Talking Across Today's Transformative Movements offers perhaps the most promising and exciting approaches to collectively addressing these problems while simultaneously moving us into the world in which we wish to live. -- Greg MacDougall Rabble Author InformationChris 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 involved in transformative social movements for more than two decades. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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