The Next Revolution: Popular Assemblies and the Promise of Direct Democracy

by Murray Bookchin

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"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 show more 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"-- show less

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Bookchin does a great job untangling the mess that is Leftist thought. He highlights the strengths of anarchism and communism and finds a way to ideologically synthesis them with his idea of libertarian communalism. While the work towards a truly free and rational society is likely far off in the future, he asks the questions that must be asked and provides a number of strong answers of his own. Thoroughly recommended to anyone interested in moving beyond the capitalist hellscape we are living in at the moment.

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Politics and Government, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Philosophy
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321.8Society, government, & culturePolitical scienceSystems of governments and statesDemocratic government [formerly : Republic]
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