Dispersing Power: Social Movements as Anti-State Forces

"Zibechi goes to Bolivia to learn. Like us, he goes with questions, questions that stretch far beyond...
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Author: Raúl Zibechi
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Dispersing Power: Social Movements as Anti-State Forces by Zibechi, Raúl

Dispersing Power: Social Movements as Anti-State Forces

$36.13

Dispersing Power: Social Movements as Anti-State Forces

$36.13
Author: Raúl Zibechi
Format: Paperback
Language: English
"Zibechi goes to Bolivia to learn. Like us, he goes with questions, questions that stretch far beyond the borders of Bolivia. How do we change the world and create a different one? How do we get rid of capitalism? How do we create a society based on dignity? What is the role of the state and what are the possibilities of changing society through anti-state movements?... the most important practical and theoretical questions that have risen from the struggles in Latin America and the world in the last fifteen years or so.... The book is beautiful, exciting, stimulating.... Do read it and also give it your friends."--John Holloway, from the Foreword

"Raúl Zibechi recounts in wonderful detail how dynamic and innovative Bolivian social movements succeeded in transforming the country. Even more inspiring than the practical exploits, though, are the theoretical innovations of the movements, which Zibechi highlights, giving us new understandings of community, political organization, institution, and a series of other concepts vital to contemporary political thought."--Michael Hardt, co-author of Empire, Multitude, and Commonwealth

This, Raúl Zibechi's first book translated into English, is an historical analysis of social struggles in Bolivia and the forms of community power instituted by that country's indigenous Aymara. Dispersing Power, like the movements it describes, explores new ways of doing politics beyond the state, gracefully mapping the "how" of revolution, offering valuable lessons to activists and new theoretical frameworks for understanding how social movements can and do operate independently of state-centered models for social change.

Author: Raúl Zibechi
Publisher: AK Press
Published: 07/01/2010
Pages: 174
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781849350112

About the Author
Raúl Zibechi is an international analyst for Brecha, a weekly journal in Montevideo, Uruguay, professor and researcher on social movements at the Multiversidad Franciscana de América Latina, and adviser to social groups. He is a monthly contributor to the Americas Policy Program and author of Genealogía de la Revuelta and La Mirada Horizontal.

Ramor Ryan is an Irish writer and translator based in Chiapas, Mexico. His book Clandestines: the Pirate Journals of an Irish Exile was published by AK Press in 2006.

Benjamin Dangl is author of The Price of Fire and Dancing with Dynamite.

John Holloway is author of Change the World Without Taking Power and Crack Capitalism.

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