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

From Athens to New York, recent mass movements around the world have challenged austerity and authoritarianism with expressions of real democracy. For more than forty years, Murray Bookchin developed these democratic aspirations into a new left politics based on popular assemblies, influencing a wide range of political thinkers and social movements.With a foreword by the best-selling author of __The Dispossessed,__ Ursula K. Le Guin, __The Next Revolution__ brings together Bookchin’s essays on freedom and direct democracy for the first time, offering a bold political vision that can move us from protest to social transformation.__From the Trade Paperback edition.__ 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 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-- 1. The Communalist Project -- 2. The Ecological Crisis And The Need To Remake Society -- 3. A Politics For The Twenty-first Century -- 4. The Meanng Of Confederalism -- 5. Libertarian Municipalism: A Politics Of Direct Democracy -- 6. Citiers: The Unfolding Of Reason In History -- 7. Nationalism And The National Question -- 8. Anarchism And Power In The Spanish Revolution -- 9. The Future Of The Left. Essays By Murray Bookchin, Edited And With An Introduction By Debbie Bookchin And Blair Taylor ; Foreword By Ursula K. Le Guin. Includes Bibliographical References. The Ideas About Political Organization That Have Animated The New Radical Movements Worldwide. From Athens To New York, Recent Mass Movements Around The World Have Challenged Austerity And Authoritarianism With Expressions Of Real Democracy. For More Than Forty Years, Murray Bookchin Developed These Democratic Aspirations Into A New Left Politics Based On Popular Assemblies, Influencing A Wide Range Of Political Thinkers And Social Movements. With A Foreword By The Best-selling Author Of The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin, The Next Revolution Brings Together Bookchin’s Essays On Freedom And Direct Democracy For The First Time, Offering A Bold Political Vision That Can Move Us From Protest To Social Transformation. A Pioneering Voice In The Ecology And Anarchist Movements, He Is The Author Of The Ecology Of Freedom And Post-scarcity Anarchism Among Many Other Books. "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 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"-- Provided by publisher From Athens to New York, recent mass movements around the world have challenged austerity and authoritarianism with expressions of real democracy. For more than forty years, Murray Bookchin developed these democratic aspirations into a new left politics based on popular assemblies, influencing a wide range of political thinkers and social movements. With a foreword by the best-selling author of The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin, The Next Revolution brings together Bookchin’s essays on freedom and direct democracy for the first time, offering a bold political vision that can move us from protest to social transformation. From the Trade Paperback edition.