Deciding for ourselves : the promise of direct democracy / edited by Cindy Milstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Milstein, Cindy, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Direct democracy.

Representative government and representation.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

xvii, 269 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Chico, CA : AK Press, [2020]

Summary:

"In a time of social and ecological crises, people everywhere are looking for solutions. States and capitalism, rather than providing them, only make matters worse. There's a growing sense that we'll have to fix this mess on our own. But how? Deciding for Ourselves, in the spirit of the Zapatistas, demonstrates that 'the impossible is possible.' A better world through self-determination and self-governance is not only achievable; it is already happening in urban and rural communities around the world-from Mexico to Rojava, and Denmark to Greece-as an implicit or explicit replacement for nations, police, and other forms of hierarchical social control. This anthology explores contemporary examples of autonomous, directly democratic spaces and the real-world dilemmas they experience, all the while underscoring the egalitarian ways of life that are collectively generated in them"--Back cover.

Contents:

Prelude: Deciding for Ourselves / Cindy Milstein

A Horizontal city: living anarchism in Barcelona's peripheries / Stefano Portelli

Pan-Africanism, social ecology, and intimate direct democracy / Modibo Kadalie in coversation with Andrew Zonneveld

From #RickyRenuncia protests to people's assemblies in Puerto Rico / Jacqueline Villarrubia-Mendoza and Roberto Vélez-Vélez

Restoring the old ways in the Anishinabe Nation / Shannon Chief in conversation with Laurence Desmarais

VioMe and Notara 26: two nodes in Greek self-management / Niko Georgiades

Guarani-Kaiowá: giving voice to solidarity / Cintia Melo, with translation by José Renato Ferandes

Christiania: a free city in the city of Copenhagen / Asbjørn Nielsen

The Bonfires of autonomy in Cherán / Scott Campbell

"Only with You, This Broom Will Fly": Rojava, magic, and sweeping away the state inside of us / Dilar Dirik

Pirate ships, stormy seas, and finding solid ground: the Quartier Libre des Lentillères / Nataasha King

Coda: waking to revolution / Cindy Milstein.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1849353735

9781849353731

OCLC:

1119470744