Description
"Does organized rebellion need its own Martha Stewart? Relax, this isn't it. In your grasp is a heartfelt, brick-by-brick guide from a committed veteran activist on heart, soul, music, his own life's surprises, and how we can all bring ongoing change to our own communities." --Jello Biafra
An ambitious, accessible mix of history, autobiography, and how-to-manual, this "anti-manifesto" challenges popular concepts of radical activism. Long-time inner-city organizer and punk rabble-rouser Mark Andersen takes aim at the illusions that tend to keep North American radicals self-satisfied but ineffective. A whirlwind tour across decades--through punk and student activism, identity and lifestyle politics, animal rights, armed struggle, patriotism, globalization, and beyond--this book seeks a radicalism that is both rigorously self-critical and genuinely populist. Leaping from agrarian socialist experiments of the early twentieth century to embattled 1960s streets to the fiercely independent punk underground of the 1980s and '90s to the present-day global-justice movement, All the Power suggests how the seemingly most idealistic of enterprises--revolution--might be practically accomplished.
Product Details
| Publisher | Akashic Books, Ltd. |
| Publish Date | September 01, 2004 |
| Pages | 240 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781888451726 |
| Dimensions | 9.0 X 6.3 X 0.7 inches | 0.7 pounds |
About the Author
Reviews
Mark loves to dance with words: he finds struggle in right as well as wrong, all the while keeping time with a cadence of thoughts and approaches. He is a free-agent believer open to possibility. His decision to reflect on his personal journey through what he refers to as 'revolution' may lull the reader with the packaging, as the written word is often mistaken for the truth. The fact that questions in a written form can at times resemble answers is a danger for most activist writers, as well as writing activists. Be that as it may, it is Mark's content, the inexhaustible work ethic and boundless hope for the better, that serves as the true ballast of his conviction.--Ian MacKaye
Mark Andersen is the living Holden Caulfield, committed to making the world a better place for all its children. This book reflects his deep caring and concern for the human condition, urging us to hold onto the dream of King and find a way to come together, again, toward humane revolutionary change.--Elaine Brown, former Chairman of the Black Panther Party
Mark's decency and vision are both appealing and effective in suggesting practical strategies to make systemic change. All the Power is an incisive and important look at past and present North American radicalism that can help us build a better world.--Heather Booth, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, cofounder of "Jane" collective and Midwest Academy
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