;)
Talking About a Revolution
Interviews with Michael Albert, Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, bell hooks, Peter Kwong, Winona LaDuke, Manning Marable, Urvashi Vaid, and Howard Zinn
South End Press Collective (Editors)
Pages: 144ISBN: 0-89608-587-2
Format: paper
Release Date: 1998-01-01
This book is also available in cloth
Interviews with Michael Albert, Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, bell hooks, Peter Kwong, Winona LaDuke, Manning Marable, Urvashi Vaid, and Howard Zinn
On its twentieth anniversary, the South End Press collective has gathered the Left’s most prominent intellectuals for a wide-ranging discussion of the past twenty years and the next twenty years of progressive social movements in the United States.
In nine accessible, personal interviews, Zinn et al let readers know their most deeply held beliefs and hopes for the progressive movements they have led and nurtured over the last two decades.
Every one who would like to see a revitalized, more effective movement for social change in the United States—whether feminist, anti-racist, populist, anarchist, socialist, union activist, or unsure—will want to read Talking About a Revolution.
“Talking About a Revolution is an impressive contribution to the ongoing national dialogue about the role and responsibility of the progressive movement as we enter a new millennium of political problems, ideologies, and choices."—Midwest Book Review
“… contains flashes of brilliance.… This little book puts our best face forward, presenting a range of brilliant thinkers and tireless activists at their most human, accessible, generous, humble and warm…."—Counterpoise
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 "But
What Are You For?" Interview with Michael Albert
2 "There
are No Limits to What Can Be Done" Interview with Noam Chomsky
3 "On
Political Ecstasy and Marble Rolling" Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich
4 "Critical
Consciousness for Political Resistance" Interview with bell hooks
5 "Fighting
for Social Justice is the Mission" Interview with Peter Kwong
6 "Power
is in the Earth" Interview with Winona LaDuke
7 "A
Humane Society is Possible through Struggle" Interview with Manning Marable
8 "A
Shared Politics of Social Justice" Interview with Urvashi Vaid
9 "A
New Great Movement" Interview with Howard Zinn
South End Press Collective
Click here to view South End Press Collective's full Author PageSouth End Press is a nonprofit, collectively run book publisher with more than 250 titles in print. Since our founding in 1977, we have met the needs of readers who are exploring, or are already committed to, the politics of radical social change. Our goal is to publish books that advance critical thinking and action on the key political, cultural, social, economic, and ecological issues shaping life in the United States and in the world. We hope to provide a forum for a wide variety of democratic social movements, and provide an alternative to the products of corporate publishing.
From its inception, the Press has organized itself as an egalitarian collective with decision-making arranged to share as equally as possible the rewards and stresses of running the business. Each collective member is responsible for core editorial and administrative tasks, and all collective members earn the same base salary. The Press also has made a practice of inverting the pervasive racial and gender hierarchies in traditional publishing houses; our staff has had a female majority since the mid-1980s, and has included at least 50 percent people of color since the mid-1990s. Our author list—which includes Arundhati Roy, Noam Chomsky, bell hooks, Winona LaDuke, Manning Marable, Ward Churchill, Cherríe Moraga, and Howard Zinn—reflects the Press’s commitment to publish on diverse issues from diverse perspectives.
To expand access to information and critical analysis, South End Press has been instrumental to the start of two on-going political media projects—Speak Out and Z Magazine. We have worked closely with a number of important media and research institutions including Alternative Radio, Political Research Associates, and the Committee on Women, Population and the Environment.