Chomsky for activists

Author(s)

• Chomsky, Noam
• Derber, Charles
• Moodliar, Suren
• Shannon, Paul

Bibliographic Information

Chomsky for activists

Noam Chomsky ... [et al.]

（Universalizing resistance series / edited by Charles Derber and Suren Moodliar）

Routledge, 2021

• : pbk

Note

Other authors: Charles Derber, Suren Moodliar, Paul Shannon

Includes index

Summary: "Those who regard him as a "doom and gloom" critic will find an unexpected Chomsky in these pages. Here the world-renowned author speaks for the first time in depth about his career in activism, and his views and tactics"-- Provided by publisher

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Those who regard him as a "doom and gloom" critic will find an unexpected Chomsky in these pages. Here the world-renowned author speaks for the first time in depth about his career in activism, and his views and tactics. Chomsky offers new and intimate details about his life-long experience as an activist, revealing him as a critic with deep convictions and many surprising insights about movement strategies. The book points to new directions for activists today, including how the crises of the Coronavirus and the economic meltdown are exploding in the critical 2020 US presidential election year. Readers will find hope and new pathways toward a sustainable, democratic world.

Table of Contents

CHOMSKY FOR ACTIVISTS TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1: REFLECTIONS ON A LIFE OF ACTIVISM 1 How It All Got Started 2 Stories of Global Activism PART II MOVEMENTS MATTER Coming Together: Organizing for Survival with Justice Enhanced Exploitation: The Neoliberal Project Identity Politics and Class Politics: Common Interests, Labor and Collective Action Activists and Evangelicals: Organizing Across the Cultural Divide Identity, Intersectionality and Universalizing Resistance Activism and Fascism: Then and Now Activists, Movements and Electoral Politics: The Critique of Anti-Trumpism Activism in the Age of Extinction The Movement and Third Parties Overcoming Isolation and Powerlessness: Movements and Community PART III 100 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT: CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE, WAR AND PANDEMICS IN THE TRUMP ERA PART IV REFLECTIONS FROM ACTIVISTS

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BC05425581
• ISBN:
  • 9780367543396
• LCCN: 2020039030
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York, NY
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 213 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HN65
  • DC23 : 306.0973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Chomsky, Noam
  • LCSH : Social action -- United States
  • LCSH : Political participation -- United States
  • LCSH : Political activists -- United States
  • LCSH : United States -- Politics and government
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BC03410299