In the wake of the global financial crisis, new forms of social
organization are beginning to take shape. Disparate groups of people
are coming together in order to resist corporate globalization and
seek a more positive way forward. These movements are not based on
hierarchy; rather than looking to those in power to solve their
problems, participants are looking to one another. In certain
countries in the West, this has been demonstrated by the recent and
remarkable rise of the Occupy movement. But in Argentina, such radical
transformations have been taking place for years. Marina Sitrin tells
the story of how regular people changed their country and inspired
others across the world.
Reflecting on new forms of social organization, such as horizontalism
and autogestión, as well as alternative conceptions of value and
power, Marina Sitrin shows how an economic crisis spurred a people's
rebellion; how factory workers and medical clinic technicians are
running their workplaces themselves, without bosses; how people have
taken over land to build homes, raise livestock, grow crops, and build
schools, creating their own art and media in the process.
Daring and groundbreaking, Sitrin shows how the experiences of the
autonomous movements in Argentina can help answer the question of how
to turn a rupture into a revolution.
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Horizontalism and Autonomy in Argentina
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781780320519
Publisert
2017
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury UK
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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