num_pages: 248
description: Every now and then, things explode. Riots, uprisings, revolutions, new and bizarre social groups spring up seemingly from nowhere. Our standard histories tend to treat these as oddities, if treated at all, or as misguided responses to hard times, limited by lack of responsible leadership. Here's a People's History to puncture that balloon. From the Cynics &amp; Spartacus through the Levelers, Diggers &amp; Ranters to the Revolution of the Carnation, the San Francisco Diggers, Red Guard of Shenwulian, Brethren of the Free Spirit, Guevara, the Provos &amp; the Metropolitan Indians. Nearly 100 episodes of revolt and utopia which popped up without a plan or a leader from the ancient Greeks to the present.Fremion lives in Paris where he participated in the May '68 orgasm.
language: English
title: Orgasms of History: 3000 Years of Spontaneous Insurrection
titlecomplete: Orgasms of History: 3000 Years of Spontaneous Insurrection
genres: Nonfiction, Politics, History
ratings_count: 45
publisher: AK Press