Dispersing power
Subtitle: social movements as anti-state forces
By: by Raúl Zibechi ; translated by Ramor Ryan ; forewords by Ben Dangl and John Holloway
Edition: English ed.
Publisher: AK Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Edinburgh; Oakland, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9781849350112
Subjects: Politics and government; Social movements; Indians of South America; Government relations; Power (Social sciences)
Work titles: Dispersar el poder
Description: ""Zibechi goes to Bolivia to learn, Like us, he goes with questions, questions that stretch far beyond the borders of Bolivia. How do we change the world and create a different one? How do we get rid of capitalism? How do we create a society based on dignity? What is the role of the state and what are the possibilities of changing society through anti-state movements? ... the most important practical and theoretical questions that have risen from the struggles in Latin America and the world in the last fifteen years or so ... The book is beautiful, exciting, stimulating ... Do read it and also give it your friends."--John Holloway, from the Foreword" ""Raul Zibechi recounts in wonderful detail how dynamic and innovative Bolivian social movements succeeded in transforming the country. Even more inspiring than the practical exploits, though, are the theoretical innovations of the movements, which Zibechi highlights, giving us new understandings of community, political organization, institution, and a series of other concepts vital to contemporary political thought."--Michael Hardt, co-author of Empire, Multitude, and Commonwealth" "This, Raul Zibechi's first book translated into English, is an historical analysis of social struggles in Bolivia and the forms of community power instituted by that country's indigenous Aymara. Dispersing Power, like the movements it describes, explores new ways of doing politics beyond the state, gracefully mapping the "how" of revolution, offering valuable lessons to activists and new theoretical frameworks for understanding how social movements can and do operate independently of state-centered models for social change." "Raul Zibechi is one of Latin America's leading political theorists, is an international analyst for Brecha (Montevideo, Uruguay), professor at the Multiversidad Franciscana de America Latina, and author of Genealogia de la Revuelta and Autonomias y Emancipaciones: America Latina en Movimiento."

"Ramor Ryan is an Irish writer and translator based in Chiapas, Mexico. His book Clandestines: The Pirate Journals of an Irish Exile was published by AK Press in 2006"--Jacket.
Notes: Translated from the Spanish.

Includes bibliographical references and index.