Everyday revolutions

horizontalism and autonomy in Argentina

256 pages

English language

Published March 14, 2012 by Zed Books.

ISBN:
978-1-78032-049-6
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OCLC Number:
811138202

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"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. Everyday Revolutions 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 …

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Subjects

  • Social conditions
  • Protest movements
  • Social movements

Places

  • Argentina