An essential introduction to the visionary, beyond-left-and-right political activism of the last 60 years, and a deeply honest insider account of why those activists have-so far-fallen short. In this book, Satin shows that the increasingly militant movements of the Sixties drove many young people away-and into a search for a political system and world that could work for everyone. He looks at initiatives and organisations that over the next 30 years tried to further that search, such as the New World Alliance and the early ...
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An essential introduction to the visionary, beyond-left-and-right political activism of the last 60 years, and a deeply honest insider account of why those activists have-so far-fallen short. In this book, Satin shows that the increasingly militant movements of the Sixties drove many young people away-and into a search for a political system and world that could work for everyone. He looks at initiatives and organisations that over the next 30 years tried to further that search, such as the New World Alliance and the early U.S. Green Party movement. Then he illuminates the 21st century turn to "radical centrist" and "transpartisan" political initiatives. Each chapter begins with a brief, context-setting introduction. Throughout the book are intense, blow-by-blow accounts of organisation- and movement-building, as well as brief glimpses at over 40 often underappreciated visionary books. And always there are deeply honest accounts of Satin's and other activists' often shaky relationships with colleagues, family, and lovers-because getting healing politics right cannot be divorced from getting personal and interpersonal behaviour right. You will enjoy watching Satin's encounters with civil rights militant Hardy Frye, Weather Underground terrorist Mark Rudd, environmental activist Paul Hawken, "beyond GNP" economic thinker Hazel Henderson, futurists John Naisbitt and Alvin Toffler, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Gene Sharp, Aquarian Conspiracy author Marilyn Ferguson, critical race theory co-creator Derrick Bell, radical centrist author John Avlon, and more. Nobody, least of all Satin, comes across as all-wise here, and long before this subtle and courageous book ends you will realise that a truly visionary and healing politics can only be built if we're willing to address all the behavioural, intellectual, organisational, and attitudinal issues this book raises.
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