Nangwaya, Ajamu. creator text xx AK Press 2017 monographic eng 1 online resource "Mainstream media like the New York Times and The Economist have recently posed the question: Why don't the poor rise up?, uneasily amazed that capitalism hasn't met with greater resistance. In the context of unparalleled global wealth disparity, ecological catastrophe, and myriad forms of structural oppression, this vibrant collection offers a reassessment of contemporary obstacles to mass mobilization, as well as examples from around the world of poor people overcoming those obstacles in inspiring and instructive new ways. With contributions from Idle No More organizer Alex Wilson, noted Italian autonomist Franco 'Bifo' Berardi, Cooperation Jackson organizer Kali Akuno, Cape Town-based anarchists Aragorn Eloff and Anna Selmeczi, and sixteen other scholars and activists from around the world, including a Foreword by Affiong Limene Affiong, Nigerian co-founder of Moyo wa Taifa, a Pan-Afrikan Women's Solidarity Network, Why Don't the Poor Rise Up? presents a truly global range of perspectives that explore the question of revolution, its objective and subjective prerequisites, and its increasing likelihood in our time" -- Provided by publisher. Protest movements Poor Political activity Poor Social conditions Poverty Social aspects Equality Contestation Protest movements HN17.5 .W49 Nangwaya, Ajamu. AK Press, 2017 (OCoLC)959036552 1014579 MIL http://www.myilibrary.com?id=1014579 http://www.myilibrary.com?id=1014579 IDEBK 170818 20240712115226.0 ocn990548985 eng