{"product_id":"9781849352789","title":"Why Don't the Poor Rise Up?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Each of these essays is a sharpened weapon for the battles looming large on the horizon.\" —George Ciccariello-Maher, author of \u003cem\u003eBuilding the Commune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Combining the most creative thought from the global North and South, \u003cem\u003eWhy Don't the Poor Rise Up?\u003c\/em\u003e promises to be an indispensable resource for understanding why the new revolutionary movement of the 21st century will emerge from the ranks of the most marginalized by capitalism and colonialism.\" —Ajamu Baraka, editor of \u003cem\u003eBlack Agenda Report\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Capitalism is not the answer to poverty but rather its cause! This collection presents diverse global and radical perspectives on the poor and poverty, while demonstrating concretely how and why the poor do rise up! Importantly, the collection presents strategies for building social movements of the radical Left that are a meaningful alternative to the populist right currently in ascendancy.” —Dr. Anna Kasafi Perkins, Catholic theologian, Kingston, Jamaica\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Why don't the poor rise up? Even mainstream media like the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/em\u003e have recently posed this question, 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, \u003cem\u003eWhy Don't the Poor Rise Up?\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAjamu Nangwaya\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., is an educator at Seneca College with over twenty-five years of experience in community organizing and advocacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Truscello\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., is an educator at Mount Royal University and author of the forthcoming book-\u003ci\u003eThe Infrastructure Society\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ajamu Nangwaya","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46293525266690,"sku":"9781849352789","price":29.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/0012\/8514\/files\/BNCImageAPI_14b0e164-bcd2-4edd-a88e-306cc0c80587.jpg?v=1750971901","url":"https:\/\/www.downtowncomics.ca\/products\/9781849352789","provider":"Downtown Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}