The success of activism depends on the balance between how broad your cause might be and the small battles you can win. This chapter draws the lessons from four world-renowned examples of such successes.
The Demons of Violence
“My biggest objection to violence stems from the fact that it simply doesn’t work, or doesn’t work nearly as well as nonviolent resistance.” (Srdja Popovic)
Democracy Incorporated, by Sheldon Wolin
An unprecedented combination of corporate and state power has progressively shaped itself in the U.S. after WWII, as Sheldon S. Wolin characterized it, “Inverted Totalitarianism.” What is behind this concept?
The Politics of Superpower: Managed Democracy
Corporate power is no longer an external force that occasionally influences policies and legislation; it is an integral part of the government. What are the main aspects of its “management” of democracy?
Design to Distribute
Conventional economic wisdom is that austerity and inequality are necessary pains of growth. Data show, on the contrary, that to benefit all people the economy must first be designed this way.