Nonfiction. Poltical Science. Anarchism. ANARCHISM AND ITS ASPIRATIONS provides an accessible overview of the history and hopeful future of this vision for a better world. The book quickly brings even the uninitiated reader up to speed with a crash course on some of the most influential anarchists in history and their ideas about how we might achieve the transformation of society. From there, the book looks at how these principles have been put into practice by groups such as the Situationist International, social ecologists, Zapatistas, anti-globalization activists, and other directly democratic organizations and communities in their respective struggles against capitalism and state control.

Author City: Montpelier, VT USA

Cindy Milstein is an activist and educator from Vermont. She serves on the board of the Institute for Anarchist Studies, co-organizes the Renewing the Anarchist Tradition conference, and is a collective member at Black Sheep Books. Her essays have appeared in several anthologies, including REALIZING THE IMPOSSIBLE: ART AGAINST AUTHORITY, Confronting Capitalism, and GLOBALIZE LIBERATION: HOW TO UPROOT THE SYSTEM AND BUILD A BETTER WORLD.