Europe might appear like a continent pulling itself apart. Ten years of economic and political crises have pitted North versus South, East versus West, citizens versus institutions. And yet, these years have also shown a hidden vitality of Europeans acting across borders, with civil society and social movements showing that alternatives to the status quo already exist. This book is at once a narrative of the experience of activism and a manifesto for change. Through analysing the ways in which neoliberalism, nationalism and borders intertwine, Marsili and Milanese – co-founders of European Alternatives – argue that we are in the middle of a great global transformation, by which we have all become citizens of nowhere. Ultimately, they argue that only by organising in a new transnational political party will the citizens of nowhere be able to struggle effectively for the utopian agency to transform the world.
| ISBN: | 9781786993694 |
| Publication date: | 15th May 2018 |
| Author: | Lorenzo Marsili, Niccolò Milanese, Tania Bruguera, Yanis Varoufakis |
| Publisher: | Zed Books Ltd an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Genres: |
Political activism Globalization Political structures: democracy Civics and citizenship Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action Revolutionary groups and movements |