The Next Revolution by Murray Bookchin

Popular Assemblies and the Promise of Direct Democracy

Argues that ecological destruction, social inequality, and political domination flow from hierarchical, capitalist, and statist institutions and must be overcome by building direct, face-to-face democracy at the municipal level; it outlines a strategy of creating popular assemblies and confederal networks—rooted in social-ecological principles and communal responsibility—to displace both market capitalism and authoritarian socialism with decentralized, participatory self-government and collective stewardship of nature.

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