{"product_id":"guerrillas-of-desire-notes-on-everyday-resistance-and-organizing-to-make-a-revolution-possible-9781849352727","title":"Guerrillas of Desire: Notes on Everyday Resistance and Organizing to Make a Revolution Possible","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eGuerrillas of Desire\u003c\/em\u003e is an important exploration of the revolutionary possibilities of our time.\" --George Caffentzis, author of \u003cem\u003eIn Letters of Blood and Fire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Beautifully written, \u003cem\u003eGuerrillas of Desire\u003c\/em\u003e shows the power of the refusal of work of those capitalism has subjugated.\" --Silvia Federici, author of \u003cem\u003eCaliban and the Witch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBehind the smiling faces of cashiers, wait staff, and workers of all sorts, a war is going on, usually without the knowledge of official political and labor organizations. \u003cem\u003eGuerrillas of Desire\u003c\/em\u003e begins with a provocation: The Left is wrong. It's historical and current strategies are too-often based on the assumption that working and poor people are unorganized, acquiescent to systems of domination, or simply uninterested in building a new world. The fact is, as C.L.R. James has noted, they \"are rebelling every day in ways of their own invention\" pilfering, sabotaging, faking illnesses, squatting, fleeing, and counter-strategizing. Kevin Van Meter maps these undercurrents, documenting the history of everyday resistance under slavery, in peasant life, and throughout modern capitalism, while showing that it remains an important factor in revolution and something radicals of all stripes must understand.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKevin Van Meter\u003c\/strong\u003e is an activist-scholar based in the Pacific Northwest. He is coeditor of \u003cem\u003eUses of a Whirlwind: Movement, Movements, and Contemporary Radical Currents in the United States\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e AK Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849352727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Kevin Van Meter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36669768106140,"sku":"9781849352727","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3f4c193b-1d99-4861-a4f3-79f2bd0b843e.jpg?v=1603920995","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/guerrillas-of-desire-notes-on-everyday-resistance-and-organizing-to-make-a-revolution-possible-9781849352727","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}