AC Spotlight Series: Chris Dixon

 another politics cover

   The American Cultures Book Series proudly presents:

   Chris Dixon's Another Politics: Talking Across Today's Transformative
   Movements
   Introduced by Rachel Herzing, Critical Resistance,
   Thursday, November 13, 2014
   from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
  Barbara Christian Reading Room
  554 Barrows Hall
  Ethnic Studies Department
  Berkeley, CA 94720-2570

  Download the event flyer here 

About the Book: Recent decades have seen the exciting convergence of anti-authoritarian radicalism and broader-based movements in the U.S. and Canada. From this convergence, a growing set of activists – from anti-poverty organizers in Toronto to prison abolitionists in Oakland, from occupy activists in New York to migrant justice organizers in Vancouver – are developing shared politics and practices. They are building “another politics,” to use a Zapatista expression. These efforts combine anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, anti-oppression politics with grassroots organizing among ordinary, non-activist people. Drawing on interviews with organizers across North America, this presentation will explore another politics and distill lessons for building effective, visionary movements.

AC Spotlight Series: Chris Dixon

About the Author: Chris Dixon, originally from Alaska, is a longtime anarchist organizer, writer, and educator with a PhD from the University of California at Santa Cruz. His writing has appeared in numerous book collections as well as periodicals such asAnarchist Studies, Clamor, Left Turn, and Social Movement Studies. He serves on the board of the Institute for Anarchist Studies and the advisory board for the activist journalUpping the Anti. Dixon lives in Ottawa, Canada, on unceded Algonquin Territory, where he is involved in anti-poverty organizing. His new book is Another Politics: Talking Across Today's Transformative Movements, published by University of California Press. Find him at http://writingwithmovements.com.