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Author:   The Peoples Want
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
Imprint:   Haymarket Books
ISBN:  

9798888906323

Pages:   112
Publication Date:   14 April 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Prologue How this manifesto came to be through a series of transnational gatherings attended by internationalists from around the globe. Recognizing Ourselves From continent to continent, from our exile, in our travels and in our struggles, we have found each other. Birth of Our Power The uprisings of our time have shown that there is no singular global revolutionary subject, but many, and the revolts have been led, above all, by those on the margins. Finding the Emergency Break The beginning of this decade underlines a simple but painful truth: as revolution progresses, so counter-revolution grows harsher. Turning Exile into a Position of Attack Every attempt at revolution, every insurrection, leaves in its wake a new generation of exiled revolutionaries Internationalism from Below Seeing Western countries as the only imperialist powers, and the United States as the source of all evil, a characteristic bias of “campist” positions, leads many on the left to excuse the crimes of the Syrian, Russian, Chinese, Iranian, and other regimes. The Fall of Empire How can we avoid abandoning the idea of power to the people? How can we combat the sham of liberal democracies without playing into the hands of authoritarian regimes? Revolution? No single event can put an end to all forms of domination; we must view revolution instead as a process. Starting Over We stand at a crossroads where aspirations for change confront realities of a collapsing world. We need to find a revolutionary horizon, not just in order to survive, but to live a life worth living.

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""Revolutions of Our Times is a precious contribution to a truly internationalist mobilization against capitalism and imperialism. Such revolutionary voices are more than ever needed if we want humanity to survive.""  —Michael Löwy, author, Ecosocialism ""Revolutions of Our Times is a hard-hitting exploration of the challenges facing contemporary movements guided by emancipatory politics. Critical to twenty-first century emancipatory politics is a recognition of the need to clarify the very notion of ‘the people,’ especially in highlighting the realities of marginalized populations for which global capitalism has little need. This volume also grapples with the entire notion of international solidarity of the oppressed in the twenty-first century, pushing the reader to appreciate the need for concrete assessments of actual conditions and the need to center our understandings on the struggles of the oppressed, rather than based on abstract geopolitics. This is a book I did not want to stop reading!""  —Bill Fletcher, Jr., trade unionist, author, cofounder of the Black Radical Congress

""Revolutions of Our Times is a precious contribution to a truly internationalist mobilization against capitalism and imperialism. Such revolutionary voices are more than ever needed if we want humanity to survive.""  —Michael Löwy, author, Ecosocialism

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The Peoples Want is a network of collectives, organizations, and individuals from across the world working together to build a new internationalism that promotes solidarity and mutual aid among those in struggle.

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