Astra Taylor, author of The People’s Platform and co-founder of The Debt Collective This is a thought-provoking, morale-boosting, hope-inspiring tonic offered at the moment we need it most.” Resisting the rising tide of dread, this unique, genre-bending book offers a spirited defense of a militant politics of joy-an affirmative theory of openness and experimentation, curiosity and questioning. “The resurgence of the reactionary right has led many on the left to feel overwhelming despair. Interviewees include Silvia Federici, adrienne maree brown, Marina Sitrin, Gustavo Esteva, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Walidah Imarisha, Margaret Killjoy, Glen Coulthard, Richard Day, and more. In conversation with organizers and intellectuals from a wide variety of political currents, the authors explore how rigid radicalism smuggles itself into radical spaces, and how it is being undone Why do radical movements and spaces sometimes feel laden with fear, anxiety, suspicion, self-righteousness, and competition? Montgomery and bergman call this phenomenon rigid radicalism: congealed and toxic ways of relating that have seeped into social movements, posing as the “correct” way of being radical. Joyful Militancy investigates how fear, self-righteousness, and moralism infiltrate and take root within liberation movements, what to do about them, and ultimately how tenderness and vulnerability can thrive alongside fierce militant commitment.
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