In The End of Protest: A New Playbook for Revolution, Micah White, one of the original authors of the occupy movement, lays out the future of activism, and protest won’t necessarily be a part. “…the assumptions underlying contemporary protest are false. Change won’t happen through the old models of activism. Western democracies will not…
Category: Bo’s Books
Bo’s Books: Woman on the Edge of Capitalism
Power is violence. I just finished the book Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy. I guess books about utopias are intended to make us question how things are by showing us how things could be. And it really made me question capitalism – at least the way it’s structured in our society. …
Bo’s Books: Sherlock Holmes Takes on the Justice System
Data! Data! Data!(My new favorite Sherlock Holmes quote, from The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.) I am not generally a huge fan of true crime stories, but I just finished reading Conan Doyle for the Defense by Margalit Fox, and it was fascinating! Over 100 years ago, Arthur Conan Doyle, who created Sherlock Holmes, investigated…