A Politics for the 99%

by Marco Rosaire Conrad-Rossi

Overview

The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations were remarkably successful in capturing the public imagination and identifying the need for a new kind of politics. Why have they floundered. Why did this happen? Was the Occupy movement stifled by misconceptions of political power? What kind of political theory do we need to advance a new politics? How can we realistically challenge the power of the 1%?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788293064329
Publisher:	New Compass Press
Publication date:	09/15/2014
Pages:	70
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Marco Rosaire Rossi is a part-time writer and activist living in Chicago, USA. Rossi has studied political science at the University of Illinois-Chicago and human rights at the University for Peace in San Jose, Costa Rica. He was part of the municipal movement "An Olympia For All," and in 2015, Rossi ran for Mayor in Olympia, Washington. Rossi has had previous work published in The Humanist and Z Magazine.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Theories of the State: Marxism and Anarchism

2. Social Contract Theory: Its Influence and Problems

3. The Polis Tradition: A Lost Theory of Politics

4. A New Leftwing Generation