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The Politics of Urban Liberation
Schecter, Stephen
Publisher: Black Rose Books, Montreal, CanadaYear Published: 1978 Pages: 202pp ISBN: 0-919618-78-2 Library of Congress Number: JS78.S33 Dewey: 320.9'173'2 Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX6495 A broad-ranging study which covers the political economy of the urban question and the importance of the city in the history of social revolution. Schechter's evaluation of libertarian insurgency highlights the importance of movements from below dealing with housing, transportation and other issues of daily life. Abstract: - Table of Contents Preface Chapter One: The Political Economy of the Urban Question Monopoly capital and the transformation of social life The fiscal crisis of the state Chapter Two: Urban Politics and the Redefinition of the Revolutionary Project The strategic implications of urban struggles and their contradictions Libertarian socialism: the material and political possibilities Chapter Three: Revolution from Below: The Historical Experience Leninism vs Social-Democracy: Russia and Germany Italy, 1920 Spain: the anarchist tradition Hungary, 1956 Portugal, 1974-75 Revolutionary Politics: the libertarian alternative Chapter Four: Revolution from Below: Contemporary Urban Struggles Chile France Italy Chapter Five: Elements of a Socialist Strategy on the Urban Question The dialectic of revolution and reform Revolutionary politics: theory, organization and the new praxis Chapter Six: The Experience of the Montreal Citizens' Movement (MCM) A short history of the MCM: strategic difficulties and class contradictions The Quebec left, the current political context and the MCM The future of the MCM Chapter Seven: The Impossible Revolution and its Historical Necessity Urban politics as metaphor and practice Revolutionary politics in the here and now Bibliography Subject Headings
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