julio 30, 2011 Article and Chapters / English
More than a Reply to Michael Löwy Michael Löwy, in his review of my book, Change the World without taking Power1, argues that “democracy should be a central aspect in all processes of social and political decision making, and particularly in a revolutionary process”. I do not disagree with this, but I think it makes […]
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Or Get out of the Way, Capital! John Holloway How do we tell capital “Get out, clear off! This relationship has lasted far too long already. Now get out, go away!”? The issue is posed with brilliant simplicity by recent events in Argentina. “¡Que se vayan todos!” – “Let them all go away!” is the […]
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Really? John Holloway How ridiculous to call a book Change the World without taking Power. Ridiculous. Surely those of us who were young in the late ‘sixties and early ‘seventies should have matured enough by now to know that the world can’t be changed in the way that we dreamed? And those who were born […]
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John Holloway Perhaps the saddest legacy that the twentieth century leaves us is disillusionment, loss of hope. If we look back at the debates of a hundred years ago, what is striking about them is their optimism. Look, for example, at the debate between Rosa Luxemburg and Eduard Bernstein on the question of reform or […]
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