Be Realistic
Demand the Impossible
Description
With wit and a remarkable grasp of the political marginalization of the 99%, Mike Davis crafts a striking defense of the Occupy Wall Street movement. This pamphlet brilliantly undertakes the most pressing question facing the struggle– what is to be done next?
Mike Davis is the author of more than twenty books.
Author Bios
Mike Davis (1946-2022) was a writer, political activist, urban theorist, and historian. He is best known for his investigations of power and class in works such as City of Quartz, Late Victorian Holocausts, and Planet of Slums. His last two non-fiction books are Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties, co-authored by Jon Wiener, and The Monster Enters: COVID-19, Avian Flu, and the Plagues of Capitalism. He was the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award.
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Publication date: July 17, 2012
Table of Contents
No more bubble gum 1
Crash Club 7
Protest in the driver’s seat 11
Can Obama see the Grand Canyon? 15
Field notes from the revolution:
Toma El Valle 25
The Ten Commandments
(and a gift from FDR) 33
