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Revisiting C. Wright Mills' classic, an analysis of power
structures in the neoliberal era and America's drift toward
authoritarianism. In 1956, radical icon C. Wright Mills wrote The
Power Elite, a scathing critique of elite power in the United
States that has become a classic for generations of nonconformists
and students of social and political inequality. With rising rates
of inequality and social stratification, Mills' work is now more
relevant than ever, revealing a need for a fresh examination of
American elitism and the nature of centralized power. In The New
Power Elite, Heather Gautney takes up the problem of concentrated
political, economic, and military power in America that Mills
addressed in his original text and echoes his outrage over the
injustices and ruin brought by today's elites. Drawing from years
of experience at the highest levels of government and in the
entertainment industry, Gautney examines the dynamics of elite
power from the postwar period to today and grounds her analysis in
political economy, rather than in institutional authority, as Mills
did. In doing so, she covers diverse, yet interconnected centers of
elite power, from the US State and military apparatus, to Wall
Street and billionaires, to celebrities and mass media. Gautney
also accounts for changes in global capitalism over the last forty
years, arguing that neoliberalism and the centering of the market
in political and social life has ushered in ever more extreme forms
of violence and exploitation, and a drift toward authoritarianism.
A contemporary companion to Mills' work through a fresh critique of
elites for the new millennium, The New Power Elite offers a
comprehensive look at the structure of American power and its
tethers around the world.
Senator Bernie Sanders won 13 million votes and a majority of young
voters in the 2016 Democratic primary, giving a consensus
unbeatable party favorite, Hillary Clinton, a shockingly close
challenge. He emerged from the presidential election as the most
popular politician in the US, despite being a 75-year-old
self-professed "democratic socialist." What lessons can be drawn
from this surprising but-in the end-losing campaign, and what to
make of the direction the Sanders movement has gone since the
election? Vermont native Heather Gautney is a senior policy advisor
to Bernie Sanders in his Washington, DC office and was a senior
researcher on his presidential campaign. The author and editor of
several books on social movements and American politics, she brings
her scholarly expertise and left politics to bear on the scenes and
conflicts she witnessed from inside the campaign and inside the
Beltway. This is both an insider's sympathetic view of the Sanders
phenomenon and a skeptical left scholar's view of its limitations.
In reviewing what enabled Sanders to reach out to an unprecedented
number of people with a socialist message, she draws lessons about
the prospects and perils of building a leftist movement in the
United States. Gautney's reflections on the role that race and
class played in this election cycle and analysis of the prospects
and perils of the Democratic Party will advance the passionate
debate over how to build a progressive opposition to Trump and a
lasting left movement in America.
New York City's identity as a cultural and artistic center, as a
point of arrival for millions of immigrants sympathetic to
anarchist ideas, and as a hub of capitalism made the city a unique
and dynamic terrain for anarchist activity. For 150 years, Gotham's
cosmopolitan setting created a unique interplay between anarchism's
human actors and an urban space that invites constant reinvention.
Tom Goyens gathers essays that demonstrate anarchism's endurance as
a political and cultural ideology and movement in New York from the
1870s to 2011. The authors cover the gamut of anarchy's emergence
in and connection to the city. Some offer important new insights on
German, Yiddish, Italian, and Spanish-speaking anarchists. Others
explore anarchism's influence on religion, politics, and the visual
and performing arts. A concluding essay looks at Occupy Wall
Street's roots in New York City's anarchist tradition.
Contributors: Allan Antliff, Marcella Bencivenni, Caitlin Casey,
Christopher J. Castaneda, Andrew Cornell, Heather Gautney, Tom
Goyens, Anne Klejment, Alan W. Moore, Erin Wallace, and Kenyon
Zimmer.
New York City's identity as a cultural and artistic center, as a
point of arrival for millions of immigrants sympathetic to
anarchist ideas, and as a hub of capitalism made the city a unique
and dynamic terrain for anarchist activity. For 150 years, Gotham's
cosmopolitan setting created a unique interplay between anarchism's
human actors and an urban space that invites constant reinvention.
Tom Goyens gathers essays that demonstrate anarchism's endurance as
a political and cultural ideology and movement in New York from the
1870s to 2011. The authors cover the gamut of anarchy's emergence
in and connection to the city. Some offer important new insights on
German, Yiddish, Italian, and Spanish-speaking anarchists. Others
explore anarchism's influence on religion, politics, and the visual
and performing arts. A concluding essay looks at Occupy Wall
Street's roots in New York City's anarchist tradition.
Contributors: Allan Antliff, Marcella Bencivenni, Caitlin Casey,
Christopher J. Castaneda, Andrew Cornell, Heather Gautney, Tom
Goyens, Anne Klejment, Alan W. Moore, Erin Wallace, and Kenyon
Zimmer.
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