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Why it's still kicking off everywhere, the new global revolutions, Paul Mason

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-309) and index

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Why it's still kicking off everywhere

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Paul Mason

the new global revolutions

Originally published in 2012 to wide acclaim, this updated edition, Why Itʹs Still Kicking Off Everywhere, includes coverage of the most recent events in the wave of revolt and revolution sweeping the planet -- riots in Athens, student occupations in the UK, Quebec and Moscow, the emergence of the Occupy Movement and the tumult of the Arab Spring. Economic crisis, social networking and a new political consciousness have come together to ignite a new generation of radicals. BBC journalist and author Paul Mason combines the anecdotes gleaned through first-hand reportage with political, economic and historical analysis to tell the story of todayʹs networked revolution. Why Itʹs Still Kicking Off Everywhere not only addresses contemporary struggles, it provides insights into the future of global revolt. -- Publisher description

'Now there is freedom' : why Egypt's revolution is not over -- Nobody saw it coming : how the world's collective imagination failed -- 'Trust is explosive' : Britain's youth rebel against austerity -- So, why did it kick off? : the social roots of the new unrest -- Greece : the anomic state? : from austerity to social breakdown -- 'Error de sistema' : economic causes of the present unrest -- 'I tweet in my dreams' : the rise of the networked individual -- In the tracks of Tom Joad : a journey through jobless America -- 1848 redux : what we can learn from the last global wave -- 'We will barricade' : slum dwellers versus the super-rich -- Spain redux : dispatches from utopia -- Developments in Greece : love or nothing -- Russia : 'Putin got scared'--from the football riots to pussy riot -- The twenty reasons, revisited