All the Power: Revolution Without Illusion

by Mark Andersen and Jennifer Baumgardner

Book Overview

"Does organized rebellion need its own Martha Stewart? Relax, this isn't it. In your grasp is a heartfelt, brick-by-brick guide from a committed veteran activist on heart, soul, music, his own life's surprises, and how we can all bring ongoing change to our own communities." --Jello Biafra

An ambitious, accessible mix of history, autobiography, and how-to-manual, this "anti-manifesto" challenges popular concepts of radical activism. Long-time...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888451726
• ISBN13: 9781888451726
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Essential Reading

I was moved to write a review here, something I never do, by the inaccuracy or apathy expressed in the only other review of this radical text. This is a book for those striving to achieve success in social justice movemnts. I have been involved in movements for social change since I was a teenager, and even moreso once I was introduced to punk culture. Punk is not just music. Punk is not just an aesthetic. Punk is an attempt to reframe and alter the injustice that is pervasive among the many, and championed by the few. Andersen wants us---punks, activists, feminists, enviromentalists, anarchists, etc---to learn from his vast experience. He has an important story to tell. As Jello Biafra states on the book's jacket: "In your grasp is a heartfelt, brick-by-brick guide from a committed veteran activist on heart, soul, music, his own life's surprises, and how we can all bring ongoing change to our own communities." I emphatically encourage anyone with any interest in social change or activism to read this book! I am buying copies for a few community centers in my area because I want the activists in my community to consider Andersen's points and reconsider their own place and the place of others in the fight for social change.