{"product_id":"9781849352734","title":"Guerrillas of Desire: Notes on Everyday Resistance and Organizing to Make a Revolution Possible","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Few have approached radical theory with the rigor and skill of Kevin Van Meter. Empowering, lucid, and inspiring, \u003ci\u003eGuerrillas of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e provides an exhaustive (and much needed) retooling of anarchism that will align the dreams of 'becoming revolutionaries' with the reality of everyday resistance.\" —Alexander Reid Ross, author of \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Fascist Creep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Looking for the political in the everyday and bringing anarchism into a productive dialogue with Autonomist Marxism, Kevin Van Meter challenges many of the left's usual assumptions and forces a reconsideration of what we mean by 'struggle.'\" —Kristian Williams, author of \u003ci\u003eOur Enemies in Blue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the smiling faces of cashiers, wait staff, and workers of all sorts, a war is being planned, usually without the knowledge of official political and labor organizations. \u003ci\u003eGuerrillas of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e begins with a provocation: The Left is wrong. It's historical and current strategies are too-often based on the assumption that working and poor people are unorganized, acquiescent to systems of domination, or simply uninterested in building a new world. The fact is, as C.L.R. James has noted, they \"are rebelling every day in ways of their own invention\": pilfering, sabotaging, faking illnesses, squatting, fleeing, and counter-strategizing. Kevin Van Meter maps these undercurrents, illustrating that everyday resistance is an important factor in revolution and something radicals of all stripes must understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Van Meter\u003c\/b\u003e is an activist-scholar based in the Pacific Northwest. He is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eUses of a Whirlwind: Movement, Movements, and Contemporary Radical Currents in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AK Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171444441328,"sku":"9781849352734","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781849352734_p0.jpg?v=1763752269","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849352734","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}