"This wonderful book, infused and informed by activist experience, emphasizes the importance of the full range of political affects. John Holloway, author of Crack Capitalism A very well argued case for joyful militancy, and against the dead hand of puritanical revolution. "Yes, yes, yes! This book is so timely! Absolutely what we need in these days of spreading gloom.
Stevphen Shukaitis, author of The Composition of Movements to Come
Carla Bergman and Nick Montgomery help us to remove that corpse so that we can sing new subversive songs, which is precisely what is needed more than ever.” “People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about Joyful Militancy and what is positive in the affective refusal of Empire, such people have a corpse in their mouth. scott crow, author, Black Flags and Windmills and Emergency Hearts, Molotov Dreams Instead with open hearts and minds the pages within offer thoughts for liberatory openings, not more answers, for all of us to explore within ourselves to radically engage in shifts from rigidity towards joy with sharp edges. "Combining humility, deep insight and open, liberatory theoretical foundations Joyful Militancy importantly, and accessibly, asks hard questions and challenges the rigid culture within activism and social movements that need it. Astra Taylor, author of The People’s Platform and co-founder of The Debt Collective This is a thought-provoking, morale-boosting, hope-inspiring tonic offered at the moment we need it most.” Resisting the rising tide of dread, this unique, genre-bending book offers a spirited defense of a militant politics of joy-an affirmative theory of openness and experimentation, curiosity and questioning. “The resurgence of the reactionary right has led many on the left to feel overwhelming despair. Interviewees include Silvia Federici, adrienne maree brown, Marina Sitrin, Gustavo Esteva, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Walidah Imarisha, Margaret Killjoy, Glen Coulthard, Richard Day, and more. In conversation with organizers and intellectuals from a wide variety of political currents, the authors explore how rigid radicalism smuggles itself into radical spaces, and how it is being undone Why do radical movements and spaces sometimes feel laden with fear, anxiety, suspicion, self-righteousness, and competition? Montgomery and bergman call this phenomenon rigid radicalism: congealed and toxic ways of relating that have seeped into social movements, posing as the “correct” way of being radical. Joyful Militancy investigates how fear, self-righteousness, and moralism infiltrate and take root within liberation movements, what to do about them, and ultimately how tenderness and vulnerability can thrive alongside fierce militant commitment.
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