Aufbruch in Jackson [German edition of Jackson Rising: Black self-management and solidarity economy]

Translated from English by Michael Halfbrodt & Michael Schiffmann, with a foreword by Mason Herson-Hord

 

How black activists are building liberation practically from below: Departure in Jackson documents the history of one of the most exciting revolutionary experiments in the USA Present.

Since the 1970s, black liberation movements in majority-black Mississippi have taken change into their own hands. The Deep South should become the center of their independence – “Free the Land!” In the 2010s, the election of Chokwe Lumumba as mayor in the capital Jackson took an important step towards implementing the vision of assembly democracy, solidarity economy and an end to racial inequality. Lumumba dies unexpectedly in 2014, but his son Antar and the Cooperation Jackson continue to move forward.

We learn about the pitfalls of radical local politics and struggles for housing and land, democratic economic models and ecology, internationalist solidarity and the parallels to the Rojava Revolution and the Zapatistas, about encouraging experiences in which different concerns go hand in hand.

ISBN Print: 978-3-89771-174-7
Publication Date: October 2023
Page Count: 304
Binding Type: Soft Cover
Trim Size: 6in x 9in
Language: German / Deutsch
Colour: B&W
Print book available from: https://unrast-verlag.de/produkt/aufbruch-in-jackson/

USD $ 24.00

Kali Akuno is a co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson. Kali served as the Director of Special Projects and External Funding in the Mayoral Administration of the late Chokwe Lumumba of Jackson, MS. His focus in this role was supporting cooperative…

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