false 2679110 2 <p>Outlaw bicycling, urban permaculture, biofuels, free software, and even the Burning Man festival are windows into a scarcely visible social transformation that is redefining politics as we know it. As capitalism continues to corral every square inch of the globe into its logic of money and markets, new practices are emerging through which people are taking back their time and technological know-how. In small, under-the-radar ways, they are making life better right now, simultaneously building the foundation-technically and socially-for a genuine movement of liberation from market life.</p><p><i>Nowtopia</i> uncovers the resistance of a slowly recomposing working class in America. Rarely defining themselves by what they do for a living, people from all walks of life are doing incredible amounts of labor in their "non-work" time, creating immediate practical improvements in daily life. The social networks they create, and the practical experience of cooperating outside of economic regulation, become a breeding ground for new strategies to confront the commodification to which capitalism reduces us all.</p><p>The practices outlined in <i>Nowtopia</i> embody a deep challenge to the basic underpinnings of modern life, as a new ecologically driven politics emerges from below, reshaping our assumptions about science, technology, and human potential.</p><p><b>Chris Carlsson</b>, executive director of the multimedia history project "Shaping San Francisco," is a writer, publisher, editor, and community organizer. He has edited four collections of political and historical essays. He helped launch the monthly bike-ins known as Critical Mass, and was the longtime editor of <i>Processed World</i> magazine.</p> 2704412 1 5 2008 Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-lot Gardeners Are Inventing the Future Today! total:34|5:1|4:14|3:16|2:3| 34 115 104 9 3 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 07:39:06 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 07:27:14 -0700 2008 by Chris Carlsson
Review by James Generic
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I really like the main thesis of this book. These projects have done a great deal to change the way people see the world and the US in general, and i'm sure glad that the projects and movements...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 00:05:26 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 00:43:52 -0700 2008 Nowtopia is an excellent exploration of DIY culture and organizing. Carlsson concentrates on several movements and presents them as proleptic visions of the types of social forms and networks that may become the basis for a post-capitalist society based on meaningful work, direct p...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 14 08:43:04 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 09:13:23 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 08:43:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jan 16 08:44:51 -0800 2009 Wed Aug 06 06:47:43 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 16 08:44:51 -0800 2009 critical mass, etc. more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 16:11:41 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 15:59:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 30 09:18:42 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 09:22:15 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Aug 21 06:58:09 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 09:59:42 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 04:11:27 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 04:11:27 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 19 16:41:11 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 16:41:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 12 17:07:58 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 17:07:58 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Sep 26 22:24:58 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 22:24:58 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 24 09:06:13 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 09:06:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 12 20:29:38 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 20:29:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 27 21:22:30 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 22:50:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 22 14:10:18 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 14:10:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 20 16:20:22 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 16:20:22 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Aug 15 13:44:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 13:44:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 04 12:01:07 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 12:01:15 -0700 2009