Citizens of Nowhere - How Europe Can Be Saved from Itself

Europe might appear like a continent pulling itself apart. Ten years of economic and political crises have pitted North versus South, East versus West, citizens versus institutions. And yet, these years have also shown a hidden vitality of Europeans acting across borders, with civil society and social movements showing that alternatives to the status quo already exist.This book is at once a narrative of the experience of activism and a manifesto for change. Through analysing the ways in which neoliberalism, nationalism and borders intertwine, Marsili and Milanese - co-founders of European Alternatives - argue that we are in the middle of a great global transformation, by which we have all become citizens of nowhere. Ultimately, they argue that only by organising in a new transnational political party will the citizens of nowhere be able to struggle effectively for the utopian agency to transform the world.>

List of contents

Foreword by Tania Bruguera
1. Introduction: Citizens of Nowhere
2. Broken Clocks
3. The Wizard of Oz
4. If Europe is a Fortress We Are All in Prison
5. Beyond Internationalism: A Transnational Interdependence Party
Citizens of Nowhere: A Rallying Cry
Afterword by Yanis Varoufakis

About the author

Lorenzo Marsili and Niccolò Milanese

Product details

• Authors: , Tania Bruguera, Lorenzo Marsili, Lorenzo Milanese Marsili, Niccol242 Milanese, Niccolo Milanese, Niccolò Milanese, Yanis Varoufakis
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2018
• EAN: 9781786993694
• ISBN: 978-1-78699-369-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Globalisierung, Soziologie, Politische Bildung, Demokratie, Revolution, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, Soziale und ethische Themen, Politische Bildung und Zivilgesellschaft, Interessengruppen, Protestbewegungen und gewaltfreie Aktionen, Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Politischer Unterricht, Politik / Politikunterricht, Bildung / Politische Bildung, Sozialkunde / Politische Bildung, Protest - Protestbewegung, Aufstand / Revolution