Raúl Zibechi

Raúl Zibechi (born January 25, 1952 in Montevideo, Uruguay)^[1] is a radio and print journalist, writer, militant and political theorist^[2] from Uruguay.^[3]

Works

Zibechi has published many books in Spanish. His first book to be translated into English is Dispersing Powers: Social Movements as Anti-State Forces (AK Press, 2010).^[4]

About this book John Holloway comments in the Foreword:

"Zibechi goes to Bolivia to learn. Like us, he goes with questions, questions that stretch far beyond the borders of Bolivia. How do we change the world and create a different one? How do we get rid of capitalism? How do we create a society based on dignity? What is the role of the state and what are the possibilities of changing society through anti-state movements?... the most important practical and theoretical questions that have risen from the struggles in Latin America and the world in the last fifteen years or so.... The book is beautiful, exciting, stimulating.... Do read it and also give it your friends."

And Michael Hardt, co-author of Empire, Multitude, and Commonwealth, writes: "Raúl Zibechi recounts in wonderful detail how dynamic and innovative Bolivian social movements succeeded in transforming the country. Even more inspiring than the practical exploits, though, are the theoretical innovations of the movements, which Zibechi highlights, giving us new understandings of community, political organization, institution, and a series of other concepts vital to contemporary political thought."

His books in Spanish include:

• Territories in Resistance: Political Cartography on the Urban Latin American Periphery (2008)
• Autonomies and Emancipations (2008)
• A Horizontal View: Social Movements and Emancipation (1999)
• The Youth Rebellion of the 1990s, Social Networks and the Creation of an Alternative Culture (1997)
• The Streams When They Run Low, the Challenges of Zapatismo (1995).^[5]

External links

• The Revolutions by Ordinary People, Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism
• Articles by Zibechi at the America's Program
• Governments and Movements: Autonomy or New Forms of Domination?
• The Militarization of the World's Urban Peripheries
• Dispersing Powers
• The Revolution of 1968: When Those from Below Said Enough!
• A New Chile is Possible

References

1. ^ birth date and year according to LCNAF (Library of Congress Name Authority Files) CIP data
2. ^ Zapagringo Blog October 30, 2010: Raúl Zibechi
3. ^ Interview: Raúl Zibechi, Grain
4. ^ Dispersing Powers
5. ^ Raúl Zibechi

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