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A Practical Guide to Revolution

We need a social revolution to build a better future. But how is that process carried out? What tactics and strategies are needed to fundamentally transform the socioeconomic and political order? 

How do we combine a range of acts of confrontation, noncooperation, and prefiguration to reshape our world? Let's find out. 

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