The Alternative: And How We Build It
Oct 2028 · Penguin UK
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We know our world's unequal. But, says Owen Jones, it doesn't have to stay that way. No status quo simply dissolves of its own accord: it must be replaced with something else.
Without a real alternative that attracts the belief of millions of people, things will stay the same, if only because it's impossible for many to imagine things looking any different.
The Alternative tells us that change is possible, desirable and even inevitable - if we want it.
Owen goes in search of the people who are already making change happen: from the US and the UK to Latin America, from the struggles of Hungarian and Turkish dissidents working against authoritarian governments to the millions-strong anti-austerity movement in Spain. On his travels, he gathers evidence on how an economy can be built for the many rather than being a racket for the few; how we can reboot welfare states, education systems and health services for the twenty-first century; and, last but not least, how we can build enough decent homes for people to live in.
All this, he shows, must happen through renewed democracy: it is only democracy that can take on inequality and injustice. There is an alternative. We just have to learn how to make it happen. This book shows us how.
©2024 Owen Jones (P)2024 Penguin Audio
We know our world's unequal. But, says Owen Jones, it doesn't have to stay that way. No status quo simply dissolves of its own accord: it must be replaced with something else.
Without a real alternative that attracts the belief of millions of people, things will stay the same, if only because it's impossible for many to imagine things looking any different.
The Alternative tells us that change is possible, desirable and even inevitable - if we want it.
Owen goes in search of the people who are already making change happen: from the US and the UK to Latin America, from the struggles of Hungarian and Turkish dissidents working against authoritarian governments to the millions-strong anti-austerity movement in Spain. On his travels, he gathers evidence on how an economy can be built for the many rather than being a racket for the few; how we can reboot welfare states, education systems and health services for the twenty-first century; and, last but not least, how we can build enough decent homes for people to live in.
All this, he shows, must happen through renewed democracy: it is only democracy that can take on inequality and injustice. There is an alternative. We just have to learn how to make it happen. This book shows us how.
©2024 Owen Jones (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Brought to you by Penguin.
We know our world's unequal. But, says Owen Jones, it doesn't have to stay that way. No status quo simply dissolves of its own accord: it must be replaced with something else.
Without a real alternative that attracts the belief of millions of people, things will stay ...
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Born in Sheffield and raised in Stockport, Owen Jones is one of the UK’s most prominent political thinkers and writers. He is the author of the critically acclaimed No. 1 bestsellers The Establishment: How They Get Away With It and Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class; his books have been translated into ten languages. He writes regularly for the Guardian, and has two weekly web series, The Owen Jones Show and The Owen Jones Podcast.
Born in Sheffield and raised in Stockport, Owen Jones is one of the UK’s most prominent political thinkers and writers. He is the author of the critically acclaimed No. 1 bestsellers The Establishment: How They Get Away With It and Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class; his books have been...
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