John Foran

I don't know what the future of revolutions has in store for us, but I can tell you that the contributors to this edited collection are just as clueless as I am. I found it very strange how they limited their concept of "revolution" to small-scale peasant unrest in various developing countries. No doubt peasants may have a just cause, but their efforts don't count as "radical change" in my opinion. Globalization has created many global problems that require change, but the people who wrote this book obviously haven't got the capacity to "rethink" such issues.… (mere)