A review by thelesbianmama
The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement by David Graeber

5.0

A very practical and sometimes even dry manuscript for people who are actively engaged in social justice movements and activism in general. I absolutely loved this book because instead of trying to sound “smart” by using a certain tone and structure customary in academic writing, it focuses on practicality and what can help people in the field. In that sense, it’s anarchism in writing form as it doesn’t let unnecessary constraints of academic writing get in the way of what needs to be said.

I see some comments critiquing the form of the writing rather than the content and I think they’re missing the point. This is not your regular non-fiction best-seller. This is an instruction book for activism with some backstory to make the concepts stick and make sense.

Anyway, I recommend this book to anyone who is involved in social activism, especially in the Middle East and the Asian continent in general just to see how similar all countries are when it comes to oppression and violence against social justice movements.