A review by wcsheffer
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs

5.0

I could not put down this book, which does not happen to me very often with non-fiction. Lee Boggs was a talented writer and a brilliant social philosopher. This book felt like I sat down with my woke grandmother on her cozy window seat with a cup of tea and she told me all about her life and her plan to make the country and the world a much better place. Something about the deeply honest and personal nature of the Lee Boggs' prose made me feel like I was getting a hug the entire time I was reading. In writing all that I worry that I'm undermining the importance of Lee Boggs' deeply radical text. Lee Boggs' walks through her philosophical journey and illustrates that the way that we conceptualize of revolution does not match our current age. She argues that the way to revolution and serious change is through DEEPLY caring for one another and building systems that support communities. The penultimate chapter, on education reform, is the one that affected me the most but I found all parts of the book to be strong and important to her argument. I can't recommend this highly enough to anyone interested in how to make long lasting and sustainable changes to our society.