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Meditations on activism following the turbulent 1960s—back in print


After the Detroit Rebellion of 1967, James and Grace Lee Boggs decided they should rethink what activism looks like. Pairing with trusted veteran activists Freddy and Lyman Paine, they ruminated on central questions emerging from their politics and activism, and they discussed the purpose and responsibilities human beings share for the future. The recorded dialogue among these four friends invites readers to consider the fundamentals of activism with tough, thought-provoking questions. Their conversations at the Paines’ home on Sutton Island, Maine, not only function as political act but also present unsettling truths and develop connections between philosophy, music, art, gender difference, family structure, Marxism, and more. Conversations in Maine is a call to all citizens to work together and think deeply about the kind of future we can create.



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"Conversations in Maine was an essential text for my generation of radicals."—Robin D.G. Kelley

Conversations in Maine: A New Edition

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    A Paperback / softback by Grace Lee Boggs, Jimmy Boggs, Freddy Paine

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/11/2018
      ISBN13: 9781517905842, 978-1517905842
      ISBN10: 1517905842
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      Book Synopsis

      Meditations on activism following the turbulent 1960s—back in print


      After the Detroit Rebellion of 1967, James and Grace Lee Boggs decided they should rethink what activism looks like. Pairing with trusted veteran activists Freddy and Lyman Paine, they ruminated on central questions emerging from their politics and activism, and they discussed the purpose and responsibilities human beings share for the future. The recorded dialogue among these four friends invites readers to consider the fundamentals of activism with tough, thought-provoking questions. Their conversations at the Paines’ home on Sutton Island, Maine, not only function as political act but also present unsettling truths and develop connections between philosophy, music, art, gender difference, family structure, Marxism, and more. Conversations in Maine is a call to all citizens to work together and think deeply about the kind of future we can create.



      Trade Review

      "Conversations in Maine was an essential text for my generation of radicals."—Robin D.G. Kelley

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