Ayers breaks his book into sections that brutally deconstruct the injustices of the status quo, from US imperialism to America's prison system, from student debt to climate change. Demand the Impossible is straight propaganda, the kind that probably got you started along your life's path. You can even start to wonder why you're bothering to fight so hard in the first place. Ayers breaks his book into sections that brutally deconstruct the injustices of the status quo, from US imperialism to America's pris Sometimes in the midst of the activist grind, organizing for justice, freedom, and equality, you can lose sight of the big picture. Sometimes in the midst of the activist grind, organizing for justice, freedom, and equality, you can lose sight of the big picture. From abolishing the prison system to forgiving debt, hope and imagination are positioned as the fundamental vehicles for change. In nine concise chapters, each with a different “something”, Ayers offers his readers both concrete actions and aspirational possibilities. In fact, Ayers, in response to the multitude of voices who claim that the problem is too big and there is nothing to be done offers this brilliantly simple solution, “We can always do something, and something is where we begin.” That something will mean different things to different people but as long as it serves to bend the arc of the moment towards justice and liberation, then it is right. On the day after the electoral tragedy of November I engaged in conversation after conversation with fellow educators and activist who all held the same question in the center of their disbelief, where do we go from here?ĭemand the Impossible is a powerful starting place. In fact, Ayers, in response to the multitude of voices who cla Bill Ayers’ Demand the Impossible is not much more than a pamphlet, but it is packed with as much clarity, power, and hopeful insight as Thomas Paine or Adam Smith. On the day after the electoral tragedy of November I engaged in conversation after conversation with fellow educators and activist who all held the same question in the center of their disbelief, where do we go from here? Demand the Impossible is a powerful starting place. There are far bigger challenges that would benefit the common good.moreīill Ayers’ Demand the Impossible is not much more than a pamphlet, but it is packed with as much clarity, power, and hopeful insight as Thomas Paine or Adam Smith.
Why not demand, and work for, a world that is better for all, but everyone else says is impossible? Why only pursue achieving the impossible when it comes to personal achievement and making money? That's actually pretty easy if you have even a small amount of privilege (and educational privilege, in particular). It will challenge mainstream ideas about what is truly possible to expect from society. There are far bigger challeng Good read about thinking outside the proverbial box for social good. Good read about thinking outside the proverbial box for social good. In critiquing the world around us, insurgent educator and activist Bill Ayers uncovers cracks in that system, raising the horizons for radical change, and envisioning strategies for building the movement we need to make a world worth living in. A manifesto for movement-makers in extraordinary times, Demand the Impossible! urges us to imagine a world beyond what this rotten syst In an era defined by mass incarceration, endless war, economic crisis, catastrophic environmental destruction, and a political system offering more of the same, radical social transformation has never been more urgent-or seemed more remote.Ī manifesto for movement-makers in extraordinary times, Demand the Impossible! urges us to imagine a world beyond what this rotten system would have us believe is possible. In an era defined by mass incarceration, endless war, economic crisis, catastrophic environmental destruction, and a political system offering more of the same, radical social transformation has never been more urgent-or seemed more remote.
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