Jasper Bernes chats with us about his new book on the history of revolution from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising and the task of communists today.
Buy the book: https://www.versobooks.com/products/977-the-future-of-revolution
Excerpt: https://illwill.com/inquiry-and-organization
Check out Red May: https://www.redmayseattle.org/
BK Rail debates: https://brooklynrail.org/2025/05/field-notes/on-the-future-and-past-of-revolution/
https://brooklynrail.org/2025/05/field-notes/workers-councils-solution-or-problem/
https://brooklynrail.org/2025/05/field-notes/jasper-bernes-responds/
Jasper’s critique of Bevins’ If We Burn: https://brooklynrail.org/2024/06/field-notes/What-Was-To-Be-Done-Protest-and-Revolution-in-the-2010s/
Song: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Council Skies
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