A review by jwinchell
Demand the Impossible!: A Radical Manifesto by Bill Ayers

4.0

Essential. I tend to roll strongly left of center but it's been a while since I let myself lavish in radical questioning. This book was just the antidote I needed during Thanksgiving in a very red state and with barely contained intolerance all around me. Even though in so many chapters I found myself skeptical and wondering: could that even be accomplished? Demilitarization, really? I am so grateful for thinkers and activists like Bill Ayers. A solid structure here: 8 themed chapters, laced with questions and examples from history and today, assertions about the need for resistance. It's not easy but actually it's the most important thing to do: like Che Guevara said, "Be realistic, demand the impossible!"