A revolution is a total transformation of society. What is accepted as normal today will seem absurd tomorrow.
Revolution is not just fixing what’s wrong with the picture; it’s breaking the entire framework.
It is an overturning, an overcoming of all the imposed restraints that are preventing us from being in harmony with our surroundings and each other.
Uprisings, insurrections and general strikes are not in themselves revolution — though these can be revolutionary tools to weaken dominant structures while building new ones.
An aggregation of reforms doesn’t add up to a revolution — though fighting for reforms can strengthen us to push the struggle further toward that horizon.
Revolution is not simply a change in government, but requires the overthrow of all exploiters. It is the self-emancipation of the working class, a take-over and redistribution of power that ends structural exploitation in the social economy, and opens the door for power itself to dissipate.
Revolution goes beyond expropriating and sharing existing wealth; it is a reconception of what constitutes value.
We will transform the way we collectively meet our needs, make decisions, and understand ourselves. Our concepts of “we” expand far beyond current boundaries, as we move toward lifeways for a thriving world.
Revolution is an emergent process that can’t be commanded, but on the other hand is completely contingent on our actions.