Democracy Café

If ever a book was crying out to be updated and re-issued, it's Stephen Duncombe's timely and timeless guide to creating a far more imaginative, inclusive and (dare I use the word) progressive politics in all its dazzling array of colorful manifestations. Steve talks with me about the new issue (also out in Spanish) of "Dream or Nightmare: Reimagining Politics in an Age of Fantasy." (Here's a link to where you can purchase it post haste: https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/dream-or-nightmare/ ) A longtime, revered professor (by students and colleagues, if it not by the more establishment-grounded deans) at New York University and co-founder of the Center for Artistic Activism, Steve has walked the walk like few others I know when it comes to putting his values into concrete deed. Listen in as Steve shares some of his experiences gallivanting the globe these last years working with activists to help them become more like artists -- and hence become more effective at achieving more desired outcomes -- and ar