Chris Carlsson Książki

A radical, alternative guidebook to the history of San Francisco, complete with maps detailing walking and bike routes around the city.

The true strength of this book lies in its examples. It shows how anyone can adopt the experiences suggested and delightfully narrated here to improve their lives. It offers a concrete and achievable way out of the wage labor system, allowing individuals to fulfill their deepest needs while also contributing to the advancement of collective well-being. The revolution is quietly underway in millions of different ways, and Chris Carlsson—writer, social agitator, cyclist, urban planner, and subversive—has contributed in numerous ways. This book is one of the rarest, coming from one of the founders and inventors of Critical Mass. It is rare because it is open to the future, subversive, and filled with fun yet important facts to know and share in one’s daily revolution. This book clearly and vividly explains the course of an ordinary revolution, illustrating how millions of people live within the capitalist system while creating through their activities the foundation for what could be a different world. It is an exciting and delightful book.

Monthly in cities around the world, bicyclists take over the streets in an "organized coincidence" called Critical Mass. Riding along several hundred strong, hooting and hollering, whistling, laughing and singing; it is a coup on wheels, a clever tactical strike against our oil-dependent culture. Containing writings from participants worldwide, this colorful book bundles together 10 years of legendary debates, photographs, artwork, and life-transforming experiences evolving from the celebratory, visionary revolt on bicycles called Critical Mass. Chris Carlsson is a founder and editor of the notorious underground magazine, Processed World , and the director of the historical multimedia project, Shaping San Francisco. He was recently awarded the Golden Wheel Award by the San Francisco Bike Coalition for founding Critical Mass in 1992.

Il primo servizio di consegne in bicicletta è milanese. Gli Urban Bike Messenger, messaggeri urbani a pedali, oggi hanno il volto di Roberto Peia, ex giornalista ora devoto alle due ruote e al suo uso metropolitano come mezzo per una mobilità alternativa ecosostenibile e silenziosa. Dopo due anni e mezzodi consegne, con alle spalle la certezza di un lavoro che è ormai garantito e apprezzato da molte aziende, l’autore ci racconta la sua esperienza a cominciare dalle corse pazze per la città, gli incontri e gli scontri;riesce così a raccontare da un punto di vista inedito, luoghi e persone, fatti di cronaca e a intrappolare nei raggi della sua bicicletta i mille volti di una Milano che è per definizione in continuo movimento. Il suo è uno stile meticcio, forgiato dalla strada, che va dal resoconto giornalistico alla narrazione pura, con un tono a volte arrabbiato a volte sognante, che fa restare il lettore attaccato alla terra per volare con la mente.