In a series of related essays, Murray Bookchin balances his ecological and anarchistvision with the promising opportunities of a “post-scarcity” era. Surpassing theconstraints of Marxist political economy—which was rooted in an era of materialscarcity and could not foresee the sweeping changes ahead—Bookchin argues that thetools necessary for the self-administration of a complex, industrial society have alreadybeen developed and have greatly altered our revolutionary landscape. Technologicaladvances were made during the twentieth century which expanded production greatly,but in the pursuit of corporate profit and at the expense of human need, workers’control and ecological sustainability. Through direct control of industry, and by incorporatingan ecological and utopian vision for society, the working class can now dispelthe myth that the state, hierarchical social relations, and political parties (vanguards)are necessary to their struggle for freedom. Bookchin’s analysis, rooted in the realitiesof contemporary society, remains refreshingly pragmatic. Perhaps his most influentialcollection of essays (including the legendary “Listen Marxist!” and “Ecology andRevolutionary Thought”), this third edition contains a new preface from the author.