Revolution (book)
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| Author | Russell Brand |
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| Cover artist | Dean Chalkley |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Politics |
| Publisher | Random House (Ballantine Books [U.S.], Century [U.K.]) |
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Publication date
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October 2014 (hardcover, e-book) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover), e-book |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
Revolution (published 2014; stylised RƎVO⅃UTION, with "love" spelled backwards) is a non-fiction book written by the British comedian, actor and political activist Russell Brand. In it, Brand advocates for a non-violent social revolution based on principles of spirituality and the common good. Critical response to the book was divided. While some reviewers praised its "charm" and Brand's "distinctive" voice, others complained about a lack of both substance and style.
Russell Brand had been well known for some years as a comedian and actor: he had performed stand-up at the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 2000, and took his one-man show, the confessional Better Now, to the Edinburgh Festival in 2004; after various roles on British TV, he had gained critical acclaim for his starring role in Forgetting Sarah Marshall in 2008 and had regular roles in Hollywood comedies thereafter. He had also hosted a variety of radio shows (though had been forced to resign from the BBC after a scandal over prank phone calls) and published a memoir, My Booky Wook, and its sequel, Booky Wook 2.
But increasingly he had also become known for his political views and activism: in 2009, for instance, he attended the G-20 London summit protests, and in 2012 he testified to a parliamentary committee about drug addiction.
In October, 2013, Brand was offered a stint as the guest editor of an issue of the New Statesman, which he chose to dedicate to the topic of "revolution." As he wrote in the issue's editorial, "Imagining the overthrow of the current political system is the only way I can be enthused about politics." That same week, Brand was interviewed by Jeremy Paxman on BBC Two's current-affairs programme, Newsnight. Paxman posed to Brand the problem: "How, may I ask, is this revolution going to come about?" The book Revolution, then, is presented as an extended response to that question.
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