--- ---  # Russell Brand Explains How You Start a Revolution by [Salima Koroma](https://time.com/author/salima-koroma/) and [Belinda Luscombe](https://time.com/author/belinda-luscombe/) Oct 23, 2014 5:09 PM UTC  TIME by [Salima Koroma](https://time.com/author/salima-koroma/) and [Belinda Luscombe](https://time.com/author/belinda-luscombe/) Oct 23, 2014 5:09 PM UTC Russell Brand’s new book, _Revolution,_ begins in a bathroom stall before his now [infamous interview with English journalist Jeremy Paxman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YR4CseY9pk). In the last moments of silence before the sit-down, he throws up a few prayers (not to mention a couple of Eminem lyrics) and plans for the best. In the next hour, that interview (or more appropriately worded, that _clash_) with Paxman — wherein Brand expounded on his views about errant voting paradigms, the stifling power of oligarchies, and the exploitation of the underclass — would throw him into a political sphere no one was really expecting. A year later, Brand is calling for a revolution. Listen to Russell Brand Explain How You Start a Revolution ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3528676/russell-brand-evolution/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3528676/russell-brand-evolution/"},"headline":"Russell Brand Explains How You Start a Revolution","datePublished":"2014-10-23T17:09:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T11:37:44.738Z","description":"\"This is a revolution to make life more exciting.\"","url":"https://time.com/3528676/russell-brand-evolution/","keywords":["politics","Hong Kong topic","Ferguson topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta78da63e63513710/6987629235ba6ff381c04a50/russell-brand.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Salima Koroma","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/salima-koroma/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Belinda Luscombe","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/belinda-luscombe/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta78da63e63513710/6987629235ba6ff381c04a50/russell-brand.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"russell-brand","caption":"","creditText":"TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/politics/","name":"politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3528676/russell-brand-evolution/","name":"Russell Brand Explains How You Start a Revolution"}}]}] ```