Full Spectrum Resistance, Volume Two
Book 2 of Full Spectrum Resistance
Language: English
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Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: Apr 24, 2019
Description:
A guide to direct action for those disillusioned with the posturing of liberal "activism."
The radical left is losing, but it doesn't have to be that way. Here is the radical's guide to activist work—the manual we need at this crucial moment to organize for universal human rights, a habitable earth, and a more egalitarian society.
Thoroughly exploring the achievements and failures of radical movements throughout history—from 19th-century anti-colonial rebellions in China and the environmental actions of First Nations and Native American tribes throughout the 20th century, to Black Lives Matter and the fight for Gay Liberation—the two volumes of Full Spectrum Resistance candidly advocate for direct action, not just risk-averse models of protest marches and call-ins. With in-depth histories and case studies of social justice and environmental movements, noted writer, activist, and farmer Aric McBay explains why passive resistance alone cannot...