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This is a book about how individual, social, political and cultural change is created through the actions of ordinary women. It is about a unique community of women where conventions were overturned and lives transformed, and it is about a social movement in which tens of thousands of women confrontedâŠ
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What fascinates me about the history of protesting isnât only that ordinary people campaigned for or against political change but also that they started experimenting with different ways of living. This is why Sasha Roseneilâs book made me dream and smile: a deeply human and intimate book based on oral history interviews, telling the story of the womenâs protest camp at the Greenham Common Airforce base in England, where American Cruise Missiles equipped with nuclear warheads were stationed.
The women of Greenham Common, as Roseneilâs book wonderfully shows, did more than protest the dangers of nuclear war. In the coldâŠ
From Joachim's list on protesting in post-war Europe hope and inspiration.
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