Why read This Is an Uprising?

Book cover of This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century

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There is a craft to uprising,and this craft can change the worldFrom protests around climate change and immigrant rights, to Occupy, the Arab Spring, and #BlackLivesMatter, a new generation is unleashing strategic nonviolent action to shape public debate and force political change. When mass movements erupt onto our television screens,…

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2 authors picked This Is an Uprising as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Kat Calvin

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Movements require strategy, planning, and patience. This book offers case studies of some of the best-known movements of the modern age and shows how none of them happened by accident.

This book is a must read for anyone who wants to make real change.

From Kat's list on how to change the world.

Srdja Popovic

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Building from the scope of world revolutionaries and revolutions, authors build a compelling idea that nonviolent revolution is something everybody may – and should try at home. Balancing the fine line between solid, historically founded cases and an “academic world” and something which is both accessible and inspiring for the common reader. See numerous cases of common people pushing for massive change, and getting inspired.

From Srdja's list on teaching you how to change society for better.