This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century

I figure with the human race facing its possible end in this very century, that hopelessness may not be a productive emotion. I mean, I completely understand despair and paralyzing fear and blind hedonistic escapism, been there, but days of productive disruption against the corporate state may be a......more

For anyone interested in understanding how nonviolent social movements are born, evolve and either fail or succeed, this is the book for you! The Engler brothers walk readers through some of the most inspiring movements and discuss, with both anecdotal and empirical evidence, how these movements eit......more

This is an amazingly in-depth look at how non-violent movements have advanced and/or accelerated social change for a variety of marginalized groups across the globe. This goes well beyond what we tend to think of when we hear of non-violent resistance (e.g. American Civil Rights movement of the 1960......more

Good variety of examples, useful in understanding non-violence in utilitarian terms, doesn't change that I'm a pacifist for moral reasons but still useful to understand how to manipulate that mon-violence. Although I still don't know how I feel personally about non-violence with the intention of spa......more

I loved this book. A lot of us who have been involved in organizing that felt like we were eking out incremental wins, and then get caught up in a wave of movement activity like Occupy wondered how it all worked. I feel like this books goes a long way to spelling out how social change occurs that le......more