We Are Power, Todd HasakLowy
We Are Power, Todd HasakLowy
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We Are Power
How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World

Author: Todd Hasak-Lowy

Narrator: Adam Verner

Unabridged: 5 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 01/09/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A stirring look at nonviolent activism, from American suffragists to Civil Rights to the Climate Change Movement
 
We Are Power brings to light the incredible individuals who have used nonviolent activism to change the world. The book explores questions such as what is nonviolent resistance and how does it work? In an age when armies are stronger than ever before, when guns seem to be everywhere, how can people confront their adversaries without resorting to violence themselves? Through key international movements as well as people such as Gandhi, Alice Paul, Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, and Václav Havel, this book discusses the components of nonviolent resistance. It answers the question “Why nonviolence?” by showing how nonviolent movements have succeeded again and again in a variety of ways, in all sorts of places, and always in the face of overwhelming odds.

About The Author

Todd Hasak-Lowy is the author of several books for young readers. He is a professor of creative writing and literature at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Hasak-Lowy lives in Evanston, Illinois, with his wife and two daughters. Visit toddhasaklowy.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Betsy on May 12, 2020

For reasons that will surprise no one in this, the year of our lord 2020, I have had reason of late to think long and hard about education and kids. The act of pouring great bucketfuls of information into the impressionable brain of a child is an inherently dangerous responsibility. I’m not talking......more

Goodreads review by Aud on October 22, 2020

It's good. It's solid. I plan to booktalk it regarding civil engagement, and I think the kids who read it will learn a lot from it. I particularly appreciate the inclusion of Cesar Chavez, because, honestly, I don't know much about that movement. Since the book focuses rather narrowly on the power of......more

Goodreads review by Rosemary on May 02, 2020

A thought-provoking treatise on nonviolent activism, We Are Power presents six case studies throughout recent history: Gandhi, Alice Paul, Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, Václav Havel, and Greta Thunberg. Each section explores nonviolent resistance, the roots behind each advocate's activism, and h......more

Goodreads review by CR on April 27, 2020

This was an excellent read for our world today. This is the book that should be in schools around the world. Let your voice be heard and read this title ASAP!......more

Goodreads review by Charlotte on April 24, 2020

straightforward, clear prose telling stirring and inspirational stories.......more