Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism - Couverture souple

Kauffman, L.A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1784784095 ISBN 13 : 9781784784096

Editeur : Verso Books, 2017

Synopsis

As Americans take to the streets in record numbers to resist the presidency of Donald Trump, L.A. Kauffman's timely, trenchant history of protest offers unique insights into how past movements have won victories in times of crisis and backlash and how they can be most effective today. This deeply researched account, twenty-five years in the making, traces the evolution of disruptive protest since the Sixties to tell a larger story about the reshaping of the American left. Kauffman, a longtime grassroots organizer, examines how movements from ACT UP to Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter have used disruptive tactics to catalyze change despite long odds. Kauffman's lively and elegant history is propelled by hundreds of candid interviews conducted over a span of decades. Direct Action showcases the voices of key players in an array of movements - environmentalist, anti-nuclear, anti-apartheid, feminist, LGBTQ, anti-globalization, racial-justice, anti-war, and more - across an era when American politics shifted to the right, and a constellation of decentralised issue - and identity - based movements supplanted the older ideal of a single, unified left. Now, as protest movements again take on a central and urgent political role, Kauffman's history offers both striking lessons for the current moment and an unparalleled overview of the landscape of recent activism. Written with nuance and humor, Direct Action is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the protest movements of our time.
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A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

L.A. Kauffman has spent more than thirty years immersed in radical movements and has written about grassroots activism and social movement history for publications such as the Nation, n+1, and many other outlets.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1784784095
• ISBN 13: 9781784784096
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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