{"product_id":"beautiful-rising-creative-resistance-from-the-global-south-9781944869816","title":"Beautiful Rising: Creative Resistance from the Global South","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBeautiful Rising\u003c\/i\u003e offers insights and lessons for creative resistance from across the Global South, making it a crucial resource for change-makers.\"--Archbishop Desmond Tutu \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Beyond a brilliantly innovative toolkit for making social change, you will find here a 'deep structure' of activist patterns and principles that can unite millions in creating a new world beyond capitalist sociopathy and strong man despotism. Read this optimistic book for hope in grim times. \" --Charles Derber, professor of sociology at Boston College and author of \u003ci\u003eWelcome to the Revolution: Universalizing Resistance for Social Justice and Democracy in Perilous Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on face-to-face jam sessions held in Yangon, Amman, Harare, Dhaka, Kampala and Oaxaca, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Rising\u003c\/i\u003e includes stories of the Ugandan organizers who smuggled two yellow-painted pigs into parliament to protest corruption; the Burmese students' 360-mile long march against undemocratic and overly centralized education reforms; the Lebanese \"honk at parliament\" campaign against politicians who had clung to power long after their term had expired; and much more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, in one remarkable book, you can find the collective wisdom of more than a hundred grassroots organizers from five continents. It's everything you need for a DIY uprising of your own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OR Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781944869816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Juman Abujbara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36672021364892,"sku":"9781944869816","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a174c8d0-5630-4cb0-87dd-8c95e314f31a.jpg?v=1603926777","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/beautiful-rising-creative-resistance-from-the-global-south-9781944869816","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}