Activism
The streets and meeting halls echo with voices demanding change, as organizers and thought leaders share tested strategies for transforming society. These essential works explore both the philosophical foundations of social movements and practical tactics for building power, from grassroots organizing to nonviolent resistance.
Activism Book Summaries
Emergent Strategy
Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Social Justice
Politics
Activism
Emergent Strategy
Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Social Justice
Politics
Activism
Why Civil Resistance Works
The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
Politics
History
Activism
Why Civil Resistance Works
The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
Politics
History
Activism
The Four Pivots
Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves
Social Justice
Self Help
Politics
The Four Pivots
Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves
Social Justice
Self Help
Politics
Blueprint for Revolution
How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World
Politics
Activism
History
Blueprint for Revolution
How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World
Politics
Activism
History
Twitter and Tear Gas
The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest
Politics
Technology
Sociology
Twitter and Tear Gas
The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest
Politics
Technology
Sociology
Pleasure Activism
The Politics of Feeling Good
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
Pleasure Activism
The Politics of Feeling Good
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
From Dictatorship to Democracy
A Conceptual Framework for Liberation
Politics
History
Philosophy
From Dictatorship to Democracy
A Conceptual Framework for Liberation
Politics
History
Philosophy
Rules for Radicals
A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals
Politics
Philosophy
Activism
Rules for Radicals
A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals
Politics
Philosophy
Activism
Viral Justice
How We Grow the World We Want
Social Justice
Race
Politics
Viral Justice
How We Grow the World We Want
Social Justice
Race
Politics
Occupy
Politics
Philosophy
History
Occupy
Politics
Philosophy
History
Fix the System, Not the Women
Feminism
Politics
Womens
Fix the System, Not the Women
Feminism
Politics
Womens
Rules for Revolutionaries
How Big Organizing Can Change Everything
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Rules for Revolutionaries
How Big Organizing Can Change Everything
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
Politics
Sociology
Society
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
Politics
Sociology
Society
How to Stop Fascism
History, Ideology, Resistance
Politics
History
Current Affairs
How to Stop Fascism
History, Ideology, Resistance
Politics
History
Current Affairs
Healing Resistance
A Radically Different Response to Harm
Social Justice
Activism
Politics
Healing Resistance
A Radically Different Response to Harm
Social Justice
Activism
Politics
Undoing Border Imperialism
Politics
Race
Activism
Undoing Border Imperialism
Politics
Race
Activism
A Force More Powerful
A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
History
Politics
Sociology
A Force More Powerful
A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
History
Politics
Sociology
The Speech
On Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class
Politics
History
Economics
The Speech
On Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class
Politics
History
Economics
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
Race
Politics
History
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
Race
Politics
History
How to Create a Vegan World
A Pragmatic Approach
Vegan
Philosophy
Food
How to Create a Vegan World
A Pragmatic Approach
Vegan
Philosophy
Food
No Is Not Enough
Defeating the New Shock Politics
Politics
History
Economics
No Is Not Enough
Defeating the New Shock Politics
Politics
History
Economics
The Lightmaker's Manifesto
How to Work for Change without Losing Your Joy
Self Help
Social Justice
Activism
The Lightmaker's Manifesto
How to Work for Change without Losing Your Joy
Self Help
Social Justice
Activism
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul
How to Change the World in Quiet Ways
Social Justice
Politics
Self Help
Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul
How to Change the World in Quiet Ways
Social Justice
Politics
Self Help
The Battle for Paradise
Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
Politics
History
Economics
The Battle for Paradise
Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
Politics
History
Economics
Blessed Unrest
How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World
Environment
Sustainability
Activism
Blessed Unrest
How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World
Environment
Sustainability
Activism
How Change Happens
Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don't
Politics
Social Change
Sociology
How Change Happens
Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don't
Politics
Social Change
Sociology
Notes on Resistance
Politics
History
Theory
Notes on Resistance
Politics
History
Theory
A World Without Police
How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
A World Without Police
How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
Awakening Together
The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community
Buddhism
Spirituality
Social Justice
Awakening Together
The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community
Buddhism
Spirituality
Social Justice
Revolutionary Witchcraft
A Guide to Magical Activism
Witchcraft
Spirituality
Politics
Revolutionary Witchcraft
A Guide to Magical Activism
Witchcraft
Spirituality
Politics
Steal This Book
Politics
History
Philosophy
Steal This Book
Politics
History
Philosophy
Practical Anarchism
A Guide for Daily Life
Politics
Social Justice
Philosophy
Practical Anarchism
A Guide for Daily Life
Politics
Social Justice
Philosophy
Activist Theology
Theology
Spirituality
LGBT
Activist Theology
Theology
Spirituality
LGBT
The Silenced Majority
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
Politics
Journalism
History
The Silenced Majority
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
Politics
Journalism
History
Static
Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
Politics
History
Journalism
Static
Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
Politics
History
Journalism
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
Science
Activism
Social Justice
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
Science
Activism
Social Justice
We Do This 'til We Free Us
Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
Politics
Social Justice
Activism
We Do This 'til We Free Us
Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
Politics
Social Justice
Activism
Fight Oligarchy
Politics
History
Economics
Fight Oligarchy
Politics
History
Economics
Active Hope
How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy
Environment
Spirituality
Activism
Active Hope
How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy
Environment
Spirituality
Activism
Hegemony How-To
A Roadmap for Radicals
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Hegemony How-To
A Roadmap for Radicals
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Why David Sometimes Wins
Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement
History
Labor
Politics
Why David Sometimes Wins
Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement
History
Labor
Politics
Reveille for Radicals
Politics
Philosophy
History
Reveille for Radicals
Politics
Philosophy
History
A Protest History of the United States
History
Politics
American History
A Protest History of the United States
History
Politics
American History
The Quiet Before
On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas
History
Politics
Sociology
The Quiet Before
On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas
History
Politics
Sociology
Wobblies and Zapatistas
Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism, and Radical History
History
Politics
Philosophy
Wobblies and Zapatistas
Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism, and Radical History
History
Politics
Philosophy
All Our Relations
Native Struggles for Land and Life
Indigenous
History
Environment
All Our Relations
Native Struggles for Land and Life
Indigenous
History
Environment
