We are power : how nonviolent activism changes the world
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-from the freedom of India from British rule to American labor unions and civil rights to actions taken by high school and college students around the world-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. The book includes endnotes, a bibliography, and an index
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- ISBN: 9781419741111
- Physical Description 304 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2020.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Table of Contents
We Are Power : How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Introduction | ||
Rethinking History: Who Makes It? And How? | p. vi | |
1 | Nonviolence is how to resist when you refuse to submit or take up arms: Gandhi and Indian Independence | p. 1 |
2 | Nonviolence is how to fight when everyone thinks you're weak: Alice Paul and Votes for Women | p. 37 |
3 | Nonviolence is how to fight when your opponent really hates you: Martin Luther King Jr. and Project C | p. 89 |
4 | Nonviolence is how to grow your side (so you can win the fight): Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement | p. 143 |
5 | Nonviolence is how to create a true democracy out of Its exact opposite: Václav Havel and the Velvet Revolution | p. 193 |
Conclusion: Nonviolence Is How to Fight Today for Livable Tomorrow: Greta Thunberg and the Climate Change Movement | p. 241 | |
Other Notable Nonviolent Movements of the Last | ||
One Hundred Years | p. 262 | |
Notes | p. 268 | |
Bibliography | p. 287 | |
Image Credits | p. 294 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 295 | |
Index | p. 296 |