Small Acts of Resistance: How Courage, Tenacity, and Ingenuity

Small Acts of Resistance: How Courage, Tenacity, and Ingenuity Can Change the World

Remarkable, mischievous, inspiringâ€”the eighty-odd stories in Small Acts of Resistance bring hidden histories to life. The courage of the people in these stories is breathtaking. So, too, is the impact and imagination of their actions.
These mostly little known storiesâ€”including those written from eyewitness experience of the events and situations describedâ€”reveal the role ordinary people have played in achieving extraordinary change. â€œIn the real world, it will never happen,â€ the skeptics love to tell us. As this book so vividly shows, the skeptics have repeatedly been proven wrong.
Stories in this include how:
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Strollers, toilet paper, and illegal ketchup helped end forty years of one-party Communist rule
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Dogs (and what they wore) helped protestors humiliate a murderous regime
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Internet videos about cuddly animals infuriated a repressive government which triedâ€”and failedâ€”to ban the craze
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Football crowds found ways of singing the national anthem so as to defy a junta of torturers, now in jail
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Women successfully put pressure on warlords to end one of Africaâ€™s bloodiest wars
Â·Â Â Â Â Â The singing of old folksongs hastened the collapse of an empire sustained by tanks
If you think individuals are powerless to change the world, read this remarkable book and youâ€™ll surely change your mind.
For more information, go to www.smallactsofresistance.com.

Country	USA
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Sterling
EAN	9781402781247
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	1402781245
Label	Union Square Press
Manufacturer	Union Square Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	240
PublicationDate	2010-10-05
Publisher	Union Square Press
Studio	Union Square Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Small Acts of Resistance: How Courage, Tenacity, and Ingenuity Can Change the World

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