Beautiful Rising

Creative Resistance from the Global South

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Pub Date 30 Jan 2018 | Archive Date 30 Jan 2018

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Description

Harare, Dhaka, Kampala, and Oaxaca, Beautiful Rising 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. 

Harare, Dhaka, Kampala, and Oaxaca, Beautiful Rising includes stories of the Ugandan organizers who smuggled two yellow-painted pigs into parliament to protest corruption; the Burmese students’...


Advance Praise

"Beautiful Rising offers insights and lessons for creative resistance, making it a crucial resource for change-makers."
—Archbishop Desmond Tutu

"Some of the most tactically imaginative ways people can turn the resources they have into the power they need to achieve the change they want."
—Marshall Ganz, senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government

"Beautiful Rising offers insights and lessons for creative resistance, making it a crucial resource for change-makers."
—Archbishop Desmond Tutu

"Some of the most tactically imaginative ways people...


Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781771133418
PRICE CA$22.00 (CAD)