A lot happened over the past weekend in the world of planned activism - such as in the events around Greta Thunberg and her fellow activists aboard the Madleen and the more spontaneous protests that grew in opposition to the Los Angeles ICE raids. Some of the books below seem to be well-timed primers on maintaining strength and resistance in difficult times. Others are reminders that quiet resistance, community support, and mutual aid are vital to the fight. If you are a quiet resister, or are, for any reason, unable to join the physical protests taking place across the world, below are a few ways that others have engaged in quiet protest.
Forms of Quiet Protest
- Donating to nonprofits, NGOs or mutual aid organizations
- Letter-writing and phone calling campaigns
- Showing up for friends, neighbors, and family members who are struggling
- Volunteering behind-the-scenes for organizations or events
Image Description: In the background, blurred images of people protest in the street together. In the foreground, a woman in a veil carries a cardboard sign with block letters that say, "We all bleed the same colour."
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Ten Books About the History and Future of Protest
- Rules For Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky
- Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
- Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Davis
- I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
- Futures of Black Radicalism, edited by Gaye Theresa Johnson and Alex Lubin
- The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg
- Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt by Sarah Jaffe
- How Change Happens by Duncan Green
Sources
- 25 Books About the Power of Protest to Inspire You to March On (Bustle): 25 Necessary Books About The Power Of Protest, Because The Fight Has Just Begun
- An Essential Protest Reading (Bustle): 11 Books About Political Protests To Inspire Your Activism Throughout Trump's Presidency
- The Greatest Books of All Time on Protest (The Greatest Books): The Greatest Books of All Time on Protest
- 9 Books About Political Activism that Will Inspire You (What We Reading): 9 Books About Political Activism That Will Inspire You
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