{"product_id":"direct-action-protest-and-the-reinvention-of-american-radicalism-paperback","title":"Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eL. A. Kauffman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA longtime insider explores the origins of modern protest movements like Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street, offering a groundbreaking history of disruptive protest and American radicalism since the Sixties\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Americans take to the streets in record numbers, L.A. Kauffman's timely, trenchant history of protest offers unique insights into how past movements have won victories in times of crisis and backlash and how they can be most effective today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This deeply researched account, twenty-five years in the making, traces the evolution of disruptive protest since the Sixties to tell a larger story about the reshaping of the American left. Kauffman, a longtime grassroots organizer, examines how movements from ACT UP to Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter have used disruptive tactics to catalyze change despite long odds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kauffman's lively and elegant history is propelled by hundreds of candid interviews conducted over a span of decades. \u003ci\u003eDirect Action\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the voices of key players in an array of movements--environmentalist, anti-nuclear, anti-apartheid, feminist, LGBTQ, anti-globalization, racial-justice, anti-war, and more--across an era when American politics shifted to the right, and a constellation of decentralized issue- and identity-based movements supplanted the older ideal of a single, unified left. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, as protest movements again take on a central and urgent political role, Kauffman's history offers both striking lessons for the current moment and an unparalleled overview of the landscape of recent activism. Written with nuance and humor, \u003ci\u003eDirect Action\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the protest movements of our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best overview of how protest works--when it does--and what it's achieved over the past 50 years.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Rebecca Solnit, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL.A. Kauffman \u003c\/b\u003ehas spent more than 30 years immersed in radical movements, as an organizer, strategist, journalist, and observer. Kauffman was the mobilizing coordinator for the massive anti-war marches of 2003-2004; she has been called a \"virtuoso organizer\" by journalist Scott Sherman for her role in saving community gardens and public libraries in New York City from developers. Her writings on grassroots activism and social movement history have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Nation, Mother Jones, n+1, The Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other outlets. She is currently involved in a range of initiatives to resist the Trump presidency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770154877216,"sku":"9781784784096","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0085b09907eb2806b86fa69f9df59f6e.webp?v=1780366006","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/direct-action-protest-and-the-reinvention-of-american-radicalism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}