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Voices of Protest!: Documents of Courage and Dissent
This eye-opening collection of documents ranging from the pre-Christian era to the present explores the undeniable power of social, political, and religious dissent throughout history and around the world.
Voices of Protest is an inspiring and comprehensive look at the meaning of protest throughout history, in democratic and nondemocratic societies. It is also a rousing confirmation that individual and community action matters and has great influence.
Collected here are more than 300 documents -- essays, letters, newspaper articles, court decisions, song lyrics, poetry, cartoons, and more -- that represent seven main categories of Civil Rights; National Self- Determination; Economic Justice; Environmental Conservation; Religious Freedom and Morality; Peace and War; and International Political Freedoms.
A small sampling of the entries includes Seneca Falls Declaration of Women's Rights; Fidel Castro's anti- American writings protesting cultural domination; John Muir's essay "The American Forests"; and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s letter from a Birmingham jail. The editors have framed the documents with concise original commentary that places each selection in a political, historical, and social context.
Voices of Protest is an inspiring and comprehensive look at the meaning of protest throughout history, in democratic and nondemocratic societies. It is also a rousing confirmation that individual and community action matters and has great influence.
Collected here are more than 300 documents -- essays, letters, newspaper articles, court decisions, song lyrics, poetry, cartoons, and more -- that represent seven main categories of Civil Rights; National Self- Determination; Economic Justice; Environmental Conservation; Religious Freedom and Morality; Peace and War; and International Political Freedoms.
A small sampling of the entries includes Seneca Falls Declaration of Women's Rights; Fidel Castro's anti- American writings protesting cultural domination; John Muir's essay "The American Forests"; and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s letter from a Birmingham jail. The editors have framed the documents with concise original commentary that places each selection in a political, historical, and social context.
448 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 2007
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February 11, 2022I saw a tee-shirt a while back that carried the inscription, “I can’t believe I’m still protesting this crap.” It fits in with Leon Trotsky’s theory about Permanent Revolution. A true revolution is never over. It seems that no matter what progress is made, there is always something else to strive for in the interests of humanity. Voices of Protest: Documents of Courage and Dissent edited by Frank Lowenstein, Sheryl Lechner, and Erik Bruun is a compendium of documents of dissent. Thoroughly and widely researched, the volume covers the historical, political, social, and cultural range of activists seeking change from tradition and conventional wisdom.
The first excerpt is from The Magna Carta, certainly a solid foundation stone. The range of other entries includes The Bible, Aristophanes, Socrates, Plutarch, Martin Luther, Thomas Moore,
Benjamin Franklin, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Paine, Abraham Lincoln, John Stuart Mill, Oliver Wendell Holmes, all the way to Abbie Hoffman. An extra surprise is the wide range of people one’s never heard of.
The modes and types of expression are varied. There are letters, editorials, historical accounts, diary entries, songs, poems, and works of art,
The items are divided into seven categories: civil rights, national self-determination, economic justice, environmental conservation, religious freedom, peace and war, and international political freedoms. I went through the volume by reading only one or two items at a time. That way, I wasn’t overwhelmed and could take time to savor and process each one.
Everybody has something to protest. Follow John Lewis’ advice and, “Make good trouble.”
The first excerpt is from The Magna Carta, certainly a solid foundation stone. The range of other entries includes The Bible, Aristophanes, Socrates, Plutarch, Martin Luther, Thomas Moore,
Benjamin Franklin, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Paine, Abraham Lincoln, John Stuart Mill, Oliver Wendell Holmes, all the way to Abbie Hoffman. An extra surprise is the wide range of people one’s never heard of.
The modes and types of expression are varied. There are letters, editorials, historical accounts, diary entries, songs, poems, and works of art,
The items are divided into seven categories: civil rights, national self-determination, economic justice, environmental conservation, religious freedom, peace and war, and international political freedoms. I went through the volume by reading only one or two items at a time. That way, I wasn’t overwhelmed and could take time to savor and process each one.
Everybody has something to protest. Follow John Lewis’ advice and, “Make good trouble.”
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An EXCELLENT compilation
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