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We are power : how nonviolent activism changes the world /

Hasak-Lowy, Todd, 1969-

We are power : how nonviolent activism changes the world / - xv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"We Are Power brings to light the incredible individuals who have used nonviolent activism to change the world. The book explores questions such as what is nonviolent resistance and how does it work? In an age when armies are stronger than ever before, when guns seem to be everywhere, how can people confront their adversaries without resorting to violence themselves? Through key international movements-from the freedom of India from British rule to American labor unions and civil rights to actions taken by high school and college students around the world-this book discusses the components of nonviolent resistance. It answers the question "Why nonviolence?" by showing how nonviolent movements have succeeded again and again in a variety of ways, in all sorts of places, and always in the face of overwhelming odds. The book includes endnotes, a bibliography, and an index"--

9781419741111 141974111X

2019053869


Nonviolence--History--Juvenile literature.
Protest movements--History--Juvenile literature.
Political participation--History--Juvenile literature.
Social change--History--Juvenile literature.
Nonviolence--History.
Protest movements--History.
Political participation--History.
Social change--History--Juvenile literature.


History.
Juvenile works.

HM1281 / .H3595 2020

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