The Verso Book of Dissent

Name: The Verso Book of Dissent
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781788739115
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Revolutionary Words from Three Millennia of Rebellion and Resistance

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Summary

The Verso Book of Dissent is a comprehensive anthology that gathers voices of protest and resistance from every era and corner of the globe. Featuring speeches, poems, songs, plays, manifestos, and pamphlets, it showcases the timeless human struggle against oppression and injustice. This global collection reveals how past and present iconoclasts inspire one another, highlighting the power of words and ideas as weapons of change.
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Ideal for activists, students of history and politics, and anyone intrigued by the power of dissent. Also suited for readers seeking inspiration from historical and global perspectives on resistance.

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Throughout the ages and across every continent, people have struggled against those in power and raised their voices in protest—rallying others around them or, sometimes, inspiring uprisings many years later. This anthology, global in scope, presents voices of dissent from every era of human history: speeches and pamphlets, poems and songs, plays and manifestos.

Every age has its iconoclasts, and yet the greatest among them build on the words and actions of their forerunners. The Verso Book of Dissent should be in the arsenal of every rebel who understands that words and ideas are the ultimate weapons.

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Noam Chomsky praises the book for illuminating the enduring fight for a better world. Guardian's Nick Lezard describes it as a delightful anthology for radicals, while Scotland on Sunday calls it a "very right-on compendium" of opposition to authority. Jonathan Messinger from Time Out Chicago compares the reading experience to confronting one’s "angry self." Other reviews note its near-definitive anthology status and its appeal as a gift for budding activists and writers.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781788739115

Publisher: Verso Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 June 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Verso Books

Edition: New edition

Contributors:

Edited by Audrea Lim
Preface by Tariq Ali
Edited by Andrew Hsiao

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 332g

Pages: 416

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About the Author

Verso Books have been publishing for 50 years.