Activism
The streets and meeting halls echo with voices demanding change, as organizers and thought leaders share tested strategies for transforming society. These essential works explore both the philosophical foundations of social movements and practical tactics for building power, from grassroots organizing to nonviolent resistance.
Activism Book Summaries
Rules for Radicals
A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals
Politics
Philosophy
Activism
From Dictatorship to Democracy
A Conceptual Framework for Liberation
Politics
History
Philosophy
Occupy
Politics
Philosophy
History
Why Civil Resistance Works
The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
Politics
History
Activism
Static
Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
Politics
Sociology
Political Science
Blueprint for Revolution
How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World
Politics
Activism
History
The Speech
On Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class
Politics
History
Economics
Pleasure Activism
The Politics of Feeling Good
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
A Force More Powerful
A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
History
Politics
Sociology
How to Create a Vegan World
A Pragmatic Approach
Vegan
Philosophy
Food
The Silenced Majority
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
Politics
Journalism
History
Rules for Revolutionaries
How Big Organizing Can Change Everything
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Cascades
How to Create a Movement that Drives Transformational Change
Leadership
Activism
Business
Activist Theology
Religion
Theology
LGBT
No Is Not Enough
Defeating the New Shock Politics
Politics
History
Economics
Emergent Strategy
Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Social Justice
Politics
Activism
Blessed Unrest
How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World
Environment
Sustainability
Politics
A World Without Police
How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete
Politics
Sociology
Social Justice
Awakening Together
The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community
Buddhism
Spirituality
Race
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
Politics
Sociology
Society
The Lightmaker's Manifesto
How to Work for Change Without Losing Your Joy
Self Help
Social Justice
Activism
Fix the System, Not the Women
Feminism
Politics
Womens
Healing Resistance
A Radically Different Response to Harm
Social Justice
Activism
Politics
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
Science
Social Justice
Activism
The Four Pivots
Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves
Social Justice
Self Help
Politics
Viral Justice
How We Grow the World We Want
Race
Social Justice
Politics
Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul
How to Change the World in Quiet Ways
Social Justice
Psychology
Self Help
How Change Happens
Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don't
Politics
Social Change
Sociology
Undoing Border Imperialism
Politics
Race
Activism