How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning (Activist Citizens' Library) - Softcover

Lakey, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612197531 ISBN 13: 9781612197531

Publisher: Melville House Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

The success of the Women's March in 2017 showed us that direct action campaigns require a new, down-to-earth guide to effective campaigning. George Lakey's How We Win is that timely guide. Lakey sets out practical, step-by-step points to growing a non-violent movement, implementing a direct action campaign, and achieving your political goals. It discusses the lessons of successful historical campaigns, as well as today's thrilling mass demonstrations, to reveal the anatomy behind successful movements.

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Review

"George Lakey's Manual for Direct Action was literally a life saver for many during the height of the struggle for Black freedom and dignity in the 1960s. How We Win has arrived to us at another key moment in our human journey. It is a guide for our collective liberation, informed by decades of Professor Lakey's ongoing research and teaching since the '60s. Following these steps will indeed help us achieve a more just and humane society." --Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King, CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change

"If you want to be a soldier, you can go to West Point. If you want to be a nonviolent change-maker--well, this is an awfully good place to start. George Lakey has been near the center of American resistance for decades, and so he has both remarkable stories and remarkable insights--not to mention some remarkable colleagues who add their perspective to this necessary manual!" --Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org

"This book is a chance to sit around the supper table with a living legend of U.S. social movements, a mentor who speaks from experience yet honors the young. His lessons and stories leave us all stronger, wiser, and more hopeful about our capacity for making a better world." --Nathan Schneider, author of Everything for Everyone

"Hard-won advice for community organizers...Clear, encouraging, and potentially empowering." --Kirkus Reviews

"Lakey doesn't make it sound easy, but he employs a reasoned, seasoned perspective to clearly convey principles of organization that have proved their value to activists worldwide." --Publisher's Weekly

"Inspiring stories of effective, successful campaigning.... I recommend George Lakey's How We Win." --Peace News

"Essential reading for anyone who seeks to contribute meaningfully to social movements... Reading it will be well worth your time. Applying its insights is even more useful." --Friends Journal

About the Author

GEORGE LAKEY has been active in direct action campaigns for six decades. Recently retired from Swarthmore College, where he was the Eugene M. Lang Visiting Professor for Issues of Social Change, Lakey was first arrested at a civil rights demonstration in March 1963, and his most recent arrest was March 29, 2018, as a participant in the Power Local Green Jobs Campaign. He lives in Philadelphia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1612197531
• ISBN 13: 9781612197531
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240