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The Stamp Act of 1765 The Stamp Act of 1765 Dennis B. Fradin "Covers the Stamp Act of 1765 as a watershed event in U.S. history, influencing social, economic, and political policies that shaped the nation's future"--Provided by publisher. OL15050257W
Webs of power Webs of power Starhawk "Since her arrest and five-day jail stay during the Seattle anti-WTO protests in November 1999, Starhawk has poured her energy into the global justice movement, participating in direct actions, leadi… OL15801843W
Blood on the tracks Blood on the tracks S. Brian Willson After serving in the Vietnam War, S. Brian Willson became a radical, nonviolent peace protester and pacifist, and this memoir details the drastic governmental and social change he has spent his life … OL16175323W
War & watermelon War & watermelon Rich Wallace As the summer of 1969 turns to fall in their New Jersey town, twelve-year-old Brody plays football in his first year at junior high while his older brother's protest of the war in Vietnam causes tens… OL16261056W
Direct action, deliberation, and diffusion Direct action, deliberation, and diffusion Lesley J. Wood "What are the micro-level interactions and conversations that underlie successful and failed diffusion? By comparing the spread of direct action tactics from the 1999 Global Justice Movement protests… OL16509853W
Volleyball dreams Volleyball dreams Jake Maddox Ramona is very serious about beach volleyball, and she is frustrated with her summer league team--but when she learns that a plastics company is going to build a factory in their park, she realizes t… OL16568846W
The Syrian rebellion The Syrian rebellion Fouad Ajami Freedom's call and its cruel price. In The Syrian Rebellion, Fouad Ajami offers a detailed historical perspective on the current rebellion in Syria. Focusing on the similarities and the differences i… OL16682156W
Occupy Occupy Noam Chomsky From the back cover: "Since its appearance in Zuccotti Park, New York, in September 2011, the Occupy movement has spread to hundreds of towns and cities across the world. No longer occupying small t… OL17068309W
CITY MADNESS CITY MADNESS Kia Soong Kua Hand and hand we engage, walk, run, smile, laugh, and even be appalled, when some of these characters are unclothed true to life, as they search for their place in this maze … OL17079370W
Civil disobedience Civil disobedience Lewis Perry The distinctive American tradition of civil disobedience stretches back to pre-Revolutionary War days and has served the purposes of determined protesters ever since. This stimulating book examines t… OL19663816W
Rebel Rebel Douglas Carswell "Democracy has been hijacked by a cartel of big banks, big government and big corporate interests. This book shows how it happened, and why it happened. It also proposes a radical reform of politics … OL19747575W
Rampage (The Singular Menace, 3) Rampage (The Singular Menace, 3) John Sandford,Michele Cook Shay Remby and her band of renegade activists have got the corrupt Singular Corporation on the run. Their expose is finally working. Or is it? Even as revelations about the human experimental subject… OL19792113W
Violet Mackerel's pocket protest Violet Mackerel's pocket protest Anna Branford In this sixth story of the Violet Mackerel series, Violet and Rose start a very small protest to make a very big impact. Violet and Rose organize a protest to save the big oak tree in Clover Park. B… OL19992454W
Chimpanzee Chimpanzee Darin Bradley A high level of unemployment has destroyed the economy, resulting in record student loan defaults. In this dystopian landscape, the government has developed a method of taking back the knowledge gai… OL19998998W
Beautiful trouble Beautiful trouble Boyd, Andrew,Dave Oswald Mitchell "An invaluable activist resource, 'Beautiful Trouble' assembles the best ideas of 10 groundbreaking organizations and over 70 troublemakers into a set of interlocking design principles. Use it to ins… OL20045411W
Twitter and tear gas Twitter and tear gas Zeynep Tufekci A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing internet-fueled social movements' greatest strengths and frequent challenges. To understand a thwarted Turkish coup, an anti-Wal… OL20057658W
Solidarity Solidarity David Featherstone "Despite the frequency with which the word 'solidarity' is invoked the concept itself has rarely been subjected to close scrutiny. In this original and stereotype-busting work, David Featherstone hel… OL22425975W
A season for martyrs A season for martyrs Bina Shah A harrowing account of the last three months of Benazir Bhutto's life. OL24160076W
The girl with the cinnamon twist The girl with the cinnamon twist Stephen J. Dennis In this coming-of-age story, Roger and Maggie take the reader back to a conflicted time in America. The two young people begin to chart a course for the rest of their lives at the height of the Vietn… OL24828250W
Protest Politics Today Protest Politics Today Devashree Gupta ix, 344 pages : 26 cm OL25707913W
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