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A review by bethmitcham
We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World by Todd Hasak-Lowy
4.0
Chapters follow nonviolent movements starting with Gandhi. The text clearly supports each movement, assuming that the goals are righteous, which I guess nowadays makes this a political text? I think maybe Gandhi, Alice Paul, MLK, Chavez, Victor Havel, aren't mainstream heroes among Americans (?). Greta Thomberg, the last chapter, definitely is partisan now. Gosh.
Anyway, I liked the details of each movement, with attention paid to the philosophy and commitment behind nonviolence, and then how each movement played out. Hasak-Lowy is frank about the failures as well as the success, emphasizing how compromise is usually a central principal to nonviolent movements. Clear text and frequent pictures help.
I read an ecopy, and I liked how in the notes section I could go back to see where it was referenced. Personally I prefer explicit footnotes so I can go back and forth, but I can see how they are a bit distracting. The biography includes both scholarly works and more kid-friendly resources, and these are marked. "Searchable" index is a good acknowledgement that we live in an eworld now; I'm guessing it's an actual index in the paper version? Or meant for web searching?
Anyway, I liked the details of each movement, with attention paid to the philosophy and commitment behind nonviolence, and then how each movement played out. Hasak-Lowy is frank about the failures as well as the success, emphasizing how compromise is usually a central principal to nonviolent movements. Clear text and frequent pictures help.
I read an ecopy, and I liked how in the notes section I could go back to see where it was referenced. Personally I prefer explicit footnotes so I can go back and forth, but I can see how they are a bit distracting. The biography includes both scholarly works and more kid-friendly resources, and these are marked. "Searchable" index is a good acknowledgement that we live in an eworld now; I'm guessing it's an actual index in the paper version? Or meant for web searching?