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Rigorous studies and first-hand accounts of strategic nonviolent resistance — written by the organizers, scholars, and activists who live it. Every book in our catalog is free to download.

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Soup Throwers and Super Gluers

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Why would these people choose to get arrested, attacked, jailed, screamed at, and even deported when they could be peacefully looking at beautiful paintings or watching tennis? The answer is more powerful than any army, police, billionaire, or oil company.”

Why would these people choose to get arrested, attacked, jailed, screamed at, and even deported when they could be peacefully looking at beautiful paintings or watching tennis? The answer is more powerful than any army, police, billionaire, or oil company.”

Why would these people choose to get arrested, attacked, jailed, screamed at, and even deported when they could be peacefully looking at beautiful paintings or watching tennis? The answer is more powerful than any army, police, billionaire, or oil company.”

— Adam McKay, writer and director of Don’t Look Up and The Big Short, from the Foreword

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Going Behind the Sun

Going Behind the Sun

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It is more than a memoir of the Egyptian revolution. It is a personal, intimate, honest, and deeply human account of what it means to organize, resist, sacrifice, and remain committed to nonviolence when hope gives way to repression…. This book is a powerful reminder that removing a dictator is only the beginning.”

It is more than a memoir of the Egyptian revolution. It is a personal, intimate, honest, and deeply human account of what it means to organize, resist, sacrifice, and remain committed to nonviolence when hope gives way to repression…. This book is a powerful reminder that removing a dictator is only the beginning.”

It is more than a memoir of the Egyptian revolution. It is a personal, intimate, honest, and deeply human account of what it means to organize, resist, sacrifice, and remain committed to nonviolence when hope gives way to repression…. This book is a powerful reminder that removing a dictator is only the beginning.”

— Sami Awad, Palestinian activist, author, and Co-Director of Nonviolence International

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Authoritarianism is a Systemic Risk

Authoritarianism is a Systemic Risk

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In the face of this crisis, a fourth democratic wave may develop. However, democratic waves are not like pendulums that swing automatically. Rather, they happen because people make them happen.”

In the face of this crisis, a fourth democratic wave may develop. However, democratic waves are not like pendulums that swing automatically. Rather, they happen because people make them happen.”

In the face of this crisis, a fourth democratic wave may develop. However, democratic waves are not like pendulums that swing automatically. Rather, they happen because people make them happen.”

— Hardy Merriman, page 22

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How Guatemalans Defended Their Election

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The actions of the corruption pact provoked something unthinkable: the awakening of a sleeping giant—the Guatemalan citizenry.”

The actions of the corruption pact provoked something unthinkable: the awakening of a sleeping giant—the Guatemalan citizenry.”

The actions of the corruption pact provoked something unthinkable: the awakening of a sleeping giant—the Guatemalan citizenry.”

— Mack and Sarti, p. 20

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Anatomy of the Plenum

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Every decision is changeable... state your case, and fight for something you believe in”

Every decision is changeable... state your case, and fight for something you believe in”

Every decision is changeable... state your case, and fight for something you believe in”

— Quote from Sofija, Serbian student activist, p. 7

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Towards a People’s Peace

Towards a People’s Peace

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Let us heed the call and start to organize as effectively for peace as others do for war, and together, build a future where justice and peace prevail.”

Let us heed the call and start to organize as effectively for peace as others do for war, and together, build a future where justice and peace prevail.”

Let us heed the call and start to organize as effectively for peace as others do for war, and together, build a future where justice and peace prevail.”

— Tim Whyte, Secretary General, Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke/ActionAid Denmark

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A decade of Special Reports, Monographs, and books on how ordinary people build power — now joined by memoirs written by activists, for activists.

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Publishing should be collaborative, not extractive.

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