Books from the front lines of people power.
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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— Adam McKay, writer and director of Don’t Look Up and The Big Short, from the Foreword
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— Sami Awad, Palestinian activist, author, and Co-Director of Nonviolence International
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— Hardy Merriman, page 22
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How Guatemalans Defended Their Election
— Consuelo Amat, SNF Agora Institute Assistant Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
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— Quote from Sofija, Serbian student activist, p. 7
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— Tim Whyte, Secretary General, Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke/ActionAid Denmark
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Going Behind the Sun: A Memoir of the Nonviolent Struggle for a Democratic Egypt, with Ahmed Maher
Co-founder of the April 6 Youth Movement, Ahmed Maher reflects on more than 15 years of organizing for democracy and human rights in Egypt. Tuesday, December 1 · 12:00 PM EST, online.
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Soup Throwers and Super Gluers: Inside Europe’s Climate Uprising, with Harley Brewer and Cécile Bessire
Two leading organizers in the A22 Network talk about disruption, public backlash, and what it costs to keep going. Tuesday, November 24 · 12:00 PM EST, online.
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Six Hours and Beyond: Civil Resistance Against Democratic Backsliding in South Korea, with Jungmin Choi
When martial law was declared in December 2024, it lasted six hours. Jungmin Choi presents her CNCR Special Report on how South Koreans pushed back, and what came after. Tuesday, November 17 · 9:00 AM EST, online.
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Authoritarianism Is a Systemic Risk: Implications of Rising Autocracy on Domestic and Global Affairs, with Hardy Merriman
Hardy Merriman makes the case that rising authoritarianism is an “everything” problem whose consequences compound over time — and why the sooner people push back, the better. Thursday, November 5 · 12:00 PM EST, online.
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The Catalog
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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Ahmed Maher

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Luis Mack, Carlos Sarti

Marko Škorić, Jovana Čikić, Jovana Škorić, Aleksej Kišjuhas

Hardy Merriman, Ola Ibrahim, Gino Govender, Hanyea Mohammed, Véronique Dudouet, Steward Muhindo, Shreen Saroor

Marcin Mrowicki

Malaka Mohammed Shwaikh, Rebecca Ruth Gould

Hardy Merriman

Nawa V. Sitali, Thompson Kamuhuza Luzendi, Nalishebo Sinyama, Muleta Kapatiso, Mary Mwaba, Andrew Machila, Given Musanya Kapolyo, Chimwemwe Zakeyo Mwansa

Hardy Merriman, Patrick Quirk, Ash Jain

Mahmoud Soliman
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