Making change happen

Symon Hill reviews a new book on activism and nonviolent resistance to power

I approached this book with caution. I have read many books about ‘making change happen’ and been disappointed. Some consist of tortuously convoluted theories that fall to dust as soon as an attempt is made to apply them to the messiness of real-life struggles.  Tim Gee’s Counterpower: Making change happen could not be more different. This is without doubt the best book on activism, and resistance to power, that I have ever read.

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