Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Knopf Canada (March 15, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 034581004X
ISBN-13: 978-0345810045
Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
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I'm on my second-read of what I know will go down as the most important book about activism and revolution written in modern times. Dr. White is foremost an incredible scholar of protest; in a seamless and continuous fashion, he grounds his work in a thorough examination of revolutionary history and philosophy, referencing ideas and beautiful quotes from Marx, Engels, Lenin, and so forth. Secondly, White is clearly a seasoned activist; he weaves in personal anecdotes enough to illuminate key principles/frameworks on the path to effective protest for which he is clearly a trailblazer (such as his "Unified Theory of Revolution"), yet without turning his scholarly work into memoir. Instead, he leaves you craving more of his stories, such as co-founding Occupy Wall Street, and the lessons he's gleaned from his "constructive failures" (i.e. Occupy) and successes. Last but not least, White is a selfless visionary with a bias toward action; he doesn't just problematize protest by unmasking its historical roots and exposing its modern malpractices, then leave activists and thought-leaders to do the rest of the work. Instead, he equips us with a practical toolkit for revolutionary action. White is wise enough to recognize that effective protest cannot be standardized into a one-size-fits-all model, and yet even wiser to identify the common do's/don'ts and principles that DO emerge across contexts. Thus, just as one leaves a good law or business program prepared to think through complex, real-world challenges that emerge in legal or business contexts, so too does one leave "The End of Protest..." prepared to innovate and problem-solve through oppressive real-world challenges that warrant or demand effective protest. For that alone, I feel eternally grateful to Dr.
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