#RulesforRadicals” was written at a time of epic social upheaval in the #UnitedStates, and it was read avidly by #VietnamWar #protesters, #feminists, #civilrights #activists and warriors on #poverty. More than half a century later, a new mini-genre of “how-to” #books about #dissent and #activism has emerged, drawing lessons from past #protests for the era of “#NoKings” rallies, #BlackLivesMatter marches and the campus pro-#Palestinian #encampments.

Coincidentally but intriguingly, three of these books were #written by #Jewish #authors who, explicitly or not, are offering advice on resistance drawing on Jewish wisdom, role models and historical precedents.

The three books — “How to Be a Dissident” by #GalBeckerman; the forthcoming “On Courage” by #JuliaAngwin and #AmiFieldsMeyer; and “Be a Refusenik!” by #IzabellaTabarovsky — arrive at a moment of #protest fatigue and #political #polarization.

https://www.jta.org/2026/05/03/ideas/new-books-by-jewish-authors-revisit-the-rules-of-protest-in-a-polarized-era

New books by Jewish authors revisit the rules of protest in a polarized era

How-to books for would-be dissidents draw on a Jewish tradition of making good trouble.

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

“How do social movements begin? And when do they end? This is a central question in Gal Beckerman’s new book, The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas (Crown, 2022). “

Warning: Contains insights!

Protesters of the world, unite
15. Mar 2023
By Jeffrey Wasserstrom

https://www.publicbooks.org/protesters-of-the-world-unite/

#bookreview #TheQuietBefore #GalBeckerman #JeffWasserstrom #Hongkong #Thailand #MilkTeaAlliance #authoritarianism #dictatorship #policestate #protestmovement #humanrights

Protesters of the World, Unite - Public Books

Individual protests, like those in Hong Kong, may be defeated. But the global protest movement is only beginning.

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