Verso Book of Dissent Revolutionary Words from Three Millennia of Rebellion and Resistance
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Audrea Lim is an associate editor at Verso Books. Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics-including Pirates of the Caribbean, Bush in Babylon, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome-as well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the New Left Review and lives in London.<i>The Verso Book of Dissent</i> shows the many ways in which the constant struggle to create a better world has broken through the walls of apathy and acquiescence.
- Noam Chomsky,
A delightful anthology to dip into if you are or have ever been disgruntled with the status quo . for radicals everywhere.
- Nick Lezard, Guardian
A very right-on compendium of opposition to authority.
- Gavin Bowd, Scotland on Sunday
Reading the [<i>The Verso Book of Dissent</i>] is like encountering the best version of our angry selves.
- Jonathan Messinger, Time Out Chicago
A near-definitive anthology.
- Richard Whittaker, Austin Chronicle
The anthology's editors excerpt the writings of a wide array of historical figures, including Socrates . Martin Luther King . [and] the Marquis de Sade.
National
A unique anthology.
Kaleidoscope
Almost a Leftist coffee-table book ... a good gift for budding activists and writers.
Global Comment
This anthology presents voices of dissent from throughout history and across the globe: speeches and pamphlets, poems and songs, plays and manifestos, demonstrating that words and ideas are the ultimate weapons.
Greenlight Books