{"product_id":"movements-that-win-isbn-9781644215081","title":"Movements that Win","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring collection of stories about brave people who organize, fight back, and prevail against corporate greed and government injustice, to learn from the tactics of how they won.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes illustrations and graphics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the world slides further toward authoritarianism and the prospects for advancing social justice through electoral democracy narrow, the power of communities to prevail against strongman politics and corporate domination becomes increasingly crucial. In \u003ci\u003eMovements That Win\u003c\/i\u003e, long-time activist Aric McBay urges readers to remain hopeful, connected, vocal, and strong. He champions the creative innovations, bravery, and persistence of those who take risks to organize their communities to confront injustices imposed on them in the name of greed, militarism, and racism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuilding on the analysis presented in his two-volume set, \u003ci\u003eFull Spectrum Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e, McBay showcases a wide range of attainable victories that—wins we can and should emulate through solidarity and direct action. Among the triumphs McBay describes are\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndigenous groups’ successful effort to shut down a pipeline and remove colonial statues,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eneighborhoods repelling gentrification and a nuclear waste dump in Australia,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eresidents halting the construction of a parking garage in Boston’s Chinatown,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican disability rights activists’ use of direct action to pave the way for the Americans with Disabilities Act, farmers preventing the construction of a nuclear reactor in rural Germany,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand multiple neighborhood networks in the US preventing Wal-Mart from setting up shop in their community.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way, McBay provides boots-on-the-ground insights into the key factors that inspire people to join local movements, how to persevere during backlash and repression, and how to build momentum through small victories.Introduction \u003cbr\u003eShut Down Canada \u003cbr\u003eCanada: Shut Down \u003cbr\u003e“Claim No Easy Victories”\u003cbr\u003eGraves and Statues \u003cbr\u003eRevolution of the Heart \u003cbr\u003eWhy Study Victories? \u003cbr\u003eWhy these Stories? \u003cbr\u003ePatterns of Resistance, Ecologies of Struggle \u003cbr\u003eA Gentle Warning \u003cbr\u003eMy Hopes \u003cbr\u003eStories in this Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne: The Green Bans \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBackground \u003cbr\u003eThe Green Bans Multiply \u003cbr\u003eWhy the Builders Labourers’ Federation? \u003cbr\u003eRepression \u003cbr\u003eThe Legacy \u003cbr\u003eHow to Build a Strong Alliance \u003cbr\u003eBlack Bans and International Solidarity \u003cbr\u003eSidebar: Green Bans and Green Parties \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo: Parcel C \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Campaign and Coalition \u003cbr\u003eThe Referendum\u003cbr\u003eAfter the Referendum \u003cbr\u003eVictory and Aftermath \u003cbr\u003eMovement-Building and Intersectionality \u003cbr\u003eChronology of Parcel C \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree: 504 Disability Sit-ins \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Rehabilitation Act of 1973 \u003cbr\u003eThe Sit-Ins \u003cbr\u003eA Powerful Full-Spectrum Coalition \u003cbr\u003eLogistics and Communication \u003cbr\u003eOrganization and Decision-Making\u003cbr\u003eFurther Escalation \u003cbr\u003eWhat Next? \u003cbr\u003eVictory Factors \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour: Brent Spar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBackground \u003cbr\u003eThe Seizing of the Spar \u003cbr\u003eThe Boycott \u003cbr\u003eThe Strike Force\u003cbr\u003eWhy They Won \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive: Spies for Peace \u0026amp; the Committee of 100 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament \u003cbr\u003eThe Committee of 100 \u003cbr\u003eThe Bunker Heist \u003cbr\u003eVictories and Legacy \u003cbr\u003eComparing Capacities \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix: Wyhl Reactor Site Occupation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Occupation \u003cbr\u003eVictory Factors and the Aftermath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeven: Standing Strong gainst Nuclear Waste \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNuclear Weapons on Indigenous Land \u003cbr\u003eUranium Power Grows \u003cbr\u003eThe South Australia Nuclear Waste Dump \u003cbr\u003eVictory \u003cbr\u003eSidebar: Hotelling’s Law \u003cbr\u003eSidebar: 1984 Day of Action for a Nuclear-Free Australia \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEight: Umbergaon Port \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Megaport \u003cbr\u003eWhy They Won \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNine: Phantom Victories, Pipelines, and Gas Plants\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLine 9 \u003cbr\u003eEnergy East \u003cbr\u003eLine 9 and Energy East \u003cbr\u003eDoug Ford’s Gas Plants \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTen: The Richmond Dump \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGetting Organized \u003cbr\u003eEscalation \u003cbr\u003eThe Mohawks and the Quarry \u003cbr\u003eVictory Factors \u003cbr\u003eMovement Capacities \u003cbr\u003eChronology of Events \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleven: Anti-Walmart Site Fights \u0026amp; Alt-Union Campaign \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Site Fights \u003cbr\u003eCommunity Impacts \u003cbr\u003eHow Did They Win? \u003cbr\u003eThe Legacy of Site Fights\u003cbr\u003eThe Alt-Union Struggle Begins \u003cbr\u003eOUR Walmart \u003cbr\u003eUnion Wins in Chile \u003cbr\u003eThe Foothold and the Beachhead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eConclusion: Patterns of Resistance \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1) A Tangible Common Goal \u003cbr\u003e2) Positive Vision\u003cbr\u003e3) Urgency \u003cbr\u003e4) A Common Enemy \u003cbr\u003e5) Initiative \u0026amp; Escalation \u003cbr\u003e6) Disruption \u0026amp; Direct Action \u003cbr\u003e7) A Common Tactic \u0026amp; Collective Action \u003cbr\u003e8) Diversity of Tactics \u0026amp; Radical Flanking \u003cbr\u003e9) Coalitions across Difference \u003cbr\u003e10) Movement Capacity \u003cbr\u003e11) Participatory Decision-Making and Democracy \u003cbr\u003e12) Persistence \u0026amp; Endurance \u003cbr\u003eThe End of the Beginning\u003cbr\u003eDiscussion Questions \u003cbr\u003eFurther Victories\u003cbr\u003eEndnotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author​\"By sharing inspiring stories and highlighting the lessons of successful activist campaigns, Aric McBay has written an important book for our times. \u003ci\u003eMovements that Win\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that people power makes a difference, especially when it is grounded in courage and solidarity.​\" \u003cb\u003e—Eileen Flanagan, author of \u003ci\u003eCommon Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Activist McBay (Full Spectrum Resistance) offers an encouraging survey of successful environmental justice activism. The victories spotlighted include an unlikely alliance between construction unions and conservationists that helped protect urban green spaces in 1970s Australia, the diverse coalition-building that prevented gentrification of Boston’s Chinatown in the 1990s, the rural organizing and civil disobedience that stopped the construction of a nuclear reactor in Germany in 1975, and the ways in which Canadian environmentalists have built on a strong history of Indigenous land protection strategies to fight the installation of fossil fuel pipelines from the 2010s to today. Along the way, McBay points out common themes and approaches that led to each movement’s success, spotlighting 12 key “patterns,” including having “urgency” and a “positive vision” for the future, practicing strategic “escalation” and engaging in direct action rather than just protest, and building “coalitions across difference” and movements that can “persist and endure.” . . . [A]n illuminating overview and a useful playbook for environmentalists.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eARIC MCBAY\u003c\/b\u003e is a community organizer, organic farmer, and author of eight books, including the speculative fiction novels \u003ci\u003eKraken Calling\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInversion\u003c\/i\u003e. His book \u003ci\u003eFull Spectrum Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e is a two-volume guide to building more effective movements. He writes and speaks on numerous social justice issues and has organized successful campaigns around fossil-fuel pipelines, Indigenous solidarity, unionization, prisoner justice, and other causes. He is also an award-winning digital game developer. 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