{"product_id":"the-verso-book-of-dissent-isbn-9781784786175","title":"The Verso Book of Dissent","description":"\u003cb\u003eFully updated compendium of revolt and resistance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the ages and across every continent, people have struggled against those in power and raised their voices in protest-rallying others around them or, sometimes, inspiring uprisings many years later. Their echoes reverberate from Ancient Greece, China and Egypt, via the dissident poets and philosophers of Islam and Judaism, through to the Arab slave revolts and anti-Ottoman rebellions of the Middle Ages. These sources were tapped during the Dutch and English revolutions at the outset of the Modern world, and in turn flowed into the French, Haitian, American, Russian and Chinese revolutions. More recently, resistance to war and economic oppression has flared up on battlefields and in public spaces from Beijing and Cairo to Moscow and New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This anthology, global in scope, presents voices of dissent from every era of human history: speeches and pamphlets, poems and songs, plays and manifestos. Every age has its iconoclasts, and yet the greatest among them build on the words and actions of their forerunners. \u003ci\u003eThe Verso Book of Dissent\u003c\/i\u003e should be in the arsenal of every rebel who understands that words and ideas are the ultimate weapons.“\u003ci\u003eThe Verso Book of Dissent\u003c\/i\u003e shows the many ways in which the constant struggle to create a better world has broken through the walls of apathy and acquiescence.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Noam Chomsky\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A delightful anthology to dip into if you are or have ever been disgruntled with the status quo … for radicals everywhere.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Nick Lezard, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A very right-on compendium of opposition to authority.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Gavin Bowd, \u003ci\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Reading the [\u003ci\u003eThe Verso Book of Dissent\u003c\/i\u003e] is like encountering the best version of our angry selves.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jonathan Messinger, \u003ci\u003eTime Out Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A near-definitive anthology.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Richard Whittaker, \u003ci\u003eAustin Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The anthology’s editors excerpt the writings of a wide array of historical figures, including Socrates … Martin Luther King … [and] the Marquis de Sade.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNational\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An anthology of quotes and excerpts to commemorate Verso’s 40th anniversary.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Todd Gitlin, \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A unique anthology.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKaleidoscope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Almost a Leftist coffee-table book … a good gift for budding activists and writers.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eGlobal Comment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003eGreenlight Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Hsiao\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAudrea Lim\u003c\/b\u003e are editors at Verso Books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTariq Ali \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Extreme Centre, Pirates of the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Clash of Fundamentalisms\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Islam Quintet\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300841410789,"sku":"NP9781784786175","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781784786175.jpg?v=1767742048","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-verso-book-of-dissent-isbn-9781784786175","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}