{"product_id":"the-verso-book-of-dissent-isbn-9781844674480","title":"The Verso Book of Dissent","description":"Throughout the ages and across every continent, people have struggled against those in power and raised their voices in protest—rallying others around them and inspiring uprisings in eras yet to come. 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 Baghdad to Caracas and Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 will become an invaluable resource, reminding today’s citizens that these traditions will never die.“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\u003cb\u003eAudrea Lim\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate editor at Verso Books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTariq Ali\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics—including \u003ci\u003ePirates of the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBush in Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Clash of Fundamentalisms\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Obama Syndrome\u003c\/i\u003e—as well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e and lives in London.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304078037221,"sku":"NP9781844674480","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781844674480.jpg?v=1767742050","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-verso-book-of-dissent-isbn-9781844674480","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}