Rivera Sun

Rise and Resist

Essays on Love, Courage, Politics and Resistance from The Dandelion Insurrection

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fiery. Evocative. Uplifting. Fiction meets reality in these impassioned and hard-hitting essays on love, courage, politics, and resistance. Rise and Resist brings to life the essays of the underground resistance writer Charlie Rider from The Dandelion Insurrection. The words are a rallying cry, a balm to the soul, and fuel or the fire of social change. In a printed collection for the first time ever, here are the essays that ignited a mass movement for change in a fictional United States "just around the corner of today". Written under the nom de plume: the Man From the North, this fictional writer lifts a pen mightier than a sword to offer provocative and relevant essays for his world . . . and ours. On the Man From the North in The Dandelion Insurrection: "The Man From the North. Even the mere mention of the writer's name evoked a sweat of admiration, envy and fear. His articles were slipped hand-to-hand, smuggled across the border from Canada, taped in the back of pocket bibles. All through the winter, the man tore apart the corporate-controlled government, decried the rising tide of militarism, and lambasted the grind of economic injustice that held millions in a death grip. The Man From the North also regaled his readers with real life stories of courage in the face of oppression. He touched their hearts with passionate tales of kindness in a time of darkness. People looked out their windows at night and thought: we are not alone in wanting a better world than this." - from The Dandelion Insurrection by Rivera Sun. The essays from the Man From the North are timely and inspiring. They are not found in The Dandelion Insurrection, The Dandelion Insurrection Study Guide - making change through nonviolent action, or in The Roots of Resistance. The essays can be read separately from the novels. Reading all the books together is a powerful experience. Praise for The Dandelion Insurrection & The Roots of Resistance "In times of despair, we need hope. In times of frustration, we need inspiration. In times of confusion, we need clarity. Rivera brings us all of these and more." - Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and International Studies at University of San Francisco "Rivera has crafted a vision of an unstoppable movement for democracy and leaves no corner or controversy of nonviolence unexplored. Find yourself within these pages and learn some new techniques for action while you're here." -Stephanie N. Van Hook, Executive Director, Metta Center for Nonviolence ". . . a beautifully written book… punching holes through the concert of corporate terror, and inviting all to join in the insurrection." - Keith McHenry, Co-founder of Food Not Bombs

Produktdetails

• Dandelion Trilogy
• Verlag: Rising Sun Media, Inc,
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 252g
• ISBN-13: 9781948016032
• ISBN-10: 1948016036
• Artikelnr.: 57967646

Autorenporträt

Rivera Sun is a change-maker, a cultural creative, a protest novelist, and an advocate for nonviolence and social justice. She's a love-based revolutionary with astonishing clarity, a visionary progressive with a rare capacity for pragmatic strategy. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection and a dozen other novels, non-fiction and poetry books. Her essays have been published in hundreds of journals and she was the co-host for five years of two nationally syndicated radio shows. Rivera speaks and holds workshops internationally where she shares solutionary ideas, and inspires people to step up to the challenge of being a part of the story of change and the wild adventure of these times! Many classes at university and high school level use Rivera's books to illustrate themes in peace and conflict studies, social justice, nonviolenc and literature. Rivera is happy to speak with your classes on-line or in-person. Rivera lives in an earthship in the high desert outside Taos, NM. She bakes bread, grows tomatoes and drinks pu'erh tea gung fu cha style...when she isn't writing. She can be reached through her website www.riverasun.com