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Geha, Camen, Co-optation, Counter-Narratives, and Repression: Protesting Lebanon's Sectarian Power-Sharing Regime, 73 1 2019 , pp. 9-28

The article examines how the Lebanese government and sectarian political establishment responded to two earlier waves of protest against the sectarian system of government. She finds that they try to end such protests through a combination of 'co-optation, counter-narratives, and repression'.

Eguren, Luis; Mahony, Liam, Unarmed Bodyguards: International Accompaniment for the Protection of Human Rights, West Harford CT, Kumarian, 1997 , pp. 288

Authoritative account by former-volunteers-turned-researchers of work of Peace Brigades International (PBI) in countries in Central and South America and in Asia. The authors interviewed generals connected with the Guatemala death squads to see how far PBI had inhibited the squads. See also: Liam Mahony, Human Rights Defenders Under Attack, London, Peace Brigades International-UK, pp. 20, marking PBI’s 25th anniversary, downloadable from: http://www.peacebrigades.org/publications/books-from-pbi/. For one volunteer’s more recent account; Louise Winstanley, ‘With Peace Brigades International in Colombia’, Howard Clark, People Power: Unarmed Resistance and Global Solidarity (A. 1.b. Strategic Theory, Dynamics, Methods and Movements) , pp.108-11.

Relations, Catholic, Out of Step: War Resisters in South Africa, London, Catholic Institute for International Relations, 1989 , pp. 141

Koster, R.M.; Sanchez, Guillermo, In the Time of the Tyrants: Panama 1968-1990, New York, W.W. Norton, 1990 , pp. 430

The authors, Panamanian journalists, were both forced to leave the country.

, The Enemy Within: Pit Villages and the Miners’ Strike of 1984-5, ed. Samuel, Raphael; Bloomfield, Barbara; Boanas, Guy, London, Routledge, Kegan and Paul, 1986 , pp. 260

Collection of first-hand accounts, interviews, letters, speeches etc.

Smith, Paul; Warrior, Robert, Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee, New York, New Press, 1996 , pp. 384

Examines the militant American Indian Movement (AIM). from the seizure of Alcatraz in 1969 to Wounded Knee in 1973, assessing failures as well as successes.

Ross, Liz, Revolution is for Us: The Left and Gay Liberation in Australia, Melbourne, Interventions, 2013

The author, an active socialist, argues contrary to widely held views that the left and working class supported earlier gay rights campaigns and that the left is central to Gay Liberation.

Rigby, Andrew; Darweish, Marwan, Popular Protest in Palestine: The Uncertain Future of Unarmed Resistance, London, Pluto Press, 2015 , pp. 215

Two experts on Palestine examine the history of Palestinian political resistance to the creation of the state of Israel from the late 19th century to 1939, and provide a balnced assessment of the phases of primarily unarmed popular resistance to Isreali domination. They cover the First Intifada and (after the mainly armed resistance of the Second Intifada) the growth of nonviolent forms of protest since the building of the Separation Wall in 2005. 

, Media Mobilization and the Umbrella Movement, ed. Lee, Francis, London, Routledge, 2016 , pp. 152

This study covers both international and local media, as well as the role of conventional as well as digital media, in both publicizing and mobilizing the Hong Kong protests. It discusses, for example, the impact of TV, but also deliberate social media strategies. The editor is a Professor in the School of Journalism at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

, Nevertheless, They Persisted: Feminisms and Continued Resistance in the U.S. Women's Movement, ed. Reger, Jo, New York and Milton Park, Routledge, 2018 , pp. 238

The year 2017 began with Trump’s presidency, sparking women’s marches in the U.S. and across the globe. This edited collection of empirical studies of the U.S. women’s movement focuses on sociological and historical data. It includes discussions of digital and social media, gender identity and the reinvigorated anti-rape climate, while also focusing on issues of diversity, inclusion, and unacknowledged privilege in the movement.

Dambo, Tamar; Ersoy, Metin; Auwal, Ahmad; Olorunsola, Victor; Olonode, Ayodeji; Arikewuyo, Abdulgaffar; Joseph, Ayodele, Nigeria's hashtagEndSARS Movement and its Implications on Online Protests in Africa's Most Populous Country, 2020 pp. smaller than 0

This article looks at the claims on social media by Nigerian youth of police abuse, which is well documented in the three-year online EndSARS campaign. The authors examine the limitations of the campaign, which lasted three years with little success.  They explore the main themes of the campaign and consider4 how Nigeria's political environment can hinder successful movement activism.

Branch, Taylor, Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63, 1 New York, Simon and Schuster, 1988 3 , pp. 1064

Part 1 of the trilogy. Episodes extracted from this readable narrative have been compiled into one volume – Taylor Branch, The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement, New York, Simon and Schuster, pp. 256.

Potel, Jean-Yves, The Summer Before the Frost: Solidarity in Poland, London, Pluto Press, 1982 , pp. 229

Eye-witness account of early stages, combined with broader analysis. Includes notes on key individuals and organizations and a chronology.

D'Anieri, Paul, What has changed in Ukrainian politics? Assessing the implications of the Orange Revolution, 52 3 (September/October) 2005 , pp. 82-91

, Bitter Flowers, Sweet Flowers: East Timor, Indonesia, and the World Community, ed. Selden, Mark; Tanter, Richard; Shalom, Stephen, Lanham MA, Rowman and Littlefield, 2001 , pp. 312

Part I ‘East Timor: Resistance, Repression and the Road to Independence’ focuses particularly on the role of the National Council of the Timorese Resistance, the Catholic Church and the student movement.

Erikson, Kenneth, The Brazilian Corrporate State and Working Class Politics, Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1977 , pp. 225

Hallberg, Delia; Ossewaarde, Ringo, Protest and Recognition in the Bulgarian Summer 2013 Movement, In in Thomas Davies, Holly Eva Ryan and Alejandro Milciades Pena (eds), Protest, Social Movements, and Global Democracy since 2011: New Perspectives - Research in Social Movements, Conflicts an d Change Emerald Books, 2016 , pp. 85-106

Against the background of the world-wide protests of 2011, the authors discuss the Bulgarian movement in early 2013 and its stronger manifestation during the summer. They aim to draw out aspects of the prolonged protests that are unique to Bulgaria, arguing they represent a 'distinctive struggle for cultural recognition' with links to the earlier 19th century National Awakening movement when Bulgaria was part of the Ottoman Empire.

Colson, Elizabeth, The Social Consequences of Resettlement: The Impact of the Kariba Resettlement Upon the Gwembo Tonga, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1971 , pp. 288

The mass displacement caused by the Kariba Dam was a central issue for the pro-independence movement, despite the problems of organising resistance in the affected areas. Pioneer study of what is now called ‘development-induced displacement’.

Binnendijk, Anika; Marovic, Ivan, Power and persuasion: Nonviolent strategies to influence state security forces in Serbia (2000) and Ukraine (2004), 39 3 (Special Issue ‘Democratic Revolutions in Post-Communist States’, ed. Taras Kuzio) 2006 , pp. 411-429

Describes explicit strategies developed in both Serbia and Ukraine to increase costs of repression and reduce the willingness of the security forces to resort to violence. By combining deterrence and persuasion the organisers were able to avert major repression in 2000 and 2004.

Edozie, Rita, People Power and Democracy: The Popular Movement Against Military Despotism in Nigeria 1989-1999, Trenton NJ, Africa World Press, 2002 , pp. 205

Analyses critically the roles of several national pro-democracy groups in the 1990s, and their attempts to mobilize civil society to resist. Compares their strategies and activities and their role in promoting a democratic transition.

Pongsudhirak, Thitinan, Thailand since the Coup, 19 4 (October) 2008 , pp. 140-153

Kurzman, Charles, The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran, 1977-1979, Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 2004 , pp. 304

Contends that the revolution was truly unpredictable by critiquing five sets of retrospective ‘explanations’. Includes essay on available source material.

Moorhouse, Bert; Wilson, Mary; Chamberlain, Chris, Rent Strikes – Direct Action and the Working Class, In Ralph Miliband, John Saville, The Socialist Register, 1972, London, Merlin Press, 1972 , pp. 133-156

Starts with account of major rent strikes on the Clyde in 1915 and 1921-26, but includes materials on rent strikes in London 1959-61 and 1968-70 and their implications.

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