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, Digging Deeper: Issues in the Miners’ Strike, ed. Beynon, Huw, London, Verso, 1985 , pp. 280

, END Special Report: Moscow Independent Peace Group, ed. Stead, Jean; Grunberg, Gabrielle, London, Merlin Press, 1982 , pp. 44

Carter, David, Stonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution, 2004 New York, St Martins Press, 2010 , pp. 352

Detailed account of protests that erupted on 28 June 1969 when New York police raided the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village (popular among gays), when many others joined in, and demonstrations spread across the city for several days. The ‘riots’ led to the founding of the Gay Liberation Front and the first Gay Pride marches in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco a year later.

Ovenden, Keith, Syriza: Inside a Labyrinth, London, Pluto Press, 2015 , pp. 181

Analyzes the rise of Syriza (formed in 2004) within its broader political context, and comments on the problems faced after its victory in the polls and the developments up to early 2015. Chapter 3 'Their Austerity and Our Resistance' focuses on popular resistance by students, strikes by workers, occupations of the squares, environmental struggle, opposition to racism and the major struggle sparked in 2013 by efforts to maintain the national broadcasting and television networks, leading to work place occupations across the country.'

Bland, Ben, Generation H K: Seeking Identity in China's Shadow, London, Penguin, 2017 , pp. 140

(A Penguin Special and one in a series on Hong Kong)

The author charts the attitudes of the generation who grew up since 1997, arguing that they have a distinctive Hong Kong identity, detached from Britain's legacy and far from identifying with mainland China, but aware of pressure from Beijing. He follows the stories of 'activists turned politicians', 'artists resisting censorship' and. some connected with the world of high finance, making comparisons with other Asian countries he has covered as a journalist.

Nash, June, We Eat the Mines and the Mines Eat Us: Dependency and Exploitation in Bolivian Tin Mines, New York, Columbia University Press, 1979 , pp. 363

Includes material on strikes, demonstrations, hunger strikes and road blocks.

Linn, Ruth, Conscience at War: The Israeli Soldier as a Moral Critic, Albany NY, State University of New York Press, 1996 , pp. 245

Hunt, Timothy, The Politics of Bones: Dr Owens Wiwa and the Struggle for Nigeria’s Oil, Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 2005 , pp. 400

Focuses on the brother of the executed leader of the Ogoni movement, Kenule Sarowiwa, and his efforts to carry on the campaign.

Rogaly, Joe, Grunwick, Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1977 , pp. 199

Account by journalist who gave prominent coverage to the women’s struggle during the strike.

HongFincher, Leta, Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China, London, Verso, 2018 , pp. 240

Story of the 'Feminist Five' who were jailed in 2015 for a protest against sexual harassment, and the art and activism of their supporters.  The book also examines the official gender equality policy of the Communist Party since 1949, and the recent suppression of dissidence and bans on foreign support for NGOs.

See also ‘Talking policy: Leta Hong Fincher on feminism in China’, World Policy, 2 June 2017: https://worldpolicy.org/2017/06/02/talking-policy-leta-hong-fincher-on-feminism-in-china/

Leta Hong discusses her book Leftover Women: The Resurgence of gender Inequality in China and the development of feminism in China from the post- socialist era up to today.

To read the first-hand account on the arrest of one activist of the ‘Feminist Five’ and other initiatives to free them, see this comprehensive article https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/08/feminist-stickers-china-backash-women-activists

See also https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2093973/fight-against-gender-violence-goes-chinas-feminist-five and https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/02/people-week-feminist-five/

Rottenberg, Catherine, The Rise of Neoliberal Feminism, New York, Oxford University Press, 2018 , pp. 264

Following the #MeToo movement and #TimeIsUp campaign, Rottenberg argues that the current neoliberal context that reduces everything to market calculation requires that a new wave of feminism should reorient and reclaim itself as a social justice movement.

Dalquist, Stephanie, Timeline: A chronology of public opinion on nuclear power in the United States and United Kingdom, 2004 , pp. 35

Describes the history of the atom in the US and the UK; the combination of civilian/military use and how people and movement developed an understanding of the risks associated with nuclear power since the 1960s.

Mbile, Peter; Atangana, Alain; Mbenda, Rosette, Women and landscape restoration: a preliminary assessment of women led restoration activities in Cameroon, 2019 , pp. 2891-2911

The authors note that the Cameroon government had announced the goal of restoring 12 million hectares of degraded land by 2030 and had applied for support from the Bonn Challenge and AFR100 initiatives. They argue that women, who constitute over 60% of the rural workforce in Central Africa, have a crucial role to play, and examine some forms of restoration so far undertaken by women’s groups in Cameroon.

Hug, Adam, Retreating Rights - Kyrgyzstan: Introduction, , pp. smaller than 0

This introduction to a substantial report on the latest phase in Kyrgyz politics provides an analysis of the events of October 2020 to February 2021 against the background of the recent political past, including the legacy of the anti-Uzbek violence in 2010.

Tracy, James, Direct Action: Radical Pacifism from the Union Eight to the Chicago Seven, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1996 , pp. 196

Examines how a small group of radical pacifists (such as Dave Dellinger, A.J. Muste and Bayard Rustin) played a major role in the rebirth of US radicalism and social protest in the 1950s and 1960s, applying nonviolence to social issues and developing an experimental protest style.

Lama, Dalai, My Land and My People, London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1962 , pp. 253

Autobiography of his earlier years.

van Donge, Jan, Kamuzu’s Legacy: The democratization of Malawi, 94 375 1995 , pp. 227-257

, Thai NGOs: The Continuing Struggle for Democracy, ed. Boonyarattanasoontorn, Jaturang; Chutima, Gawin, Bangkok, Thai NGO Support Project, 1995 , pp. 188

Uzcategui, Rafael, Venezuela: Revolution as Spectacle, Tucson AZ, See Sharp Press, 2010 , pp. 219

A critique of Chavismo from the libertarian left.

, Forging Links in Ozarow, In Notes from Nowhere, We Are Everywhere: The Irresistible Rise of Global Anticapitalism, London, Verso, 2004 , pp. 450-455

On Polish worker occupation to prevent closure of a factory, supported by local community and anarchist groups.

Peacemaker, , Australia’s Draft Resistance and the Vietnam War – Statement by Michael Matteson and Geoff Mullen, 33 9-12 (Sept-Dec) 1971 pp. smaller than 0

Statements by two anarchists in the draft resistance movement, who went underground and then to jail, commenting critically upon it. An introduction by Takver notes the important role played by individual anarchists and anarchist groups in the anti-war movement.

, Out of the Closet: Voices of Gay Liberation, ed. Jay, Karla; Young, Allen, New York, New York University Press, 1997 , pp. 367

Views and experiences of US activists and their assessment of how much or little had changed since Stonewall.

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