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Kolb, Felix, Protest and Opportunities: The Political Outcomes of Social Movements, Frankfurt Main, Campus Verlag, 2007 , pp. 360

Derives propositions about social movements and political change from detailed analyses of the US Civil Rights Movement compared with movements against nuclear power.

Wasserstrom, Jeffrey, Student protests in fin-de-siecle China, 237 (September/October) 1999 , pp. 52-76

Discusses 1999 student demonstrations against the NATO bombing of Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, comparing them with earlier 1919 and June 1989 protests. Argues that, despite official support and encouragement, the 1999 protests did reflect significant degree of student autonomy and included allusion to 1989.

Seegers, Annette, South Africa: From Laager to Anti-Apartheid, In Charles C. Moskos, John Whitelay Chambers, The New Conscientious Objection: From Sacred to Secular Resistance, New York, Oxford University Press, 1993 , pp. 296 , pp. 127-134

Surveys development of conscientious objection from 1960.

Tun-jen, Cheng, Democratizing the quasi-Leninist regime in Taiwan, 41 (July) 1989 , pp. 471-489

Jika, Thanduxolo; Mosamo, Sebabatso; Sadiki, Leon; Saba, Athandiwe; Ledwaba, Lucas; Dlangamandla, Felix, We Are Going to Kill Each Other Today: The Marikana Story, Cape Town, Cape Town, Tafelberg, 2013 , pp. 256

Account by City Press reporters and photographers, supplemented by edited evidence from official Enquiry, and including analyses of labour migration.

Thuen, Trond, Quest for Equity: Norway and the Saami Challenge, St John’s Nfld, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1995 , pp. 300

Shawcross, William, Side Show: Kissinger, Nixon an d the Destruction of Cambodia, 1979 London, Andre Deutsch and Fontana, 1980 , pp. 467

Detailed analysis of the evolution of the US war on Cambodia.

, Come Together: The Years of Gay Liberation 1970-73, ed. Walter, Aubrey, London, Heretic Books, 1981 , pp. 218

Based on articles from the newspaper Come Together. Walter was one of the founders of the British Gay Liberation Front.

Bingham, Clara, Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and The Year America Lost and Found its Soul, New York, Random House, 2016 , pp. 655, pb

The book focuses on 'year' August 1969-1970, and explores the roots of the movement against the Vietnam War in the Civil Rights Movement, citing testimony of those involved.

Diehl, Sophie, Is Social Media Only For White Women? From #MeToo to #Mmiw, Master Thesis Northern Arizona University, 2019 , pp. 62

This thesis scrutinises the conversation about violence against women on social media. The main research question is: ‘Does social media reproduce colonial ideologies such as racism and sexism?’ Indigenous women experience the highest rates of sexual violence in the United States: they are twice as likely to be as all other women. Social media is praised as a tool for activists and marginalized groups to raise awareness. The thesis explores whether this applies to Indigenous women and sexual violence, or whether their voices are generally overlooked.

Núñez, Sonia, Femen in the current Spanish political context: feminist activism and counterhegemonic modes of representation, 19 1 2018 , pp. 111-126

This article addresses Femen’s media-based activism in Spain. It examines the lack of understanding of Femen’s activist methods among mainstream feminists and broader debates in the current Spanish political context.

Askanius, Tina; Uldam, Julie, Online Social Media for Radical Politics: Climate Change Activism on You Tube, 4 2 , pp. smaller than 0

Discusses evolution of alternative media campaigning from the 15th UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen, December 2009.

Achcar, Gilbert, 'From One Arab Spring to Another', , pp. smaller than 0

In this article (partially adapted from an interview in Marxist Left Review 19, but rewritten and updated) Achcar begins by situating 2011 within a global crisis of the neoliberal stage of capitalism. He also notes the specific features of the region, and comments on the defeat of the workers' movement and the left in Egypt, and then turns to prospects in Algeria. Sudan, Lebanon and Iraq.

Peñaranda, Isabel; Gomez-Delgado, Julian, Colombia's New Awakening, , , pp. 6-6

This article, written at the beginning of the mass protest movement that began in Colombia in November 2019, examines the political and economic context of the emergence of socio-economic protest and discusses its possible future significance for Colombia and the left.

, The Eyes on the Prize - Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Fighters, 1954-1990, ed. Carson, Clayborne; Garrow, David; Gill, Gerald; Harding, Vincent; Hine, Darlene, New York and London, Penguin, 1991 , pp. 764

Comprises documents, speeches and firsthand accounts of from the black freedom struggle during this period. Published to accompany Eyes on the Prize TV series.

, Spring in Winter: The 1989 Revolutions, ed. Prins, Gwyn, (Preface by Vaclav Havel) Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1990 , pp. 251

Includes reflections by leading participants in revolutions from Hungary, Poland, East Germany and Czechoslovakia, a journalist’s view of ‘Why Romania could not avoid bloodshed’, and an essay by J.K. Galbraith on dangers of the triumph of a simplistic economic ideology, and a comparative chronology of 1988-1990.

Kuzio, Taras, Special issue ‘Kuchmagate Crisis to Orange Revolution: Civil Society, Elections and Democratisation in Ukraine’, 23 1 (March) 2007 pp. smaller than 0

Eight contributions analysing various aspects of Ukrainian society from schools to rock ’n’ roll, from politics to gender.

, Comprehending West Papua, ed. King, Peter; Elmslie, Jim; Webb-Gannon, Camellia, Sydney, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS), 2011 , pp. 392

The most substantial publication from CPACS’ ongoing West Papua Project – 25 chapters, including human rights surveys, discussions on strategic possibilities, and other commentaries, plus Katrina Rae’s West Papua 2010: A Literature Survey. All online at http://sydney.edu.au/arts/peace_conflict/practice/west_papua_project.shtml

Petras, James; Morley, Morris, How Allende Fell: A Study in US-Chilean Relations, Nottingham, Spokesman Books, 1974 , pp. 125

Democracy, Journal, The Upheavals in Egypt and Tunisia, 22 3 (July) 2011 , pp. 3-48

This section includes three articles: Schraeder, Peter J. and Hamadi Redissa, ‘Bem Ali’s Fall’, pp. 3-19; Howard, Philip N. and Muzammil M. Hussein, ‘The role of the digital media’, pp. 35-48, compares Tunisia and Egypt; Masoud, Tarek, ‘The Road to (and from) Liberation Square’, pp. 20-34, is primarily about Egypt.

Desai, Ashwin, We Are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa, New York, Monthly Review Press, 2002 , pp. 153

On struggles against neoliberal policies and privatization in the townships, strikes, and the Durban Social Forum.

, Campaigns for Peace: British Peace Movements in the Twentieth Century, ed. Taylor, Richard; Young, Nigel, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1987 , pp. 308

Collection of analytical and descriptive essays spanning period from late 19th century to 1980s, but the main focus is on post-World War Two movement against nuclear weapons. Michael Randle assesses ‘Nonviolent direct action in the 1950s and 1960s’, pp. 131-61.

, Feminism in India, ed. Chaudhuri, Maitrayee, London, Zed Books, 2005 , pp. 416

Collection of essays by academics and activists on condition of women in colonial and independent India, and the challenges to Indian feminism from globalization and the Hindu Right. Indicates a vigorous if uneven women’s movement over several decades.

Fisk, Robert, The Point of No Return: The Strike which Broke the British in Ulster, London, Times Books: Deutsch, 1975 , pp. 264

Detailed account by journalist of the strike and its political repercussions.

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