Street Spirit is an inspiring collection of creative examples of street protest and demonstrations of defiance that have effected changes around the world.
Steve Crawshaw is Director of the Office of the Secretary
General at Amnesty International, which he joined as international
advocacy director in 2010. From 2002 to 2010, he was UK director
and UN advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. He joined the
Independent at launch in 1986, where he reported on the eastern
European revolutions, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the
Balkan wars.
He is co-author with John Jackson of Small Acts of Resistance: How
Courage, Tenacity and Ingenuity Can Change the World, preface by
Václav Havel. His previous books were Easier Fatherland: Germany
and the Twenty-First Century and Goodbye to the USSR: The Collapse
of Soviet Power.
A wonderfully crafted work about the protest and activism shaping
our world
*Independent*
When a totalitarian society faces creative protests, it is like ice
meeting fire... Street Spirit is a relevant and powerful book for
our times
*Ai Weiwei, Foreword*
Full of wonderful and entertaining stories of the power to create
change
*Bianca Jagger*
In Street Spirit, Steve Crawshaw distills decades of wisdom,
experience and optimism from around the world. This potent cocktail
will be feared by tyrants everywhere - but to all those who will
brandish it proudly or read it in the dark, he brings light, hope
and ammunition for people-led change
*Shami Chakrabarti, author of On Liberty*
A lovely book, wonderful stories, fascinating... In a world worried
about too many isms, a bright antidote
*Lyse Doucet, Chief International Correspondent, BBC*
If you care about something deeply, your mind and your body will
take you to the streets and force you to organize, to be political,
to protest and to fight. This is a condition as basic and natural
for a human being as love - and that's why Steve Crawshaw's book
matters
*Nadya Tolokonnikova, founding member of Pussy Riot*
A fantastic book
*Srdja Popovic, Serb activist and author, Blueprint for Revolution*
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