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Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes
4.57 AVERAGE
1.02k reviews for:
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes
4.57 AVERAGE
challenging
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hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
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I've spent the last week or so submerging into aggressive despair, hopelessness and cynicism. Listening to this book has been a healing balm and a breath of air for these moments when it feels like there is nothing to do but wait for everything to crumble. It's hard for me to not still believe that's true (apathy and cynicism is easy when it feels like so many people are just against others simply existing) but I think this book is important specifically for times like this when hope feels ridiculous and meaningless. It's crucial. The government, the powers that be, they are afraid of US and we should keep reminding them that they should continue to be. And we should remind ourselves that we are the only ones who will save each other. An impeccable read and one I might need to break my book buying ban for, just so I know it's with me at all times.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
inspiring
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
A superb jumping off point into pursuing social justice in a time it is most needed. Full of words of wisdom espousing the core tenants of activism and organizing and a nice presentation of exemplary samples of successful campaigns (and a few lessons in failure).
But falls short of a guide. Outside mutual care elements and a few examples of specific action, doesn't go particularly in-depth into the practical. For instance, doesn't detail how to structure and schedule campaigns or how to deal with specific issues likely to be encountered. (There's an appendix that details tactics and tools police might use against protests. More of this level of detail through the whole book would have been nice.)
Instead, the book mostly acts as a broad overview of the general landscape around activism and organizing. This is excellent for the beginning and ends of the book, and does well to inspire and inform on the whole. But through its middle, results in what feels, though I agree with absolutely everything, like a lot of grievance listing and complaining about how recent societal elements in the US, particularly governmental, are set up to impede social justice.
But again, as an overview of the landscape around social justice movements and work of inspiration toward involvement in activism and organizing, Let This Radicalize You is a very solid starting point.
But falls short of a guide. Outside mutual care elements and a few examples of specific action, doesn't go particularly in-depth into the practical. For instance, doesn't detail how to structure and schedule campaigns or how to deal with specific issues likely to be encountered. (There's an appendix that details tactics and tools police might use against protests. More of this level of detail through the whole book would have been nice.)
Instead, the book mostly acts as a broad overview of the general landscape around activism and organizing. This is excellent for the beginning and ends of the book, and does well to inspire and inform on the whole. But through its middle, results in what feels, though I agree with absolutely everything, like a lot of grievance listing and complaining about how recent societal elements in the US, particularly governmental, are set up to impede social justice.
But again, as an overview of the landscape around social justice movements and work of inspiration toward involvement in activism and organizing, Let This Radicalize You is a very solid starting point.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced