A review by jiyoung
Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit

4.0

A bunch of easy to read, short essays on the necessary function of hope to effect change. Puts modern activism into historical context, urges readers to think of justice as a continual process (not a static end goal/state), as well as to consider the counterfactual (what horrible thing *didn't* happen due to protests). Solnit critiques the "apocalypse is coming" brand of liberal cynicism that views hope as a naive anathema.

Written in 2004 but still relevant today.