Fight the Power! – A Visual History of Protest Among the English Speaking Peoples
Fight the Power! – A Visual History of Protest Among the English Speaking Peoples by Sean Michael Wilson is published by Seven Stories Press and was released on October 15, 2013. This 192-page book presents a visual exploration of the history of protest movements in English-speaking nations, illustrating how these struggles have contributed to the advancement of rights over time. Through a combination of comics and graphic storytelling, Wilson and co-author Benjamin Dickson, along with illustrators Hunt Emerson, John Spelling, and Adam Pasion, depict significant events from the Luddites and Swing Riots to the Occupy movement.
Readers will find a detailed account of various protests and the interconnectedness of these movements, highlighting key figures and events such as the suffragettes and Rosa Parks. The book emphasizes the evolution of social movements and the importance of collective action in achieving change. By utilizing an accessible art form, Fight the Power! aims to engage readers in understanding the historical context of these struggles and their relevance in today’s political landscape.
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Named one of Rough Trade’s Best Books of 2013
According to Gandhi, the Four Stages of Protest are as follows: First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win!
In Fight the Power!, comics authors Sean Michael Wilson and Benjamin Dickson team up with illustrators Hunt Emerson, John Spelling, and Adam Pasion to show how this process has been played out again and again throughout history–and has slowly but surely led to hard-won rights for the people along the way. Focusing on the English-speaking nations, Wilson and Dickson chronicle the struggles of the Luddites and Swing Riots in the early 1800s, through the Irish Rebellions that lasted through 1922; from the suffragettes in 1918 to Rosa Parks and the bus boycott of the mid-1950s; from the trial of Nelson Mandela to the Occupy movement that has only just begun. By illuminating the variety of protests–and the valuable connections among them–through an accessible art form, Fight the Power! shows that there is a point to the struggle, fight by fight, win by win.
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