How We Win

A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning

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  • A
  • lifetime
  • of
  • activist
  • experience
  • from
  • a
  • civil
  • rights
  • legend
  • informs
  • this
  • playbook
  • for
  • building
  • and
  • conducting
  • nonviolent
  • direct
  • action
  • campaignsIn
  • an
  • era
  • of
  • massive
  • worldwide
  • protests
  • for
  • racial
  • and
  • economic
  • justice,
  • it
  • is
  • important
  • to
  • remember
  • that
  • marching
  • is
  • only
  • one
  • way
  • to
  • take
  • to
  • the
  • streets.
  • Protest
  • must
  • be
  • supplemented
  • with
  • the
  • sustained
  • direct
  • action
  • campaigns
  • that
  • are
  • crucial
  • to
  • winning
  • major
  • reforms.Beginning
  • as
  • a
  • trainer
  • in
  • the
  • civil
  • rights
  • movement
  • of
  • the
  • 1960s,
  • George
  • Lakey
  • has
  • spent
  • decades
  • helping
  • direct
  • action
  • tactics
  • flourish
  • and
  • succeed
  • on
  • the
  • front
  • lines
  • of
  • social
  • change.
  • Now,
  • in
  • this
  • timely
  • and
  • down-to-earth
  • guide,
  • he
  • passes
  • the
  • torch
  • to
  • a
  • new
  • generation
  • of
  • activists.
  • Lakey
  • looks
  • to
  • successful
  • campaigns
  • across
  • the
  • world
  • to
  • help
  • us
  • see
  • what
  • has
  • worked,
  • what
  • hasn’t,
  • and
  • why:
  • from
  • choosing
  • the
  • right
  • target
  • to
  • designing
  • a
  • creative
  • campaign;
  • from
  • avoiding
  • burnout
  • within
  • your
  • group
  • to
  • building
  • a
  • movement
  • of
  • movements
  • to
  • achieve
  • real
  • progressive
  • victories.Drawing
  • on
  • the
  • experiences
  • of
  • a
  • diverse
  • set
  • of
  • ambitious
  • change-makers,
  • How
  • We
  • Win
  • shows
  • us
  • the
  • way
  • to
  • justice,
  • peace,
  • and
  • a
  • sustainable
  • economy.
  • This
  • is
  • what
  • democracy
  • looks like.
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