✊ Community Resistance

Stories of neighborhoods, towns, and movements that organize against forces threatening their way of life. These books celebrate collective defiance and the power of solidarity from the ground up.

Blueprint for Revolution

by Srdja Popovic • 2015

Rice pudding, Lego men, and the nonviolent playbook that wins twice as often as violence.

4.30

2k+

🕊️ Civil Resistance 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🧱 Movement Building

Blueprint for Revolution 91%

Rice pudding, Lego men, and the nonviolent playbook that wins twice as often as violence.

by Srdja Popovic 2015

4.30

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Civil Resistance 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🧱 Movement Building

This Is an Uprising

by Mark Engler • 2016

Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.

4.20

1k+

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building

This Is an Uprising 90%

Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.

by Mark Engler 2016

4.20

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building

Reveille for Radicals

by Saul D. Alinsky • 1946

Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.

3.84

589

🤝 Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Democracy 👥 Indigenous Leadership

Reveille for Radicals 90%

Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.

by Saul D. Alinsky 1946

3.84

589 ratings

🤝 Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Democracy 👥 Indigenous Leadership

Lifehouse

by Adam Greenfield • 2024

Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.

3.84

🌱 Community Organizing 🤝 Mutual Aid Networks 🌍 Climate Adaptation

Lifehouse 89%

Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.

by Adam Greenfield 2024

3.84

86 ratings

🌱 Community Organizing 🤝 Mutual Aid Networks 🌍 Climate Adaptation

Wobblies and Zapatistas

by Staughton Lynd • 2008

What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.

3.89

473

🏴 Libertarian Socialism 📜 Radical History ✊ Direct Action

Wobblies and Zapatistas 89%

What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.

by Staughton Lynd 2008

3.89

473 ratings

🏴 Libertarian Socialism 📜 Radical History ✊ Direct Action

Basics of Resistance

by Claire Wolfe • 2018

The tradecraft of fighting back: how civilians resist tyranny, stay anonymous, and build cells.

4.04

🪧 Civil Resistance ✊ Direct Action 🕵️ Tradecraft

Basics of Resistance 89%

The tradecraft of fighting back: how civilians resist tyranny, stay anonymous, and build cells.

by Claire Wolfe 2018

4.04

67 ratings

🪧 Civil Resistance ✊ Direct Action 🕵️ Tradecraft

A Force More Powerful

by Peter Ackerman • 2000

A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.

4.11

300

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Civil Disobedience 📢 Social Movements

A Force More Powerful 88%

A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.

by Peter Ackerman 2000

4.11

300 ratings

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Civil Disobedience 📢 Social Movements

From Dictatorship to Democracy

by Gene Sharp • 1993

Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.

3.83

2k+

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 🗳️ Democracy Movements 📊 Strategic Nonviolence

From Dictatorship to Democracy 88%

Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.

by Gene Sharp 1993

3.83

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 🗳️ Democracy Movements 📊 Strategic Nonviolence

Why Civil Resistance Works

by Erica Chenoweth • 2011

The most effective weapon against a dictator is not a gun: 200,000 people refusing to cooperate.

3.98

729

🏳️ Civil Resistance 🏛️ Regime Change 🗳️ Democratization

Why Civil Resistance Works 88%

The most effective weapon against a dictator is not a gun: 200,000 people refusing to cooperate.

by Erica Chenoweth 2011

3.98

729 ratings

🏳️ Civil Resistance 🏛️ Regime Change 🗳️ Democratization

A Protest History of the United States

by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall • 2025

From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.

4.12

188

🪧 Social Movements 📖 People'S History ✊🏿 Racial Justice

A Protest History of the United States Summary

A Protest History of the United States 88%

From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.

by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025

4.12

188 ratings

🪧 Social Movements 📖 People'S History ✊🏿 Racial Justice

Harvest the Vote

by Jane Kleeb • 2020

Democrats lost rural America by walking away. A Nebraska organizer shows how to win it back.

3.82

214

🏘️ Rural Politics ✊ Grassroots Organizing 🏢 Corporate Power

Harvest the Vote 88%

Democrats lost rural America by walking away. A Nebraska organizer shows how to win it back.

by Jane Kleeb 2020

3.82

214 ratings

🏘️ Rural Politics ✊ Grassroots Organizing 🏢 Corporate Power

All Our Relations

by Winona LaDuke • 1999

How Native lands became a dumping ground for 16 nuclear waste sites, and the fight back.

4.37

711

🌿 Indigenous Rights 🌍 Environmental Justice 🏞️ Land Rights

All Our Relations 88%

How Native lands became a dumping ground for 16 nuclear waste sites, and the fight back.

by Winona LaDuke 1999

4.37

711 ratings

🌿 Indigenous Rights 🌍 Environmental Justice 🏞️ Land Rights

Behind the Green Mask

by Rosa Koire • 2011

A veteran appraiser found that green policies are a UN blueprint to abolish private property.

4.28

365

🗺️ Land Use Policy 🏠 Property Rights 🌍 Agenda 21

Behind the Green Mask 88%

A veteran appraiser found that green policies are a UN blueprint to abolish private property.

by Rosa Koire 2011

4.28

365 ratings

🗺️ Land Use Policy 🏠 Property Rights 🌍 Agenda 21

Revolutionary Suicide

by Huey P. Newton • 1973

Some deaths surrender dignity. He risked one that refused to let the state take his.

4.49

7k+

✍️ Radical Memoir ✊ Black Power Movement 🔫 Armed Self-Defense

Revolutionary Suicide 88%

Some deaths surrender dignity. He risked one that refused to let the state take his.

by Huey P. Newton 1973

4.49

7k+ ratings

✍️ Radical Memoir ✊ Black Power Movement 🔫 Armed Self-Defense

Two Cheers for Anarchism

by James C. Scott • 2012

The anarchist's case: local know-how, small defiance, and messy disorder beat grand plans.

3.96

2k+

🏴 Anarchist Thought 🏛️ State Critique 📜 Local Knowledge

Two Cheers for Anarchism 88%

The anarchist's case: local know-how, small defiance, and messy disorder beat grand plans.

by James C. Scott 2012

3.96

2k+ ratings

🏴 Anarchist Thought 🏛️ State Critique 📜 Local Knowledge

Hegemony How-To

by Jonathan Smucker • 2017

Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.

4.24

442

🧭 Movement Strategy 🗳️ Community Organizing 🧠 Gramscian Politics

Hegemony How-To 88%

Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.

by Jonathan Smucker 2017

4.24

442 ratings

🧭 Movement Strategy 🗳️ Community Organizing 🧠 Gramscian Politics

Red Skin, White Masks

by Glen Sean Coulthard • 2014

State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.

4.46

941

🌍 Settler Colonialism 🗳 Indigenous Politics 📖 Decolonial Theory

Red Skin, White Masks 88%

State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.

by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014

4.46

941 ratings

🌍 Settler Colonialism 🗳 Indigenous Politics 📖 Decolonial Theory

Why David Sometimes Wins

by Marshall Ganz • 2008

No money, no power. The farm workers still beat the Teamsters. What they had was better.

3.99

177

✊ Labor Movements ♟️ Movement Strategy 🧠 Organizational Learning

Why David Sometimes Wins 88%

No money, no power. The farm workers still beat the Teamsters. What they had was better.

by Marshall Ganz 2008

3.99

177 ratings

✊ Labor Movements ♟️ Movement Strategy 🧠 Organizational Learning

Seven Social Movements That Changed America

by Linda Gordon • 2025

Seven American movements, from the Klan to the farmworkers, and the hidden engine that powered them.

3.91

108

🏘️ Grassroots Organizing 🔬 Social Movement Theory ⚠️ Authoritarian Movements

Seven Social Movements That Changed America Summary

Seven Social Movements That Changed America 88%

Seven American movements, from the Klan to the farmworkers, and the hidden engine that powered them.

by Linda Gordon 2025

3.91

108 ratings

🏘️ Grassroots Organizing 🔬 Social Movement Theory ⚠️ Authoritarian Movements

Earth Democracy

by Vandana Shiva • 2005

The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.

3.97

749

🍽️ Food Politics 🌍 Anti-Globalization ⚖️ Environmental Justice

Earth Democracy 88%

The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.

by Vandana Shiva 2005

3.97

749 ratings

🍽️ Food Politics 🌍 Anti-Globalization ⚖️ Environmental Justice

Palaces for the People

by Eric Klinenberg • 2018

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

3.97

5k+

🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital

Palaces for the People 87%

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

by Eric Klinenberg 2018

3.97

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital

How Change Happens

by Leslie R. Crutchfield • 2018

Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.

3.74

160

📢 Social Movements ✊ Community Organizing 🗳️ Political Strategy

How Change Happens 87%

Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.

by Leslie R. Crutchfield 2018

3.74

160 ratings

📢 Social Movements ✊ Community Organizing 🗳️ Political Strategy

The Battle for Paradise

by Naomi Klein • 2018

After Maria, corporate profiteers and community visionaries race to shape Puerto Rico's future.

4.23

3k+

🌴 Caribbean Colonialism 🌪️ Disaster Justice 💰 Austerity Politics

The Battle for Paradise 87%

After Maria, corporate profiteers and community visionaries race to shape Puerto Rico's future.

by Naomi Klein 2018

4.23

3k+ ratings

🌴 Caribbean Colonialism 🌪️ Disaster Justice 💰 Austerity Politics

Freedom Farmers

by Monica M. White • 2018

How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.

4.36

404

🌱 Black Agriculture 🥗 Food Sovereignty 🤝 Cooperative Economics

Freedom Farmers 87%

How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.

by Monica M. White 2018

4.36

404 ratings

🌱 Black Agriculture 🥗 Food Sovereignty 🤝 Cooperative Economics

Organizing

by Marshall Ganz • 2014

The disciplined craft of turning personal stories and living-room meetings into political power.

4.26

🧱 Community Organizing 🗳️ Civic Leadership 📖 Storytelling For Change

Organizing 87%

The disciplined craft of turning personal stories and living-room meetings into political power.

by Marshall Ganz 2014

4.26

19 ratings

🧱 Community Organizing 🗳️ Civic Leadership 📖 Storytelling For Change

Politics Is for Power

by Eitan D. Hersh • 2020

Political obsession is a spectator sport that cedes power to the people who actually organize.

4.09

1k+

🏘️ Community Organizing ⚡ Power Building 📱 Slacktivism

Politics Is for Power 87%

Political obsession is a spectator sport that cedes power to the people who actually organize.

by Eitan D. Hersh 2020

4.09

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Community Organizing ⚡ Power Building 📱 Slacktivism

Steal This Book

by Abbie Hoffman • 1971

The counterculture manual: how to get everything free and fight the system.

3.60

4k+

🏴 Counterculture Manuals ✊ Direct Action 🎭 Culture Jamming

Steal This Book 87%

The counterculture manual: how to get everything free and fight the system.

by Abbie Hoffman 1971

3.60

4k+ ratings

🏴 Counterculture Manuals ✊ Direct Action 🎭 Culture Jamming

Rules for Revolutionaries

by Becky Bond • 2016

The volunteer-led organizing model that scales from a living room to a nationwide movement.

3.84

762

📢 Political Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Campaigns 🤝 Volunteer Mobilization

Rules for Revolutionaries 87%

The volunteer-led organizing model that scales from a living room to a nationwide movement.

by Becky Bond 2016

3.84

762 ratings

📢 Political Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Campaigns 🤝 Volunteer Mobilization

To Catch a Fascist

by Christopher Mathias • 2026

An infiltrator pulled 440 gigabytes of chat logs from a hate group, unleashing a wave of unmaskings.

4.44

542

🏴 Modern Antifa 🇺🇸 American Far Right 💻 Open Source Intelligence

To Catch a Fascist 87%

An infiltrator pulled 440 gigabytes of chat logs from a hate group, unleashing a wave of unmaskings.

by Christopher Mathias 2026

4.44

542 ratings

🏴 Modern Antifa 🇺🇸 American Far Right 💻 Open Source Intelligence

Rules for Radicals

by Saul D. Alinsky • 1971

A tactical handbook for the powerless: how ridicule, pressure, and their own rules become weapons.

3.73

9k+

🏘️ Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Activism ♟️ Political Tactics

Rules for Radicals 87%

A tactical handbook for the powerless: how ridicule, pressure, and their own rules become weapons.

by Saul D. Alinsky 1971

3.73

9k+ ratings

🏘️ Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Activism ♟️ Political Tactics

Blessed Unrest

by Paul Hawken • 2007

A vast, leaderless movement is quietly restoring both the earth and human dignity.

3.94

2k+

🌍 Environmental Activism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Grassroots Movements

Blessed Unrest 87%

A vast, leaderless movement is quietly restoring both the earth and human dignity.

by Paul Hawken 2007

3.94

2k+ ratings

🌍 Environmental Activism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Grassroots Movements

Healing Resistance

by Kazu Haga • 2020

Nonviolence is harder than fighting back. The discipline for it, from inner work to reconciliation.

4.61

526

✊ Nonviolent Resistance 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🙏 Spiritual Activism

Healing Resistance 87%

Nonviolence is harder than fighting back. The discipline for it, from inner work to reconciliation.

by Kazu Haga 2020

4.61

526 ratings

✊ Nonviolent Resistance 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🙏 Spiritual Activism

Red Nation Rising

by Nick Estes • 2021

Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.

4.38

159

🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🗳️ Native American Politics ✊ Indigenous Resistance

Red Nation Rising 87%

Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.

by Nick Estes 2021

4.38

159 ratings

🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🗳️ Native American Politics ✊ Indigenous Resistance

The Fight in the Fields

by Susan Ferriss • 1997

How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.

4.00

🏭 Labor History 🌎 Chicano History 🌾 Agricultural Labor

The Fight in the Fields 87%

How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.

by Susan Ferriss 1997

4.00

99 ratings

🏭 Labor History 🌎 Chicano History 🌾 Agricultural Labor

Climate Justice

by Mary Robinson • 2018

Climate change is a human rights crisis. Frontline communities are showing the world how to respond.

4.06

3k+

⚖️ Climate Justice ✊ Human Rights 🌱 Grassroots Activism

Climate Justice 87%

Climate change is a human rights crisis. Frontline communities are showing the world how to respond.

by Mary Robinson 2018

4.06

3k+ ratings

⚖️ Climate Justice ✊ Human Rights 🌱 Grassroots Activism

I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu? by Rigoberta Menchu

by Rigoberta Menchú • 1984

Her brother was tortured. She learned Spanish and the Bible to build a peasant uprising.

3.86

7k+

🧱 Indigenous Resistance ✝️ Liberation Theology 🎙️ Testimonio Literature

I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu? by Rigoberta Menchu Summary

I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu? by Rigoberta Menchu 87%

Her brother was tortured. She learned Spanish and the Bible to build a peasant uprising.

by Rigoberta Menchú 1984

3.86

7k+ ratings

🧱 Indigenous Resistance ✝️ Liberation Theology 🎙️ Testimonio Literature

Citizens

by Jon Alexander • 2022

Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.

4.04

317

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 🤝 Civic Engagement 👥 Collective Action

Citizens 87%

Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.

by Jon Alexander 2022

4.04

317 ratings

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 🤝 Civic Engagement 👥 Collective Action

Elite Capture

by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò • 2022

How the powerful co-opted identity politics: from solidarity to symbolic gestures.

3.98

4k+

🏛️ Movement Co-Optation 🏗️ Structural Power 🎭 Symbolic Politics

Elite Capture 87%

How the powerful co-opted identity politics: from solidarity to symbolic gestures.

by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò 2022

3.98

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Movement Co-Optation 🏗️ Structural Power 🎭 Symbolic Politics

On Tyranny

by Timothy Snyder • 2017

What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.

4.29

112k+

🔗 Authoritarianism 🛡️ Democratic Defense ✊ Civil Resistance

On Tyranny 87%

What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.

by Timothy Snyder 2017

4.29

112k+ ratings

🔗 Authoritarianism 🛡️ Democratic Defense ✊ Civil Resistance

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

by Henry David Thoreau • 1866

Conscience, not law, is the highest authority. The original case for nonviolent resistance.

4.06

18k+

✊ Civil Disobedience 🌿 American Transcendentalism 🧍 Individualism

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays Summary

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays 87%

Conscience, not law, is the highest authority. The original case for nonviolent resistance.

by Henry David Thoreau 1866

4.06

18k+ ratings

✊ Civil Disobedience 🌿 American Transcendentalism 🧍 Individualism

Demanding the Impossible

by Peter H. Marshall • 1992

Self-rule predates the state. Anarchist thought from ancient Taoism to the modern era.

4.12

1k+

🏴 Anarchist Thought 🌿 Spontaneous Order ✊ Anti-Authoritarianism

Demanding the Impossible 87%

Self-rule predates the state. Anarchist thought from ancient Taoism to the modern era.

by Peter H. Marshall 1992

4.12

1k+ ratings

🏴 Anarchist Thought 🌿 Spontaneous Order ✊ Anti-Authoritarianism

Paint Your Town Red

by Matthew Brown • 2021

38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.

3.71

173

🏘️ Localism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🤝 Worker Cooperatives

Paint Your Town Red 87%

38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.

by Matthew Brown 2021

3.71

173 ratings

🏘️ Localism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🤝 Worker Cooperatives

The Power of the Powerless

by Václav Havel • 1978

Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.

4.22

4k+

🏛️ Totalitarianism 🇪🇺 Cold War Europe 🎭 Social Conformity

The Power of the Powerless 87%

Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.

by Václav Havel 1978

4.22

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Totalitarianism 🇪🇺 Cold War Europe 🎭 Social Conformity

Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders

by Manoshi Sinha Rawal • 2019

A 40,000-woman brigade and a teen human bomb: the centuries of Indian resistance history erased.

4.24

153

🪶 Colonial Resistance ⚔️ Women Warriors 🏹 Guerrilla Warfare

Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders Summary

Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders 87%

A 40,000-woman brigade and a teen human bomb: the centuries of Indian resistance history erased.

by Manoshi Sinha Rawal 2019

4.24

153 ratings

🪶 Colonial Resistance ⚔️ Women Warriors 🏹 Guerrilla Warfare

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

by Howard Zinn • 1994

History never stops, and silence is a political act: a memoir of war, racism, and radicalization.

4.34

4k+

🚩 American Leftism ✊ Civil Disobedience ☮️ Anti-War Activism

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Summary

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train 87%

History never stops, and silence is a political act: a memoir of war, racism, and radicalization.

by Howard Zinn 1994

4.34

4k+ ratings

🚩 American Leftism ✊ Civil Disobedience ☮️ Anti-War Activism

Viral Justice

by Ruha Benjamin • 2022

The cure to systemic racism might be contagious: small everyday acts that replicate and spread.

4.43

1k+

🕸️ Systemic Racism 🏥 Medical Racism 🤝 Community Organizing

Viral Justice 87%

The cure to systemic racism might be contagious: small everyday acts that replicate and spread.

by Ruha Benjamin 2022

4.43

1k+ ratings

🕸️ Systemic Racism 🏥 Medical Racism 🤝 Community Organizing

We Will Be Jaguars

by Nemonte Nenquimo • 2024

Abused by missionaries, guided by a jaguar vision, she built the alliance that beat Big Oil.

4.50

11k+

🪶 Indigenous Resistance 🛢️ Extractive Industries 🌳 Amazon Conservation

We Will Be Jaguars 87%

Abused by missionaries, guided by a jaguar vision, she built the alliance that beat Big Oil.

by Nemonte Nenquimo 2024

4.50

11k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Resistance 🛢️ Extractive Industries 🌳 Amazon Conservation

America's Social Arsonist

by Gabriel Thompson • 2016

The overlooked mentor who taught Cesar Chavez that power begins with a house meeting.

4.54

🧱 Grassroots Organizing 🛠️ Labor Organizing 🍇 Farmworker Movement

America's Social Arsonist 87%

The overlooked mentor who taught Cesar Chavez that power begins with a house meeting.

by Gabriel Thompson 2016

4.54

50 ratings

🧱 Grassroots Organizing 🛠️ Labor Organizing 🍇 Farmworker Movement

Unhumans

by Jack Posobiec • 2024

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

3.99

1k+

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism

Unhumans 87%

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

by Jack Posobiec 2024

3.99

1k+ ratings

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism

Twitter and Tear Gas

by Zeynep Tufekci • 2017

Twitter can fill a square overnight. Why that speed so often leads to a movement's collapse.

4.08

1k+

🧑‍💻 Digital Activism 📢 Attention Economics 🛡️ Information Warfare

Twitter and Tear Gas 87%

Twitter can fill a square overnight. Why that speed so often leads to a movement's collapse.

by Zeynep Tufekci 2017

4.08

1k+ ratings

🧑‍💻 Digital Activism 📢 Attention Economics 🛡️ Information Warfare

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