Beautiful Rising: Creative Resistance from the Global South

Based on face-to-face jam sessions held in Yangon, Amman, Harare, Dhaka, Kampala and Oaxaca, Beautiful Rising includes stories of the Ugandan organisers who smuggled two yellow-painted pigs into parliament to protest against corruption; the Burmese students’ 360-mile long march against undemocratic and overly centralised education reforms; the Lebanese “honk at parliament” campaign against politicians who had clung to power long after their term had expired; and much more.

Now, in one remarkable book, you can find the collective wisdom of more than a hundred grassroots organisers from five continents. It’s everything you need for a DIY uprising of your own.

“Beautiful Rising offers insights and lessons for creative resistance from across the Global South, making it a crucial resource for change-makers.”
Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“Beyond a brilliantly innovative toolkit for making social change, you will find here a ‘deep structure’ of activist patterns and principles that can unite millions in creating a new world beyond capitalist sociopathy and strong man despotism. Read this optimistic book for hope in grim times.”
Charles Derber, professor of sociology at Boston College