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Fight the power! : a visual history of protest among the English-speaking peoples / written by Sean Michael Wilson and Benjamin Dickson ; illustrated by Hunt Emerson, John Spelling, and Adam Pasion ; cartoons by Polyp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Seán Michael, author.
- Dickson, Benjamin, author, illustrator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social movements--English-speaking countries--History--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Social movements.
- Social movements--English-speaking countries--History--Juvenile literature.
- Protest movements--English-speaking countries--History--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Protest movements.
- Protest movements--English-speaking countries--History--Juvenile literature.
- Strikes and lockouts--English-speaking countries--History--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Strikes and lockouts.
- Strikes and lockouts--English-speaking countries--History--Juvenile literature.
- Riots--English-speaking countries--History--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Riots.
- Riots--English-speaking countries--History--Juvenile literature.
- History.
- English-speaking countries.
- Genre:
- Graphic novels.
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- "A history of protest and rebellion in the English speaking world"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Tariq Ali
- Prologue / Sean Michael Wilson and Benjamin Dickson ; illustrated by Adam Pasion
- The Luddites and swing riots,1811-1832 / Sean Michael Wilson ; illustrated by Hunt Emerson
- The Battle of Peterloo, 1819 / Benjamin Dickson ; illustrated by Hunt Emerson
- Colonial rebellions, 1837-1865 / Sean Michael Wilson ; illustrated by Adam Pasion
- Irish rebellions, 1791-1922 / Sean Michael Wilson ; illustrated by Adam Pasion
- The suffragettes, 1903-1918 / Benjamin Dickson ; illustrated by Hunt Emerson
- The Australian general strike, 1917 / Sean Michael Wilson ; illustrated by Adam Pasion
- The Boston police strike, 1919 / Benjamin Dickson ; illustrated by John Spelling
- The UK general strike and the Battle of George Square, 1918 &1926 / Sean Michael Wilson ; illustrated by John Spelling
- The Battle of Toledo, 1934 / Sean Michael Wilson ; illustrated by John Spelling
- Rosa Parks and the bus boycott, 1955-1956 / Benjamin Dickson ; illustrated by Adam Pasion
- The trial of Nelson Mandela, 1964 / Benjamin Dickson ; illustrated by Adam Pasion
- Fragging, 1969-1971 / Sean Michael Wilson ; illustrated by Hunt Emerson
- The poll tax riots, 1989-1991 / Benjamin Dickson ; illustrated by John Spelling
- Occupy, 2011- / Benjamin Dickson ; illustrated by John Spelling
- Conclusions / Benjamin Dickson and Sean Michael Wilson ; illustrated by Adam Pasion
- Rights won
- The four stages of protest / Benjamin Dickson ; illustrated by Hunt Emerson.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1609804929
- 9781609804923
- OCLC:
- 825047060
- Publisher Number:
- 99962615521
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