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Beautiful trouble a toolbox for revolution

"An invaluable activist resource, 'Beautiful Trouble' assembles the best ideas of 10 groundbreaking organizations and over 70 troublemakers into a set of interlocking design principles. Use it to instigate anything from a flash mob to a revolution"--Page 4 of cover.

Other Authors: Boyd, Andrew, 1962- (Editor), Mitchell, Dave Oswald (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : OR Books, [2016]
Subjects:
Social movements > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Social movements > History > 21st century > Case studies.
Protest movements > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Protest movements > History > 21st century > Case studies.
Social action.
Street theater.
Art and social action.
Summary: "An invaluable activist resource, 'Beautiful Trouble' assembles the best ideas of 10 groundbreaking organizations and over 70 troublemakers into a set of interlocking design principles. Use it to instigate anything from a flash mob to a revolution"--Page 4 of cover.
This work brings together dozens of seasoned artists and activists from around the world to distill their best practices into a toolbox for creative action.
Physical Description: vii, 460 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 434-437) and index.
ISBN: 9781944869090
1944869093
Author Notes: Andrew Boyd is an author, humorist and twenty-five-year veteran of creative campaigns for social change. He led the decade-long satirical media campaign "Billionaires for Bush." He co-founded Agit-Pop Communications, an award-winning "subvertising" agency, and the netroots movement The Other 98%. He's the author of three books: Daily Afflictions, Life's Little Deconstruction Book and the creative action manual The Activist Cookbook. You can find him at andrewboyd.com.

Dave Oswald Mitchell is a writer, editor and researcher. He edited the Canadian activist publication Briarpatch Magazine from 2005 to 2010, and his writing has been published in Rabble, Reality Sandwich, Rolling Thunder and Upping the Anti.

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