by Julia Bell, Bidisha Bidisha, S. J. Bradley, Jude Brown, Lucy Caldwell, Steve Chambers, Martin Edwards, Luan Goldie, Uschi Gatward, Nikita Lalwani, Gaia Holmes, Zoé Lambert, Anna Lewis, Kamila Shamsie, Irfan Master, Donny O'Rourke, Eley Williams, Karline Smith, Kim Squirell, Lucas Stewart
At a time that feels unprecedented in British politics - with unlawful prorogations of parliament, casual race-baiting by senior politicians, and a climate crisis that continues to be ignored - it's easy to think these are uncharted waters for us, as a democracy. But Britain has seen political crises and far-right extremism before, just as it has witnessed regressive, heavy-handed governments. Much worse has been done, or allowed to be done, in the name of the people and eventually, those same people have called it out, stood up, and resisted. In this new collection of fictions and essays spanning two millennia of British protest, authors, historians, and activists re-imagine twenty acts of defiance: campaigns to change unjust laws, protests against unlawful acts, uprisings successful and unsuccessful - from Boudica to Blair Peach, from the Battle of Cable Street to the tragedy of Grenfell Tower. Britain might not be famous for its revolutionary spirit, but its people know when to draw the line, and say very clearly, '¡No pasarán!'
FictionAnthologies (multiple authors)
RELEASED2020
PUBLISHERComma Press
LENGTH464
LANGUAGEEN
Resist Stories of Uprising
by Julia Bell, Bidisha Bidisha, S. J. Bradley, Jude Brown, Lucy Caldwell, Steve Chambers, Martin Edwards, Luan Goldie, Uschi Gatward, Nikita Lalwani, Gaia Holmes, Zoé Lambert, Anna Lewis, Kamila Shamsie, Irfan Master, Donny O'Rourke, Eley Williams, Karline Smith, Kim Squirell, Lucas Stewart
At a time that feels unprecedented in British politics - with unlawful prorogations of parliament, casual race-baiting by senior politicians, and a climate crisis that continues to be ignored - it's easy to think these are uncharted waters for us, as a democracy. But Britain has seen political crises and far-right extremism before, just as it has witnessed regressive, heavy-handed governments. Much worse has been done, or allowed to be done, in the name of the people and eventually, those same people have called it out, stood up, and resisted. In this new collection of fictions and essays spanning two millennia of British protest, authors, historians, and activists re-imagine twenty acts of defiance: campaigns to change unjust laws, protests against unlawful acts, uprisings successful and unsuccessful - from Boudica to Blair Peach, from the Battle of Cable Street to the tragedy of Grenfell Tower. Britain might not be famous for its revolutionary spirit, but its people know when to draw the line, and say very clearly, '¡No pasarán!'
FictionAnthologies (multiple authors)
RELEASED2020
PUBLISHERComma Press
LENGTH464
LANGUAGEEN
Resist Stories of Uprising by Julia Bell, Bidisha Bidisha, S. J. Bradley, Jude Brown, Lucy Caldwell, Steve Chambers, Martin Edwards, Luan Goldie, Uschi Gatward, Nikita Lalwani, Gaia Holmes, Zoé Lambert, Anna Lewis, Kamila Shamsie, Irfan Master, Donny O'Rourke, Eley Williams, Karline Smith, Kim Squirell, Lucas Stewart - WordSea