successes stories of today’s political uprisings, Greg Jobin-Leeds collaborates with art and activist collective AgitArte on a book chronicling the last decade of activism in the United States.
When We Fight, We Win: Twenty-First-Century Social Movements and the Activists That Are Transforming Our World is filled with tips, advice, and anecdotes about what works (and what doesn’t) when launching a movement for social change. You might want to take notes.
5. ‘When Women Win: EMILY’s List and the Rise of Women in American Politics’ by Ellen Malcolm, Craig Unger
This book outlines the origins of EMILY’s List, which is a political organization that seeks to inspire change both within politics and through political action by getting more women elected to office. Founded in 1985, EMILY’s List has worked to help elect 19 women Senators, 11 women governors, and 110 Democratic women to the House in the last three decades.
Reading like a collection of short biographies and featuring the stories of iconic figures from