# Beautiful Rising: Creative Resistance from the Global South

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/beautiful-rising-creative-resistance-from-the-global-south/
- Published: 2018-03-30T10:27:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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

## Watch: launch of Beautiful Rising