Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism DIY Karin Bauer tells Meinhof's mesmerizing

Karin Bauer tells Meinhof's mesmerizing life story and her political coming-of-age

with the legendary German Konkret journal concluding that "the movement had produced its own classic

and capitalism works by keeping people focused on individual interests and discouraging compassion and commitment to others

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Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism DIY Karin Bauer tells Meinhof's mesmerizingby L. A. Kauffman Verso 2017, paperback SKU: 9781784784096 As Americans take to the streets in record numbers to resist the presidency of Donald Trump, L. A. Kauffman's timely, trenchant history of protest offers unique insights into how past movements have won victories in times of crisis and backlash and how they can be most effective today. This deeply researched account, twenty five years in the making, traces the evolution of disruptive protest