Stoking the Fire of Democracy: Our Generation's Introduction to Grassroots Organizing - Hardcover

Stephen N. Smith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879464143 ISBN 13: 9780879464141

Publisher: ACTA Publications, 2009

Synopsis

Stephen Smith is a voice from and for the next generation of fighters for social justice. Here he gives his colleagues an introduction to grassroots organizing based on his own experiences in a diversity of locales, such as Harvard University, Botswana and Chicago. Stoking the Fire of Democracy does what every good organizer does: tells good stories and asks good questions. Smith explains how "could-be radicals" recruit and support new leaders, turn isolated anger into targeted action, and more than anything muster the courage to make mistakes and learn from them. This book is for young people who want to know how to become what Saul Alinsky called "the fire under the boiler of democracy."

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About the Author

Stephen Noble Smith was born in 1979 in Charleston, West Virginia, and raised in Plano, Texas. A graduate of Harvard University, Smith recently received a Masters in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics. He has worked alongside young adults of all backgrounds, university workers, war veterans, AIDS activists, and homeless people. He is married to Sara Natania Whitaker. This is his first book.

Edition details

• Publisher: ACTA Publications
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879464143
• ISBN 13: 9780879464141
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128