Handbook for Discussion on the Islamic Faith and America Post 9/11
This introductory handbook is the product of cooperative work between the Peace Village, Muslim Mothers Against Violence (MMAV), Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Cincinnati, Bridges for a Just Community and National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
Why We Can’t Wait by Martin Luther King Jr.
He shares a great deal of the strategy thinking in the successful Birmingham campaign. He realized that, to induce Birmingham’s black community to boycott the big downtown department stores (mass noncooperation), the campaign first had to create the drama of protest marches against dogs and fire hoses (confrontation). This worked so well that the store owners, fearful of losing profits from the big upcoming Easter shopping season, swung to the side of meeting the Civil Right’s movement’s demands.
A sampling of children's books on Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement (pdf) - from the Universal Spirit: The Legacy of King, Martin Luther King, Jr. Coalition 31st Annual Commemorative Program
Globalize Liberation edited by David Solnit
George Lakey's article Strategizing for a Living Revolution adds a hopeful yet down-to-earth perspective in the new book just published by City Lights
"Globalize Liberation weaves together the experiences and insights of community organizers, direct action movements, and global justice struggles from North America, Europe, and Latin America. Thirty-three essays provide food for thought, examples of effective action, and practical tools for everyone to use. This book, the product of uprisings, hard-lived victories, and visions for the future, was created to articulate, popularize, and
deepen the rebellious spirit of the new radicalism." - City Lights
Doing Democracy: The MAP model for organizing social movements by Bill Moyer, JoAnne MacAllister,
Mary Lou Finley and Steve Soifer
Citizen activism has achieved many positive results. But the road to success or social move-ments is often complex, usually lasting many years, with few guides for evaluating the precise stage of a movement's evolution to determine the best way forward. Doing Democracy provides both a theory and working model for understanding and analyzing social movements, ensuring that they are successful in the long term. Beginning with an overview of social movement theory and the MAP (Movement Action Plan) model, Doing Democracy outlines the eight stages of social movements, the four roles of activists, and case studies from the civil rights, anti-nuclear energy, Central America, gay/lesbian, women's health, and globalization movements.
