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Fight the Power!

A Visual History of Protest Among the English Speaking Peoples

A Visual History of Protest Among the English Speaking Peoples

By Sean Michael Wilson and Benjamin Dickson
Illustrated by Hunt Emerson, John Spelling and Adam Pasion

By Sean Michael Wilson and Benjamin Dickson
Illustrated by Hunt Emerson, John Spelling and Adam Pasion

By Sean Michael Wilson and Benjamin Dickson
Illustrated by Hunt Emerson, John Spelling and Adam Pasion

By Sean Michael Wilson and Benjamin Dickson
Illustrated by Hunt Emerson, John Spelling and Adam Pasion

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Paperback $19.95

Oct 15, 2013 | ISBN 9781609804923

Ebook $13.99

Oct 08, 2013 | ISBN 9781609804930

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    About Fight the Power!

    Named one of Rough Trade’s Best Books of 2013

    According to Gandhi, the Four Stages of Protest are as follows: First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win!

    In Fight the Power!, comics authors Sean Michael Wilson and Benjamin Dickson team up with illustrators Hunt Emerson, John Spelling, and Adam Pasion to show how this process has been played out again and again throughout history–and has slowly but surely led to hard-won rights for the people along the way. Focusing on the English-speaking nations, Wilson and Dickson chronicle the struggles of the Luddites and Swing Riots in the early 1800s, through the Irish Rebellions that lasted through 1922; from the suffragettes in 1918 to Rosa Parks and the bus boycott of the mid-1950s; from the trial of Nelson Mandela to the Occupy movement that has only just begun. By illuminating the variety of protests–and the valuable connections among them–through an accessible art form, Fight the Power! shows that there is a point to the struggle, fight by fight, win by win.

    About Fight the Power!

    Named one of Rough Trade’s Best Books of 2013

    According to Gandhi, the Four Stages of Protest are as follows: First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win!

    In Fight the Power!, comics authors Sean Michael Wilson and Benjamin Dickson team up with illustrators Hunt Emerson, John Spelling, and Adam Pasion to show how this process has been played out again and again throughout history–and has slowly but surely led to hard-won rights for the people along the way. Focusing on the English-speaking nations, Wilson and Dickson chronicle the struggles of the Luddites and Swing Riots in the early 1800s, through the Irish Rebellions that lasted through 1922; from the suffragettes in 1918 to Rosa Parks and the bus boycott of the mid-1950s; from the trial of Nelson Mandela to the Occupy movement that has only just begun. By illuminating the variety of protests–and the valuable connections among them–through an accessible art form, Fight the Power! shows that there is a point to the struggle, fight by fight, win by win.

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    About Sean Michael Wilson

    Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, SEAN MICHAEL WILSON has written fourteen books of comics and manga, including a version of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas… More about Sean Michael Wilson

    About Sean Michael Wilson

    Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, SEAN MICHAEL WILSON has written fourteen books of comics and manga, including a version of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas… More about Sean Michael Wilson

    Product Details

    Category: Graphic Novels & Manga | World History

    Paperback | $19.95
    Published by Seven Stories Press
    Oct 15, 2013 | 192 Pages | 6 x 9-7/8 | ISBN 9781609804923

    Category: Graphic Novels & Manga | World History

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Seven Stories Press
    Oct 08, 2013 | 192 Pages | 6 x 9-7/8 | ISBN 9781609804930

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    “Throughout human history, social change has never been doled out by those very few that hold power, but taken by the collective with a common need for justice (like not to starve or be worked to death for pennies). Fight the Power harnesses a chunk of this history and graphically illuminates it with humor and eloquence. It reminds us of the struggles that, against the odds, brought us a better world and empowers us to carry those actions into the future.”—Peter Kuper, Co-founder, World War 3 Illustrated and artist/ writer for Mad magazine’s Spy vs Spy

    “An accessible and engaging introduction to protestors in history. If you care about social change, read it!”—Mary Talbot, author of Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes (Costa Biography Award winner) 

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