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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller notes
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- South Africa
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- Subjects
- Biographies & True Stories
- Title
- Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist
- ISBN
- 9781576753927
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1576753921
ISBN-13
9781576753927
eBay Product ID (ePID)
56984892
Product Key Features
Book Title
Loyal to the Sky : Notes from an Activist
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Political Process / Political Advocacy, Political
Publication Year
2007
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-025734
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"[Handler's] wisdom transcends her youthfulness; she writes with grace and insight, and she never stumbles over her own self-importance." -- The San Francisco Chronicle "Handler has put her values into action with tenacious creativity. She ably conveys the histories of places many people couldn't find on a map in a lively, moving and funny voice." --Publishers Weekly "Marisa Handler takes a brutally honest look at herself, the activist community, and the world. She writes with wit and beauty, preaches with passion and love. Loyal to the Sky is an affirmation that mortal humans, with all our foibles, can be powerful agents for change." -- Medea Benjamin, Cofounder, Global Exchange and CODEPINK "Handler captures in this book the most hopeful energies of her generation and will excite anyone who hopes for a post-Bush world of peace and justice. Insightful and charming, spiritually rich and emotionally honest, Handler's writing shows that tikkun olam, the healing of the world, is not some outdated fantasy but an ever-present possibility." -- Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor, Tikkun , and author of The Left Hand of God: Taking Back our Country from the Religious Right
Dewey Decimal
070.92 B
Table Of Content
Foreword by Rebecca Solnit Acknowledgments One: Cape Town Two: The Valley Three: Jerusalem Four: Nepal Five: India Six: Anytown, USA Seven: San Francisco Eight: Miami Nine: Sarayacu, Ecuador Ten: Urubamba, Peru Eleven: New York Twelve: Fort Benning, Georgia Epilogue: Home Discussion Guide Index About the Author
Synopsis
"In this brightly detailed blend of personal memoir and political reportage, Handler recounts her life of activism . . . [an] absorbing call to action." -- Booklist Born in apartheid South Africa, Marisa Handler emigrated to Southern California at the age of twelve. Her gradual realization that injustice existed even in this more open, democratic society spurred a lifelong commitment to activism that would take her around the world and back again. Handler shares intimate details of her life as a global justice activist to offer a revealing perspective on what drives the movement. Tracing her own evolution as an activist, her story crisscrosses the globe, examining current sociopolitical issues from apartheid and racism to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, corporate globalization, and the wars of the Bush administration. Along the way, Handler paints compelling portraits of the people she's encountered, shares gritty details of the sometimes-harrowing events that have changed and shaped her, and describes how she came to advocate a spiritually based, nonviolent activism as the best means for building the kind of world we wish to see. "[Handler's] wisdom transcends her youthfulness; she writes with grace and insight, and she never stumbles over her own self-importance." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Marisa Handler takes a brutally honest look at herself, the activist community, and the world. She writes with wit and beauty, preaches with passion and love." --Medea Benjamin, Cofounder, Global Exchange and CODEPINK "Handler has put her values into action with tenacious creativity. She ably conveys the histories of places many people couldn't find on a map in a lively, moving and funny voice." -- Publishers Weekly, "In this brightly detailed blend of personal memoir and political reportage, Handler recounts her life of activism... an absorbing call to action." - Booklist Born in apartheid South Africa, Marisa Handler emigrated to Southern California at the age of twelve. Her gradual realization that injustice existed even in this more open, democratic society spurred a lifelong commitment to activism that would take her around the world and back again. Handler shares intimate details of her life as a global justice activist to offer a revealing perspective on what drives the movement. Tracing her own evolution as an activist, her story crisscrosses the globe, examining current sociopolitical issues from apartheid and racism to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, corporate globalization, and the wars of the Bush administration. Along the way, Handler paints compelling portraits of the people she's encountered, shares gritty details of the sometimes-harrowing events that have changed and shaped her, and describes how she came to advocate a spiritually based, nonviolent activism as the best means for building the kind of world we wish to see. " Handler's wisdom transcends her youthfulness; she writes with grace and insight, and she never stumbles over her own self-importance." - San Francisco Chronicle "Marisa Handler takes a brutally honest look at herself, the activist community, and the world. She writes with wit and beauty, preaches with passion and love." -Medea Benjamin, Cofounder, Global Exchange and CODEPINK "Handler has put her values into action with tenacious creativity. She ably conveys the histories of places many people couldn't find on a map in a lively, moving and funny voice." - Publishers Weekly, In "Loyal to the Sky", Handler offers an intriguing mixture of both personal narrative and political document, tracing the emotional evolution that resulted from her activism. In a story that criss-crosses the globe - Israel, India, Latin America and the U.S. - she outlines her own progression as a global justice activist and sketches memorable portraits of the people she encounters and the events that changed and shaped her. Handler offers an on-the-ground, first-person look into what drives the movement and the people in it, its strengths and contradictions, and why it has become such a powerful force for change. Last but certainly not least, she shares her experiences with the struggles of resilient communities across the globe that are striving to secure dignity, meaning, relationship, and community., In this personal and political narrative, Handler paints an intriguing portrait of both her own evolution as an activist and of the burgeoning anti-globalist movement., Activist and journalist Marisa Handler takes us on a fascinating journey--from her childhood home in apartheid South Africa to Israel, India, Nepal, Ecuador, Peru, and all over the United States--to offer a rare and revealing glimpse inside the global justice movement. She examines the movement's strengths and contradictions, demystifies its confrontational tactics, and explains why it has become such a powerful force for change. With vivid details of the many characters and events that have influenced her, this gripping coming-of-age story shows how, in a globalized society, we each have within us the power to change the world.
LC Classification Number
PN4874.H226A3 2007
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