Radical Book Club
Next meetings:
Thursday, April 16th at 5:30 pm at Hubbard Free Library in Hallowell.
Tuesday, April 27th at 7pm on Zoom.
Radical Book Club is a chill space for young people (under 30) who care about social and climate justice to connect, build community, and talk books! No prior activism or book club experience needed.
New members are always welcome!
or email Phoebe@mycj.org with any questions
Current Read:
If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
“A remarkable new history” (David Wallace-Wells, New York Times Magazine) of a decade aflame—and what we can learn from its embers
From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. Yet we are not living in more just and democratic societies as a result. Acclaimed journalist Vincent Bevins carried out hundreds of interviews around the world, guided by a single, puzzling question: How did so many mass protests lead to the opposite of what they asked for?
The result is a stirring work of history that connects events in a dozen countries and reveals that conventional wisdom on revolutionary change is gravely misguided. From the so-called Arab Spring to Gezi Park in Turkey, from Ukraine’s Euromaidan to student rebellions in Chile and Hong Kong, Bevins provides a blow-by-blow account of street movements and their consequences, recounted in gripping detail. In this groundbreaking study of an extraordinary chain of events, protesters and major actors look back on successes and defeats, offering urgent lessons for the future.
About the Author
Vincent Bevins is an award-winning journalist. He covered Southeast Asia for the Washington Post after serving as the Brazil correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. Bevins previously worked for the Financial Times and now contributes to outlets like the New York Times Magazine and the London Review of Books. His first book, The Jakarta Method, came out in 2020.
Hosted by:
Maine Youth for Climate Justice and Maine Youth Power
Meets:
In Person: Every 3rd Thursday of the month at Hubbard Free Library at 5:30 pm
Virtually: Every 4th Tuesday of the month at 7 pm
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