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English language
Published Sept. 26, 2019 by Chelsea Green Publishing.
Common Sense for the 21st Century
Only nonviolent rebellion can now stop climate breakdown and social collapse
by Roger Hallam
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- 978-1-5272-4674-4
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COMMON SENSE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY outlines how environmental and climate movements around the world need to come together in order to avert extinction of all life. It details using nonviolent civil disobedience (NVDA) as well as other strategies and tactics to make real change happen.
“This isn’t just a theory, it’s a call to action and details the practicalities which I hope will lead to real change. The political class alone is not going to save us from extinction. Only a new common sense and a genuine rebellion can save us now. “
The message is clear: we will only be saved by ordinary people breaking the law. This booklet gives people the tools to understand not only why mass disruption, mass arrests, mass sacrifice are necessary but also details how to carry out acts of civil disobedience effectively, respectfully and nonviolently.
In his writing, Hallam bypasses contemporary political …
COMMON SENSE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY outlines how environmental and climate movements around the world need to come together in order to avert extinction of all life. It details using nonviolent civil disobedience (NVDA) as well as other strategies and tactics to make real change happen.
“This isn’t just a theory, it’s a call to action and details the practicalities which I hope will lead to real change. The political class alone is not going to save us from extinction. Only a new common sense and a genuine rebellion can save us now. “
The message is clear: we will only be saved by ordinary people breaking the law. This booklet gives people the tools to understand not only why mass disruption, mass arrests, mass sacrifice are necessary but also details how to carry out acts of civil disobedience effectively, respectfully and nonviolently.
In his writing, Hallam bypasses contemporary political theory, inspired instead by the pragmatic 18th-century revolutionary, Thomas Paine, whose pamphlet ‘Common Sense’ sparked the American revolution. Hallam’s booklet is “Common Sense for the 21st Century”, urging us to confront the truth about climate change. Hallam explains why only a revolution of society and the state, similar to the direction Paine urged Americans to take into the political unknown, can save us now.
