{"title":"Aric McBay","description":"ARIC MCBAY is a community organizer, organic farmer, and author of eight books, including the speculative fiction novels Kraken Calling and Inversion. His book Full Spectrum Resistance is a two-volume guide to building more effective movements. He writes and speaks on numerous social justice issues and has organized successful campaigns around fossil-fuel pipelines, Indigenous solidarity, unionization, prisoner justice, and other causes. He is also an award-winning digital game developer. You can find his work at www.aricmcbay.org.","products":[{"product_id":"movements-that-win-patterns-of-resistance-ecologies-of-struggle-paperback","title":"Movements That Win: Patterns of Resistance, Ecologies of Struggle - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring collection of stories about brave people who organize, fight back, and prevail against corporate greed and government injustice, to learn from the tactics of how they won. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes illustrations and graphics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the world slides further toward authoritarianism and the prospects for advancing social justice through electoral democracy narrow, the power of communities to prevail against strongman politics and corporate domination becomes increasingly crucial. In \u003ci\u003eMovements That Win\u003c\/i\u003e, long-time activist Aric McBay urges readers to remain hopeful, connected, vocal, and strong. He champions the creative innovations, bravery, and persistence of those who take risks to organize their communities to confront injustices imposed on them in the name of greed, militarism, and racism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuilding on the analysis presented in his two-volume set, \u003ci\u003eFull Spectrum Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e, McBay showcases a wide range of attainable victories that--wins we can and should emulate through solidarity and direct action. 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Though finally safe, he has nothing left but the stories of his lost\u003cbr\u003ehome and grows increasingly haunted by visions of the past--including of the mysterious creation of Germinal. But calm in their changed world is short lived. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA pair of warriors arrive from a\u003cbr\u003emilitant culture on the far side of the flamewall, violating a great taboo that\u003cbr\u003eforbids one side from meeting another. They insist on being brought to the survivors, to deal with as they see fit. As the situation escalates, Char\u003cbr\u003eand Graft struggle to do what is right. To keep each other safe. 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