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Confessions Of A Non-Violent Revolutionary: Bean Stew, Blisters, Blockades and Benders - The True Story of a Peace Activist in Thatcher's Britain

Confessions Of A Non-Violent Revolutionary: Bean Stew, Blisters, Blockades and Benders - The True Story of a Peace Activist in Thatcher's Britain

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In the 1980s, Chris Savory rejected future wealth, power, and status to pursue a non-violent revolution, disarmament, and an eco-feminist-socialist utopia. He abandoned essay-writing and sherry with the Dean to embark on a round of organizing and protesting, including peace-camps, marches, illegal direct actions, communes, and anarchist street theatre. The memoir is a thought-provoking and engaging record of a previous wave of mass civil disobedience and an opportunity to learn lessons from the recent history of grassroots political struggle.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 14 April 2020
Publisher: Clairview Books


Britain in the 1980s was a time of significant social and political upheaval, marked by strikes, the dole, IRA bombings, CND demos, poll tax riots, vegetarian food, radical feminism, and an international build-up of weapons that promised "mutually-assured destruction." Chris Savory, a young man from a privileged background, rejected the privileges that life offered him and sought to redress wider injustices in society. He threw himself into political struggle, living in poverty, sleeping in tents and on floors, braving the mud and cold, and surviving on bean stews and wholemeal bread. His aim was to bring about a non-violent revolution, disarmament, and an eco-feminist-socialist utopia.

Oxford University in 1980 opened up a world of opportunity for Chris, but the threat of imminent nuclear war pushed him to make life-changing decisions. He abandoned essay-writing and sherry with the Dean to embark on a constant round of organizing and protesting. He organized peace camps, marches, illegal direct actions, communes, and anarchist street theatre. The triumph of Thatcherism and the defeat of progressive politics left Chris feeling despair, anger, and isolation.

However, having given everything to fight the system, Chris wondered how he could re-enter mainstream society. At the heart of this memoir is a deeply honest and heartfelt human story, spiced with humor and colorful details of the 1980s counterculture. In an age of climate crisis and Extinction Rebellion, Confessions Of A Non-Violent Revolutionary is a thought-provoking and engaging record of a previous wave of mass civil disobedience and an opportunity to learn lessons from the recent history of grassroots political struggle.

Weight: 310g
Dimension: 155 x 234 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781912992140

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