| How to Boycott: Make Your Voice Heard, Understand History, & Change the World Contributor(s): Biel, Joe (Author) |
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ISBN: 1621066215 ISBN-13: 9781621066217 Publisher: Microcosm Publishing OUR PRICE: $4.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Political Advocacy - History | United States - General - Political Science | Civics & Citizenship |
| Series: Good Life |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.1" W x 6.8" (0.20 lbs) 64 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Chick-Fil-A to the Boston Tea Party, Nike to Women's Suffrage in the U.S., United Farm Workers to the Woolworth's Lunch Counter, boycotts have been an instrumental way to push the needle and change the world from the ground up. This zine distinguishes between virtgue signaling and boycotts and how to channel the lessons from history to change the world in your own movements by building effective coalitions and creating public sympathy for them. Read up and you'll be along with the wild ride of history as well as tips from those who were successful about how to be the change that you want to see |
Contributor Bio(s): Biel, Joe: - Joe Biel is a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker who draws origins, inspiration, and methods from punk rock. He is the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing and co-founder of the Portland Zine Symposium. He has been featured in Time Magazine, Publisher's Weekly, Art of Autism, Utne Reader, Oregonian, Broken Pencil, Punk Planet, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll. He is the author of People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business, Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life & Business on the Spectrum, Manspressions: Decoding Men's Behavior, Make a Zine, The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting, Proud to be Retarded, Bicycle Culture Rising, and more. He is the director of five feature films and hundreds of short films, including Aftermass: Bicycling in a Post-Critical Mass Portland, $100 & A T-Shirt, and the Groundswell film series. The Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy described Biel as "not trained in pedagogy." He lives in Portland, Ore and his work can be found at joebiel.net |