Hope In The Dark

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A short, elegant, passionate polemic on the history and future of progressive political engagement -- Robert Macfarlane A great book about political hope is Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit. It's not long. Read it - and you'll see how the times of greatest hope are the times of greatest turbulence -- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Time and again Solnit comes running towards you with a bunch of hopes she has found and picked in the undergrowth of the times we are living in. And you remember that hope is not a guarantee for tomorrow but a detonator of energy for action today -- John Berger An intensely personal account, a meditation on activism and hope * * Guardian * * [Solnit] writes with poetic succinctness . . . Her capable way of converting the activism of the past into a blueprint to inspire political engagement in the future is as relevant today as when first published * * Sunday Mail * * Fascinating, inspiring and beautifully written -- George Monbiot Like Simon Schama, Solnit is a cultural historian in the desert-mystic mode, trailing ideas like swarms of butterflies * * Harper's * * Hope in the Dark is great. The powerful in this world seem to want to frighten us into following their orders unquestioningly and this book offers us the key to liberation - and that key is hope -- Tony Benn This is a book to be cherished, something to keep close at hand for those dark moments when you wonder whether the world really is a better place than it was 50 years ago * * Independent on Sunday * * A jewel of a book. Solnit reveals where we were, where we are, and the step-by-step advances that have been made in human rights, as we stubbornly stumble out of the darkness -- Studs Terkel