Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) Firebrands: Portraits of Activists You Never Learned About in School The Dead Are Arising: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography
How To Change It: Make a Difference Anti-Racist Ally: An Introduction to Action and Activism On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal I Can't Breathe: The Killing that Started a Movement
Feisty and Fiery and Fierce: Badass Women to Live Your Life by from the Celtic Nations of Scotland, Ireland and Wales Anarchist Communism X: Straight Edge and Radical Sobriety Why Women Will Save the Planet
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir What Can I Do?: The Truth About Climate Change and How to Fix it We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There

If it's not good enough, change it.

By Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop

By Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop

If it's not good enough, change it.

Books are armour and weapon in the fight against injustice - if we want that better world, we have to build it ourselves. Here's a wee snapshot of our Activism section,where we'd picked out favourites and shared a few more book details!

Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

Adrienne Maree Brown

£12.50
£11.87
Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the...

Dean Spade

£8.99
£8.54
Firebrands: Portraits of Activists You Never Learned About in School

Firebrands: Portraits of Activists You Never Learned About in...

Justseeds

£14.99
£14.24
The Dead Are Arising: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography

The Dead Are Arising: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography

Les Payne and Tamara Payne

£30.00
How To Change It: Make a Difference

How To Change It: Make a Difference

Joshua Virasami

£6.99
£6.64
Anti-Racist Ally: An Introduction to Action and Activism

Anti-Racist Ally: An Introduction to Action and Activism

Sophie Williams

£9.99
£9.49
On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal

On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal

Naomi Klein

£12.99
£12.34
I Can't Breathe: The Killing that Started a Movement

I Can't Breathe: The Killing that Started a Movement

Matt Taibbi

£9.99
£9.49
Feisty and Fiery and Fierce: Badass Women to Live Your Life by from the Celtic Nations of Scotland, Ireland and Wales

Feisty and Fiery and Fierce: Badass Women to Live Your Life...

Mairi Kidd

£14.99
£14.24
Anarchist Communism

Anarchist Communism

Peter Kropotkin

£7.99
£7.59
X: Straight Edge and Radical Sobriety

X: Straight Edge and Radical Sobriety

£21.99
£20.89
Why Women Will Save the Planet

Why Women Will Save the Planet

£16.99
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

asha bandele and Patrisse Khan-Cullors

£9.99
£9.49
What Can I Do?: The Truth About Climate Change and How to Fix it

What Can I Do?: The Truth About Climate Change and How to Fix it

Jane Fonda

£20.00
£19.00
We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World

We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World

Todd Hasak-Lowy

£12.99
£12.34
Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There

Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There

Rutger Bregman

£10.99
£10.44
United Queerdom: From the Legends of the Gay Liberation Front to the Queers of Tomorrow

United Queerdom: From the Legends of the Gay Liberation Front...

Dan Glass

£13.99
Unfree Speech: The Threat to Global Democracy and Why We Must Act, Now

Unfree Speech: The Threat to Global Democracy and Why We Must...

Jason Y. Ng and Joshua Wong

£9.99
£9.49
Unearthing Justice: How to Protect Your Community from the Mining Industry

Unearthing Justice: How to Protect Your Community from the...

Joan Kuyek

£13.95
£13.25
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements

Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for...

Charlene Carruthers

£14.99
£14.24
To Exist is to Resist: Black Feminism in Europe

To Exist is to Resist: Black Feminism in Europe

£24.99
This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook

This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook

Extinction Rebellion

£7.99
£7.59
The Verso Book of Dissent: Revolutionary Words from Three Millennia of Rebellion and Resistance

The Verso Book of Dissent: Revolutionary Words from Three...

£9.99
£9.49
The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope

The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations,...

Denis Moyniham and Amy Goodman

£19.99
£18.99
The Revolution Starts At Home: Confronting Intimate Violence within Activist Communities

The Revolution Starts At Home: Confronting Intimate Violence...

£12.50
The Future We Choose: 'Everyone should read this book' MATT HAIG

The Future We Choose: 'Everyone should read this book' MATT HAIG

Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac

£12.99
£12.34
The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind

The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind

Judith Butler

£14.99
£14.24
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of Social Protest

The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of Social Protest

Upton Sinclair

£18.99
£18.04
The Art of Protest: Culture and Activism from the Civil Rights Movement to the Streets of Seattle

The Art of Protest: Culture and Activism from the Civil...

T.V. Reed

£19.99
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

Priya Parker

£10.99
£10.44
Stay Solid!: A Radical Handbook For Youth

Stay Solid!: A Radical Handbook For Youth

£14.00
£13.30
Social Innovation: How Societies Find the Power to Change

Social Innovation: How Societies Find the Power to Change

Geoff (University College London) Mulgan

£14.99
Shut It Down: Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance

Shut It Down: Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance

Lisa Fithian

£15.99
Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals

Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals

Saul Alinsky

£14.99
£14.24
Rhodes Must Fall: The Struggle to Decolonise the Racist Heart of Empire

Rhodes Must Fall: The Struggle to Decolonise the Racist Heart...

£12.99
Read and Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism

Read and Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism

Nadya Tolokonnikova

£9.99
£9.49
Political Action: A Practical Guide To Movement Politics

Political Action: A Practical Guide To Movement Politics

Jon Wiener and Michael Walzer

£11.99
£11.39
Poetry from the Future: Why a Global Liberation Movement Is Our Civilisation's Last Chance

Poetry from the Future: Why a Global Liberation Movement Is...

Srecko Horvat

£13.99
£13.29
People Power: Fighting for Peace from the First World War to the Present

People Power: Fighting for Peace from the First World War to...

Lyn Smith

£24.95
£23.70
No!: My First Book of Protest

No!: My First Book of Protest

Julie Merberg and Molly Egan

£10.99
£10.44
New Model Island: How to Build a Radical Culture Beyond the Idea of England

New Model Island: How to Build a Radical Culture Beyond the...

Alex Niven

£9.99
£9.49
Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions

Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to...

£25.99
£24.69
Lighting The Fires Of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement

Lighting The Fires Of Freedom: African American Women in the...

Janet Dewart Bell

£18.99
£18.04
Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times

Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times

Nick Montgomery and Carla Bergman

£13.00
£12.35
Imagine A Country: Ideas for a Better Future

Imagine A Country: Ideas for a Better Future

£12.00
£11.40
How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance

How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance

Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin

£14.99
£14.24
How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance

How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance

L.A. Kauffman

£14.99
How to Make a Difference: The Definitive Guide from the World's Most Effective Activists

How to Make a Difference: The Definitive Guide from the...

Ella Robertson and Kate Robertson

£16.99
Hope In The Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

Hope In The Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

Rebecca Solnit

£10.99
£10.44
Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm

Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm

Kazu Haga and Jr Bernard LaFayette

£16.99
£16.14
From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want

From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination...

Rob Hopkins

£19.99
From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation

From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for...

Gene Sharp

£7.99
£7.59
For the Lives of All Women

For the Lives of All Women

£29.99
£28.49
Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power

Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power

Lola Olufemi

£12.99
£12.34
Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement

Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement

Charlotte Cooper

£19.95
Do Something: Activism for Everyone

Do Something: Activism for Everyone

Kajal Odedra

£10.99
£10.44
Do Disrupt: Change The Status Quo. Or Become It.

Do Disrupt: Change The Status Quo. Or Become It.

Mark Shayler

£9.99
£9.49
Disobey!: A Philosophy of Resistance

Disobey!: A Philosophy of Resistance

Frederic Gros

£14.99
£14.24
Deciding For Ourselves

Deciding For Ourselves

£16.00
£15.20
Counterpower: Why Movements Succeed and Fail

Counterpower: Why Movements Succeed and Fail

Tim Gee

£9.99
£9.49
Conform, Fail, Repeat: How Power Distorts Collective Action

Conform, Fail, Repeat: How Power Distorts Collective Action

Christopher Samuel

£16.95
£16.10
Community Development in Action: Putting Freire into Practice

Community Development in Action: Putting Freire into Practice

University of Cumbria) Ledwith School of Applied Social Science Margaret (Youth and Community Development

£17.99
Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown And Social Collapse

Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion...

Roger Hallam

£6.00
£5.70
Blueprint for Revolution: how to use rice pudding, Lego men, and other non-violent techniques to galvanise communities, overthro

Blueprint for Revolution: how to use rice pudding, Lego men,...

Srdja Popovic and Matthew Miller

£10.99
£10.44
Be The Change: A Toolkit for the Activist in You

Be The Change: A Toolkit for the Activist in You

Gina Martin

£12.99
Be Creative: Making a Living in the New Culture Industries

Be Creative: Making a Living in the New Culture Industries

UK) McRobbie University of London Angela (Goldsmiths

£17.99
Basic Income: And How We Can Make It Happen

Basic Income: And How We Can Make It Happen

Guy Standing

£10.99
£10.44
AZADI: Fascism, Fiction & Freedom in the Time of the Virus

AZADI: Fascism, Fiction & Freedom in the Time of the Virus

Arundhati Roy

£6.00
Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook

Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook

Mark Bray

£14.99
£14.24
Ahed Tamimi: A Girl Who Fought Back

Ahed Tamimi: A Girl Who Fought Back

Peter Lahti, Manal Tamimi, et al.

£13.99
£13.29
Africa's Peacemakers: Nobel Peace Laureates of African Descent

Africa's Peacemakers: Nobel Peace Laureates of African Descent

£17.99
Activist: Portraits of Courage

Activist: Portraits of Courage

KK Ottesen

£25.00
£23.75
A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa

A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting...

Alexis Okeowo

£14.99
£14.24
A Jewdas Haggadah

A Jewdas Haggadah

Jewdas

£14.99
£14.24