On Tuesday 11 November 7pm Socialist Resistance is launching a new book by Daniel Bensaid “Strategies of Resistance” with guest speaker Paul LeBlanc. It’s happening in Housmans Books, 5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, London. Paul is also involved in this project which you might want to pre-order.

A remarkable political and scholarly contribution is about to be published (March 2009) – the most comprehensive source on revolution and protest to date.  This timely eight-volume work is The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest. 

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, it has been compiled by hundreds of scholars throughout the world, under the editorship of Dr. Immanuel Ness of the City University of New York, who is also the editor of the prestigious Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society.   For more information: http://www.revoluti onprotestencyclo pedia.com/ overview. asp.  All libraries should be encouraged to secure this incredible resource – and as many scholars and activists as possible should be alerted to its imminent appearance.

Among the Advisory Editorial Board members are: Walden Bello, Elaine Bernard, Robert Brenner, Stephen Eric Bronner, Dennis Brutus, Paul Buhle, Bill Fletcher, Adolfo Gilly, Lawrence Goodwyn, Gerald Horne, Robin D.G. Kelley, Michael Löwy, Manning Marable, Bryan Palmer, and Frances Fox Piven.  Associate Editors include: Dario Azzellini, Marcelline Block, Jesse Cohn, Clifford D. Conner, Geoffroy de LaForcade, Rowena Griem, Paul LeBlanc, Amy Linch, Soma Marik, Vivekananda Vidyabhavan, Ayokunle O. Omobowale, Pierre Rousset, Beverly Tomek, Ben Trott.

Below are some initial pre-publication endorsements, which give a sense of what has been accomplished:

“For this work Immanuel Ness has assembled an impressive team of international scholars…Undoubtedly , this will become an essential reference on world revolutionary and protest movements, and an important addition to the collections of academic and larger public libraries. I know I will recommend it to our students and faculty, and will consult it frequently for my own research.”
Thomas Twiss, Government Information Librarian, University of Pittsburgh

“An indispensable tool for social scientists and historians who wish to be aware of their rich and colourful past. The scope is breathtaking – with a wealth of engagingly presented detail gathered by an army of researchers under the sure guidance of Immanuel Ness. Wiley is to be congratulated.”
Raymond Markey, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

“Finally a scholarly reference work that provides a substantive approach to world history that accounts for the essential role played by popular movements in the processes of revolution, social change and progress. The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest traces the efforts of peasants and workers in the global South and North as they struggle for justice and power from the emergence of European colonialism to the present.”
Gary Younge, The Guardian and The Nation

“This compilation of historical essays provides a unique contribution to the study of social radicalism. The encyclopedia fills a critical void with its extensive examination of the progression of revolutions and protests throughout the world. The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest is sure to become the definitive reference work in this area of study.”
Pat Newcombe, Western New England College School of Law Library

“[A] valuable resource for students of social movements and social change.”
Stephen H. Aby, University of Akron