Comments on: Book Review: Small Acts of Resistance https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/small-acts-of-resistance/ How active citizens and effective states can change the world Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:33:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Suzanne https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/small-acts-of-resistance/#comment-1823 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:30:15 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=3729#comment-1823 Alas, the Women of Zimbabwe Arise, (WOZA) don’t have the same luck with their peaceful protests, for schools, and medical care. They are jailed.

Somehow I don’t think Mugabe & Co. have much of a sense of humour. I have ordered the book, and will buy it as soon as it arrives in Canada.

]]> By: Martin Walsh https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/small-acts-of-resistance/#comment-1822 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:49:54 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=3729#comment-1822 My small-town favourite was a woman in Iringa, Tanzania, who bared her buttocks (the ultimate insult) at council staff who had come to uproot her crops as part of a crackdown on urban agriculture (c.2003). This and subsequent acts of bare-faced resistance were soon the talk of the town, and officials beat a hasty retreat…

Duncan: I shall definitely try this during my next disagreement within Oxfam…….

]]> By: Emilie at IDS https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/small-acts-of-resistance/#comment-1821 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:50:41 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=3729#comment-1821 Thanks for this post, Duncan, definitely a Christmas gift idea!

Did you see BBC’s coverage of the Dutch orchestra’s ‘protest concert’ at The Hague central station yesterday? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11628382
I thought it was brilliant; time will tell if it was effective.

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