Radical activist, author and occasional Liberal Conspiracy contributor Tim Gee is to embark on a twenty three date speaking tour in connection with his upcoming book Counterpower: Making Change Happen.

His work seeks to get to the root of how change happens by taking an in-depth look at the strategies and tactics that have contributed to the success (or otherwise) of some of the most prominent movements for change, from India’s struggle against colonialism to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.

He concludes that any campaign is winnable in theory, but only if movements understand and embrace Counterpower – the ability of the ‘have-nots’ to resist the power of the ‘haves’.

The book has won plaudits from activists across movements, with endorsers including human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, nonviolence theorist Gene Sharp, US ‘Peace Mom’ Cindy Sheehan, CND Vice-President Bruce Kent and blogger Laurie Penny.

More information about the book is available at www.newint.org/counterpower

A full list of tour dates
3 October, Friends House, Euston, London, 6pm-8pm,
8 October, Rebellious Media Conference, London, 2.15pm
10 October, Big Green Bookshop, Haringey, 7pm
15 October, Peace and Environment Centre, Brighton, 1pm
15 October, Quaker Meeting House, Brighton, 3pm
16 October, Quaker Meeting House, Hastings (TBC)
20 October, Stoke Newington Bookshop, London, 8pm
22 October, Anarchist Bookfair, Queen Mary’s University of London, 4pm
26 October, Housmans Bookshop, London, 7pm
29 October, CAAT Conference, London, 2pm
30 October, Radical Bookfair, Edinburgh, 4pm
31 October, University Chaplaincy, Edinburgh, 7pm
12 November, Shared Planet, Oxford Town Hall, 3pm
16 November, Working Class Movement Library, Salford, 2pm
21 November, Leeds University Activism and Social Change MA, time TBC
22 November, Bradford University Peace Studies Lecture, 2pm
24 November, Chapel Allerton Library/Radish Bookshop, 7pm
26 November, Leeds Summat, Leeds University Union, 11am – 5pm
29 November, People’s Bookshop, Durham, 7pm
30 November, News from Nowhere, Liverpool, 7pm
4 December, St Albans Quaker Meeting House, 12 noon
5 December, Pogo Café, Hackney, London, 7pm
7 December, Westminster Quaker Meeting House, 7pm

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