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Letters from Young Activists

Today's Rebels Speak Out



Dan Berger, Chesa Boudin , Kenyon Farrow and Bernardine Dohrn
November 2005     ISBN: 1560257474


Who will lead America in the years to come? Letters from Young Activists introduces America's energized, exciting new generation of activists. The contributors to this book are atheist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim; queer, heterosexual, bisexual--Americans from every type of background, united in working towards racial, economic, environmental and global justice.

In letters addressed to their parents, to past generations, to each other, to the youth of tomorrow and to their future selves, they articulate their vision for the world. As the editors write in their introduction: "From globalization to the war on terrorism and beyond, our generation is compelled to action in the midst of a rapidly changing and unique political moment. Our challenge, and yours, is to live our lives in a way that does not make a mockery of our values."

About the Authors

Dan Berger is the author of Outlaws of America and currently a PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania.

Chesa Boudin was a leader of the Yale Coalition for Peace and is studying issues of Public Policy in Latin America at Oxford University, where he is a Rhodes Scholar.

Kenyon Farrow has been published in City Limits and Black Commentator and on activism websites, and is working on a book.

The preface is by Bernardine Dohrn, former member of the Weather Underground, writer, activist and professor of law at Northwestern University.



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