A review by jamieruwen
Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times by carla bergman, Nick Montgomery

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This is a really great book! If you've ever felt your movement was suffering from activist burnout or relentless criticism or just negative exhaustion, you should read it. If Joyful Militancy is about enabling a way of movement building that makes people feel like activism is opening up new and exciting ways of living for them. Something that frustrated me in the beginning was the lack of specific examples (of either rigid radicalism or joyful militancy), but it became clear to me later that the authors refrain from naming these for a very good reason. bergman and Montgomery want to refrain from building a new set of rules, and in fact that idea is very central to their idea of joyful militancy. I think their writing is very accessible and understandable. Their inclusion of interviews is really helpful and really shows that they are engaging with things that are already happening.