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Voices of Revolution: The Dissident Press in America

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I was looking for a book that would energize journalism students and would help them to see in journalism the potential for making a contribution to positive social change. This book was terrific in the classroom for those purposes. The students loved the narrative writing style and the book opened great questions on the role of advocacy in relation to social movements and the institutions of journalism. A truly important work as we in journalism education look for ways to encourage our students to consider alternatives to corporate-owned media!

I learned a great deal from reading this book. I felt, before I started, that I knew about dissident presses. In reality, though, all I knew about was the abolition press, the women's press and the counterculture press. Now that I have finished reading this book, I know there are many more categories of dissident presses. The labor press and the socialist press and the anarchist press were strong in the 1800s and then came the birth control press and later the anti-Vietnam War press. I especially liked reading about the women's liberation press because so many of the issues were very different from what I expected.

I learned so much from reading the book, and I strongly recommend it to other people who want to learn about how dissent can change society.