Book · 2009 · Social Science
Direct Action
An Ethnography
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I would also recommend uh David Greyber's uh direct action in ethnography which is him writing about the original like anti like alter globalization protests and his like time in them. Yeah. So, you know, if you need direct action ideas, they they did some fun stuff with dressing guys up like marshmallows so police batons would bounce off of.
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Direct Action by David Graeber is an ethnographic account of the alter-globalization movement, detailing the author's firsthand experiences with and participation in the major anti-globalization protests of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. On an episode of Behind the Bastards titled It Could Happen Here Weekly 169, broadcast on February 15, 2025, Mia Wong recommended the book to listeners. Wong described the publication as an ethnography written by David Graeber about his time participating in the original alter-globalization protests. She recommended the text as a practical source for direct-action ideas, noting that the activists featured in the book executed creative and memorable tactics, such as dressing participants up in marshmallow-themed gear. Her endorsement highlighted the book's value not only as an anthropological study of social movements and civil disobedience but also as a historical reference manual for modern organizers interested in the logistics, community dynamics, and imaginative strategies of radical grassroots political protest.
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Mia Wong I would also recommend uh David Greyber's uh direct action in ethnography which is him writing about the or… 1
“I would also recommend uh David Greyber's uh direct action in ethnography which is him writing about the original like anti like alter globalization protests and his like time in them. Yeah. So, you know, if you need direct action ideas, they they did some fun stuff with dressing guys up like marshmallows so police batons would bounce off of”
