Reasons to Rebel

Meet the author - conversation with Sheila Rowbotham - author lives in Bristol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2TvaACyGz8 Read more - https://www.theguardian.com/profile/sheila-rowbotham

'Deeplypersonal and politically astute. Sheila Rowbotham is a perceptive guide to apainful decade.' - GaryYounge'SheilaRowbotham is a great social historian - her socialist feminist writings haveinfluenced generations of women like myself. Here, with her usual originalityand sharp insight, she charts the alarming and steady shift to the right sinceThatcher but reminds us of all the community displays of resistance. A rebelgirl to her heart, she shows that this merciless trajectory is reversible. Wecan set ourselves on a different path, towards an equitable and just society.' - HelenaKennedy KC'A more evocative and informedaccount of the activism of the 1980s would be hard to imagine. Reasonsto Rebel fearlessly Interweaves the personal and the political, as SheilaRowbotham shares the many ways she navigated that constant search in thosechallenging years for new ways to resist, to campaign, to organize, and towrite our own history. What an essential - and amazing - record of anera! To have access to Sheila's unique memories is invaluable.' - Margaret Busby'There are so manyreasons to rebel, especially in these troubling times. Lifelong politicalactivist Sheila Rowbotham's fascinating and beautifully written autobiographyof the 80s gives us more than reasons to rebel. Bringing her extraordinary lifeexperiences, she gives us insights, strategies for political activism, ways tocope, how to savor small victories and deal with the too many defeats whenpolitical pushback and repression is on the agenda. Her book is not only a callto rebel, but also a reason to hope.' - Barbara Winslow,author, Revolutionary Feminists: The Women's Liberation Movement in Seattle."Her booksreflect herself:  questioning, insightful and encouraging  otherswanting to follow in her footsteps. Sheila  shows how important ideas ofsocialist feminism still are: particularly at a time when the word “class” ishardly used in feminist circles and it seems to me that  working classpeople are absent from most political movements.Sheila’shistorical research is inspiring,  showing  the importance ofresearching working class history to prove that even in the worst of timespeople at the bottom have got together to improve their lives,  theircommunity, and the world. Her writing is also accessible,  and veryrespectful of the individuals and groups she writes about." - https://lipsticksocialist.com

• Contents: Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. January to July 1980; 2.August to December 1980; 3.1981; 4.1982, 5.1983; 6.1984; 7.1985; 8.1986; 9.1987; 10.1988; 11.1989; Afterword; Abbreviations; Notes, Index.