`Author:` [[Jay Griffiths]] `Availability:` > [!info] > ![[why-rebel-book-cover.jpg]] > “When surrounded by death and destruction the most human thing to do is to engage in an act of kindness. _Why Rebel_ is such an act. It made me cry” **Roger Hallam, Co-founder, Extinction Rebellion** ## Key Takeaways >**Why rebel?** > >Because our footprint on the Earth has never mattered more than now. How we treat it, in the spirit of gift or of theft, has never been more important. > >Because we need a politics of kindness, but the very opposite is on the rise. Libertarian [[Fascism]], with its triumphal brutalism, its racism and misogyny – a politics that loathes the living world. > Because nature is not a hobby. It is the life on which we depend, as Indigenous societies have never forgotten. > Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars, and they are lining up now to write rebellion across the skies. > From the author of Wild, this passionate, poetic manifesto for urgent rebellion is also a paean to the deep and extraordinary beauty of the real, the true, the living world. ## Summary ## Quotes - ## Notes `Concepts:` [[Activism]], [[Politics]] `Knowledge Base:`