{"product_id":"demanding-the-impossible-paperback","title":"Demanding the Impossible - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSylvia Lawson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemanding the Impossible\u003c\/em\u003e asks what has become of the ideal and myth of resistance. It searches for the power of 'no' and 'enough'.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining elements of fiction, history, reportage and analysis, Sylvia Lawson examines the way the spirit of wartime resistance resurfaced in Paris in the insurrection of May 1968, when a rare unity of intellectuals and industrial workers woke a complacent society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe chronicles moments of resistance: the story of intrepid Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered for her opposition to the Russian oppression of Chechnya; the highly contentious Northern Territory Intervention and Aboriginal dispossession; East Timorese and West Papuan resistance to Indonesian domination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResistance is about more than protest in the streets; it's about writing and art-making, music and filming, and not least about the way ordinary people keep going.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the Arab Spring unfolds and the Occupy Wall Street initiative has spread round the world, a resistant tradition has been actively inherited: the right to protest and rebel against greed and injustice, to claim public space, to recreate the active, convivial city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvia Lawson\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Australia's most acute and eloquent cultural and political essayists. Her work includes the prizewinning collection \u003ci\u003eHow Simone de Beauvoir Died in Australia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Archibald Paradox: A Strange Case of Authorship\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Outside Story\u003c\/i\u003e, which is centred on the Sydney Opera House. She is currently film critic for the online and print journal \u003ci\u003eInside Story\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9.21 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48457403760889,"sku":"9780522854855","price":56.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/kHyTeLrqp09780522854855.webp?v=1780081795","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/demanding-the-impossible-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}