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# Fight Back! A Reader on the Winter of Protest
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/fight-back-reader-on-winter-of-protest/
- Published: 2011-02-01T17:02:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-22T09:49:07.000Z
- Description: Read 'Fight Back! A reader on the winter of protest' here, and get all the latest information. The book is FREE to download, and available in print on Amazon and in Housmans bookstore
- Author: ourKingdom editors
- Tags: Conflict & security, #Migrated, Cultural politics, Europe, Politics & activism, United Kingdom, Policing, UK, Students and Higher Education, conflict, ideas, Democracy and government, culture, Security sector reform - a global challenge, Security in Europe, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 15:45, #appended-excerpt

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## **Reviews**

- ***Guardian, Natalie Hanman:*** [*Springtime: The New Student Rebellions*](http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/15/springtime-new-student-rebellions-review?INTCMP=SRCH&ref=opendemocracy.net)
- ***New Statesman, Paul Mason:*** [***Fight Back! A Reader on the WInter of Protest***](http://www.newstatesman.com/non-fiction/2011/05/fight-movement-protest-rights?ref=opendemocracy.net)
- ***Independent*, Andreas Whittam Smith:** [Protests that can't just be dismissed as 'student politics'](http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/andreas-whittam-smith/andreas-whittam-smith-protests-that-cant-just-be-dismissed-as-student-politics-2223728.html?ref=opendemocracy.net)
- ***OurKingdom,*** **Stuart White*:*** [**A social democracy of the people? A review of Fight Back!**](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/stuart-white/social-democracy-of-people-review-of-fight-back)
- **Also in** [**New Statesman**](http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2011/02/free-protest-creative-commons?ref=opendemocracy.net) **(by Dan Hancox),** [**Liberal Conspiracy**](http://liberalconspiracy.org/2011/02/15/fight-back-new-book-on-the-winter-of-protest/?ref=opendemocracy.net)**,** [**Boing Boing**](http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/18/fight-back-a-radical.html?ref=opendemocracy.net)**,** [**Merseyside Network Against Fees and Cuts**](http://mnafc.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/fight-back/?ref=opendemocracy.net)**,** [**West End Extra**](http://www.westendextra.com/reviews/books/2011/may/books-review-springtime-new-student-rebellions-edited-clare-solomon?ref=opendemocracy.net)**, among many others**

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## **Events**

- [**The Age of Dissent**](http://www.pleasance.co.uk/islington/events/the-age-of-dissent?ref=opendemocracy.net)**, Stoke Newington Literary Festival. Jeremy Gilbert asks what is happening to our right to protest; Laurie Penny, Dan Hancox and Dan Hind answer. Abney Public Hall, June 5th, 4pm.**

Read 'Fight Back! A reader on the winter of protest' here, and get all the latest information. The book is FREE to download, and available in print on Amazon and in Housmans bookstore