
Stories of Solidarity and Struggle
A Life in the Worldwide Movement for Human Rights
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Stories of Solidarity and Struggle
A Life in the Worldwide Movement for Human Rights
About this book
How does someone come to live a life of activism, supporting the fight to abolish the death penalty in the US; to defend Indigenous peoples' rights in the US, Central and South America; and to free prisoners of conscience in South Korea, Indonesia, Chile, Sudan, and South Africa?
Drawing on personal experience and that of towering human rights figures, such as South Korea's Kim Dae Jung and Sudan's Mahmoud Mohamed Taha, author David Hinkley takes us on a journey of solidarity and struggle in the cause of human rights. Stories of Solidarity and Struggle offers a unique insider look at the international struggle for human rights, told in prose and poetry by Hinkley, an activist for more than 50 years and still on the ramparts. On display are the methods and strategies used, thrilling victories, tragic defeats, lessons learned, and, poignantly, the benefits to the activist.
Drawing on themes of memory, inheritance, and justice, this book is ideal reading for activists, people fighting for human rights, and students of Activism and Social Movement Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Politics, History, and Carceral Studies.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Learning objectives
- 1 Mother in black and white: Inheritance and inspiration
- 2 Highlander: Music and struggle in the American South
- 3 Starke: The fight to stop an execution in Florida
- 4 A threnody for Lilian Ngoyi: South Africa under apartheid
- 5 Rimini: Friendship, solidarity and the defense of Indigenous rights in the Americas
- 6 Carla Cristi: Pinochet threatens Chilean artists
- 7 Koreatown: A dictator’s long reach
- 8 Buru Island: Indonesia’s monstrous secret
- 9 A promise to the teacher: Al-Ustadh Mahmoud Mohamed Taha of Sudan
- Glossary
- Appendix 1: Chronology of the author’s involvement in Amnesty International
- Appendix 2: Nongovernmental, intergovernmental and other organizations
- Recommended projects
- Bibliography
- Recommended further reading
- Index