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Book Club: Dandelion Insurrection with Rivera Sun
In June 2025, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of The Dandelion Insurrection, with the author Rivera Sun.
When you register for the club, we'll send you a signed paperback or electronic edition of the book (your choice).
We'll let you know which parts of the book will be discussed each week along with the Zoom details to access the discussions.
When: For one and a half hours on four Thursdays, June 5, 12, 19, and 26, at 23:00 UTC.
That's Thursday at 1 pm in Honolulu, 4 pm in Los Angeles, 5 pm in Mexico City, 7 pm in New York, and Friday at 7 am in Beijing, 8 am in Tokyo, 9 am in Sydney, and 11 am in Auckland.
Where: Zoom (details to be shared upon registration)
This is a small group series with limited space of up to 18 people. Sign up to reserve your spot and allow for enough time to receive the book. We look forward to reading and discussing this important book with you!
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In a time that looms around the corner of today ...
The Dandelion Insurrection is a tale of spirited resistance to a hidden corporate dictatorship set in a (slightly) fictionalized United States. With billionaires in power, authoritarian crackdowns, and ordinary people rising up to stop them, it's a story for our times. Bold nonviolent activism, creative resistance, and an unstoppable movement for change make it a page-turning adventure that's both relevant and inspiring.
“Be kind. Be connected. Be unafraid.”
Join this special 4-session, weekly book club with Author Rivera Sun to talk about parallels to today, strategies for resistance on and off the page, and how we can find that dandelion spirit in our friends and neighbors. This discussion group will also explore the origins of the book’s speculative fiction, the realities that make it seem prescient, and how stories like this foment and spring from movements for change.
This book discussion supports the important work of World BEYOND War and the effort to abolish war. By exploring fictional and real life examples of nonviolent struggles against authoritarians, dictators, and tyrants, this book discussion helps us envision how a growing number of people worldwide are choosing these tools instead of violent uprisings. Nonviolent struggle is how we defend and regain democracy without resorting to war.
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About the Book:
In a time that looms around the corner of today, in a place on the edge of our nation, it is a crime to dissent, a crime to assemble, a crime to stand up for one's life. Despite all this - or perhaps because of it - the Dandelion Insurrection appears . . .
Under a gathering storm of tyranny, Zadie Byrd Gray whirls into the life of Charlie Rider and asks him to become the voice of the Dandelion Insurrection. With the rallying cry of life, liberty, and love, Zadie and Charlie fly across America leaving a wake of revolution in their path. Passion erupts. Danger abounds. The lives of millions hang by a thread. The golden soul of humanity blossoms . . . and wonders start to unfold!
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Praise for the Book:
"The Dandelion Insurrection is an updated, more accurate, less fantastical Brave New World or 1984." — David Swanson, World BEYOND War
“Close your eyes and imagine the force of the people and the power of love overcoming the force of greed and the love of power. Then read The Dandelion Insurrection. In a world where despair has deep roots, The Dandelion Insurrection bursts forth with joyful abandon.” — Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink
“THE handbook for the coming revolution!” — Lo Daniels, Editor of Dandelion Salad
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About the Author:
Activist/Author Rivera Sun has written numerous books and novels, including The Dandelion Insurrection and the award-winning Ari Ara Series. She is the editor of Nonviolence News, a staff member at Pace e Bene/Campaign Nonviolence, and on the advisory board of World Beyond War and the board of Backbone Campaign. www.riverasun.com
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