An empowering and practical set of seven principles to effect actual change for the better in the world around us
Matthew Bolton is Deputy Director of Citizens UK and Lead Organiser for London Citizens. He led the Living Wage campaign between 2008 and 2014, built North London Citizens and Leeds Citizens and now coaches Organisers across the United Kingdom. Matthew is a Trustee of the London Community Land Trust affordable housing provider. He lives with his wife and young son in South London.
An amazingly inspiring book coming at just the right moment. A
leading light in an invaluable organisation, Matthew Bolton really
knows how to make stuff happen - and he wants you to know too. You
might have heard that things don't have to be this way - here's the
official guidebook to changing them
*Marina Hyde*
Matthew is one of the great thought and action leaders of his
generation. This book will give people the power to change their
communities
*Tessa Jowell*
Populism is the most important political development of our time
and How to Resist makes a powerful call for a populism of mass
democratic participation. We've got to put power back in people's
hands and this vital guide tells us how. It's a must-read
*Steve Hilton*
If anyone knows how to do social change, it's Matthew Bolton who
has been at the heart of London Citizen's successful Living Wage
campaign. He's a smart, sophisticated operator and his book
imparting nuggets on how to take on the system will be eagerly
pored over by people who are keen to make a difference but don't
quite know how to go about it
*David Cohen, Campaigns Editor and Chief Feature Writer, London
Evening Standard*
With expertise and a track record that is compelling, Matthew
offers tools for citizens to become more powerful and stand up to
vested interests of the market and state. This book offers a vision
and a method to revitalise our democracy
*Philip Blond, Director of Res Publica, author of 'Red Tory'*
The Living Wage is perhaps the most successful grassroots campaign
of the last decade and in How to Resist, Matthew gives us the key
lessons and tactics behind the impact. This vital book will help
turn the political energy of today into lasting change in
communities and constituencies up and down the country
*Polly Toynbee, Guardian*
There’s a huge appetite right now for radical change and How to
Resist can equip a generation of politically engaged young people
with the practical tools to organise and campaign
*Paul Mason*
I want to congratulate you on the brilliant way, and the ruthless
way, that you bend us politicians to your will, and you get us to
deliver
*Boris Johnson, then Mayor of London, to Citizens UK*
I talk about the Big Society; you are the Big Society
*David Cameron, then Leader of the Conservative Party, to Citizens
UK*
If you’re worried about the state of the world, Matthew Bolton’s
brilliant How to Resist shows how each of us can do our bit to
fight populism
*Observer*
If there’s anyone worth listening to about the politics and
strategy of protest, it’s Matthew Bolton. After all, this is the
man who led the hugely effective campaign for the living wage, and
here he sets out a persuasive case for being proactive, rather than
moaning about the state of the nation on social media. How to
Resist is genuinely a “how to” guide … inspiring stuff
*Observer*
[Bolton’s] pragmatism is welcome … Democracy is too important to
leave to other people
*Evening Standard*
Perhaps it isn’t you that needs to change but the world. Matthew
Bolton, who led the campaign for a living wage, here lists seven
principles for those who want to do more than just rant on twitter,
showing how to transform from armchair warrior to activist
*Evening Standard*
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