Liberation Stories: Building Narrative Power for 21st-Century Social Movements edited by Shanelle Matthews et al.

From The New Press From an international cast of leading activist communicators, a timely and instructive handbook for telling stories that change the world The twenty-first century has seen a profound shift in the global sociopolitical and economic landscape, shaped by seismic interventions ranging from the War on Terror to the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 2000 and 2024, social movements like Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, climate justice, the Fight for $15, Palestine liberation, health care for all, and queer and trans resistance have illuminated a new narrative--one rooted in an inclusive vision of society, driven by a newly politicized and radicalized generation. This shift did not happen by chance. Movement workers have meticulously crafted communications and narrative strategies, honing their political messaging and storytelling to seize narrative power in today's struggles. In Liberation Stories, today's foremost progressive and leftist communicators, organizers, artists, journalists