{"product_id":"the-hard-work-of-hope-a-memoir-paperback-softback-9781501782145","title":"The Hard Work of Hope; A Memoir (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501782145","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Hard Work of Hope\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Memoir\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Ansara (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501782145\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e306 pages, 53 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 53 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Michael Ansara's new book couldn't come at a better time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e[D]eserves to be placed alongside other thoughtful and engrossing memoirs of 'the long 1960s' as well as the community organizing waves that followed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Replete with useful lessons regarding leadership, team-building, innovation, persistence.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Carlisle Mosquito\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hard Work of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e takes you into the heady days of 1960s and 1970s activism, chronicling the hopes and strategies of the young people who created the movements that rocked the country.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Ansara was on the front lines. In this fascinating memoir, he traces an arc of discovery: from the hope and moral clarity of the Civil Rights Movement to the ten-year struggle to end the war in Vietnam, with its sit-ins, marches, confrontations, and antiwar riots. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnsara takes the reader into the minds of the activists detailing their successes as well as their mistakes.\u003ci\u003e The Hard Work of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e shows how he learned to become a more effective organizer and build the Massachusetts Fair Share organization. The book explores issues that remain urgent. How does a movement build support when large parts of the country are opposed to its goals? How do you connect with people who disagree with you? How do you build organizations that unite across racial lines? How can we make progress on the unfinished business of the hard work of hope?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Getting on the Bus\u003cbr\u003e 2. A New Left and the Start of the Student Movement\u003cbr\u003e 3. Creating Room for Dissent\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Not-So-Radical Personal Life of a Sixties Radical\u003cbr\u003e 5. Taking it to a New Level: 1966–67\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sitting In and Armies of the Night\u003cbr\u003e 7. 1968\u003cbr\u003e 8. Shutting Down Harvard\u003cbr\u003e 9. Strange Days: 1969–70\u003cbr\u003e 10. Days of Rage\u003cbr\u003e 11. A March in Lowell\u003cbr\u003e 12. Dorchester and The People First\u003cbr\u003e 13. How Does a War End?\u003cbr\u003e 14. To Be an Organizer\u003cbr\u003e 15. Massachusetts Fair Share\u003cbr\u003e 16. The End of My Long Sixties\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: From the Vantage of Fifty Years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"ILR Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685373997336,"sku":"9781501782145","price":17.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-hard-work-of-hope-a-memoir-paperback-softback-9781501782145","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}