Reasons to Rebel

'Deeply personal and politically astute. Sheila Rowbotham is a perceptive guide to a painful decade.' - Gary Younge 'Sheila Rowbotham is a great social historian - her socialist feminist writings have influenced generations of women like myself. Here, with her usual originality and sharp insight, she charts the alarming and steady shift to the right since Thatcher but reminds us of all the community displays of resistance. A rebel girl to her heart, she shows that this merciless trajectory is reversible. We can set ourselves on a different path, towards an equitable and just society.' - Helena Kennedy KC 'A more evocative and informed account of the activism of the 1980s would be hard to imagine. Reasons to Rebel fearlessly Interweaves the personal and the political, as Sheila Rowbotham shares the many ways she navigated that constant search in those challenging years for new ways to resist, to campaign, to organize, and to write our own history. What an essential - and amazing - record of an era! To have access to Sheila's unique memories is invaluable.' - Margaret Busby 'There are so many reasons to rebel, especially in these troubling times. Lifelong political activist Sheila Rowbotham's fascinating and beautifully written autobiography of the 80s gives us more than reasons to rebel. Bringing her extraordinary life experiences, she gives us insights, strategies for political activism, ways to cope, how to savor small victories and deal with the too many defeats when political pushback and repression is on the agenda. Her book is not only a call to rebel, but also a reason to hope.' - Barbara Winslow, author, Revolutionary Feminists: The Women's Liberation Movement in Seattle. ""Her books reflect herself:  questioning, insightful and encouraging  others wanting to follow in her footsteps. Sheila  shows how important ideas of socialist feminism still are: particularly at a time when the word “class” is hardly used in feminist circles and it seems to me that  working class people are absent from most political movements.  Sheila’s historical research is inspiring,  showing  the importance of researching working class history to prove that even in the worst of times people at the bottom have got together to improve their lives,  their community, and the world. Her writing is also accessible,  and very respectful of the individuals and groups she writes about."" - https://lipsticksocialist.com