We Will Not Be Ruled

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A People's Handbook for Democratic Resistance

Richard Rawson

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Rawson Internet Marketing
02 January 2026

Political structure & processes; Political structures: democracy; Civil rights & citizenship

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We Will Not Be Ruled is a handbook for sustaining democratic responsibility over time, without constant crisis, exhaustion, or moralized participation. Democracy is often discussed as something defended only in moments of threat. Participation surges during emergencies, then fades. Engagement becomes reactive, emotionally intense, and difficult to sustain alongside ordinary life. This cycle leaves democratic systems dependent on alarm rather than continuity.

This book offers a different approach. It examines how democratic responsibility actually functions in practice: as an ongoing activity carried by ordinary people with limited time, competing obligations, and varying capacity. Rather than focusing on heroic resistance or permanent vigilance, it explores how participation can be designed to persist without consuming everything else.

Across its chapters, We Will Not Be Ruled traces a path from understanding how democratic systems weaken, to learning why many movements fail to endure, to identifying forms of engagement that can be repeated quietly and consistently. It argues that democracy survives not through intensity, but through maintenance-meetings attended, procedures followed, questions asked, elections participated in even when attention is low.

This is not a manifesto and not a call to constant mobilization. It is a practical guide to making participation ordinary again: something that fits into real lives, allows for disagreement and fatigue, and can be carried forward long after headlines change. Democracy offers no guarantees. What it offers is possibility-conditional on engagement that lasts longer than any single crisis.

By: Richard Rawson
Imprint: Rawson Internet Marketing
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9798987841686
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 02 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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We Will Not Be Ruled

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Richard Rawson

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