The New Freedom Fighters: Women and Nonviolent Resistance

The New Freedom Fighters: Women and Nonviolent Resistance

From the Civil Rights Movement to Gaza, nonviolent resistance is increasingly important in conflicts across the world. The New Freedom Fighters explores the experiences of women who live every day under military threat. Against all odds, they have started a movement of nonviolent resistance. In a remote corner of the world in a society that often restricts them in the name of tradition, women are leading the way to a better future. They are defending their human rights and communities, meeting gunfire with economic, social, and cultural empowerment.

Praise for Cass’ Work

“The portraits, of both people and places, are composed with a tender straightforwardness that befits each particular subject. Instead of the aestheticized ruins of disaster porn, moments of human resilience shine through alongside the trauma,” wrote Lori Waxman in New City.

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