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reweaving-the-web-of-life-200x315pxReweaving the Web of Life: Feminism and Nonviolence

(New Society Publishers, 1982) Anthology with essays by Margaret Hope Bacon, Joan Baez, Ellen Bass, Barbara Deming, Sally Miller Gearhart, Linda Hogan, Karla Jay, Karen Malpede, Juanita Nelson, Grace Paley, Alice Walker, and forty others.

“One of the most important books you’ll ever read.” ~ The Village Voice

“Stressing the connection between patriarchy and war, sex and violence, this book makes it clear that nonviolence can be an assertive, positive force. It’s provocative reading for anyone interested in surviving and changing the nuclear age.” ~ Ms. Magazine

“I reread your book when I got back. How warming, how generative, just like your presence. Thank you again.” ~ Meridel LeSueur (personal note)

 

you-cant-kill-the-spirit-300x200pxYou Can’t Kill the Spirit: Stories of Women and Nonviolent Action

(New Society Publishers, 1988)

“We need this book, especially for the history we learn about women and nonviolence… It should be read at once.” ~ Alice Walker

“It is so much harder to know where we are going if we don’t know where we’ve been. Pam McAllister helps retrace some big footsteps.” ~ Holly Near

“You Can’t Kill the Spirit resonates with the voices and power of women around the globe who have refused to be either passive or violent but instead act firmly and imaginatively to oppose oppression in its many guises. A wonderful tonic for activists and a treasure for those who teach, these stories bring women’s history to life.” ~ Charlotte Bunch

“There is a positive, fresh sense of empowerment in McAllister’s descriptions. She is a gifted writer whose brief coverage of events entices readers into further reading.”… McAllister provides history that is lacking in textbooks and the sense of individual effectiveness that young people seek.” ~ School Library Journal

“The editor of the very successful anthology of women’s writings on nonviolence and feminism… here bolsters that volume’s work with a readable, exciting primer on the history of women’s nonviolent activism.” ~ Booklist

 

this-river-of-courageThis River of Courage: Generations of Women’s Resistance and Action

(New Society Publishers, 1991)

“Pam McAllister’s work on women’s lives and nonviolence is direct, true, close to my heart — essential actually. I’m interested in anything Pam does.” ~ Grace Paley

“This compelling account of women’s active nonviolence is an inspiration to men as well as women. Through McAllister’s research and writing, the lives and actions of these courageous women empower and transform our own.” ~ S. Brian Willson

“McAllister should be considered a feminist Gene Sharp.” ~ Resource Center for Nonviolence

 

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Death Defying: Dismantling the Execution Machinery in 21st Century USA

(Continuum, 2003)

“For those of us who are tempted to despair at the enormity of the task ahead, Pam McAllister’s book is an extraordinary beacon of hope.” ~ Kathleen A. O’Shea, author of Women on the Row

“McAllister, a musician who has devoted much of her life to various human rights issues, has written a new book calling for the abolition of the death penalty in the United States… McAllister’s writing style is off-beat, down-to-earth, and informal. Death Defying is enthralling, surprising, and highly readable.” ~ Justícia

“A remarkably lively and hopeful look at a painful topic… a superb resource for those committed to ending capital punishment.” ~ The Other Side

“A book of death-defying optimism, looking toward a day when people of conscience will abolish state-sanctioned killing forever.” ~ Fellowship, the magazine of Fellowship of Reconciliation

“If you wonder how to stop [capital punishment], Pam McAllister’s book has plenty of answers. As a handbook for death penalty abolitionists, one of its strengths is the breadth of resources it provides… Reports of what other activists have done should inspire you to take action.” ~ The Catholic Radical

 

Pam McAllister

In 1982, I edited the anthology Reweaving the Web of Life: Feminism and Nonviolence and then wrote two books about women’s use of resistance and action: You Can't Kill the Spirit and This River of Courage.

I've spent a lifetime compiling stories of courageous, creative actions, categorizing them (a la Gene Sharp), writing books and articles, speaking at university forums, church retreats, feminist conferences. I’ve also joined in the action -- antiwar protests in the '70s, Take Back the Night marches in the '80s, prison reform rallies in the '90s, and Occupy Wall Street actions in recent years.

I am currently researching more examples of nonviolent action for peace and justice around the world for two new books -- one for/about children and another about women (whose actions are still so often left out or overlooked).

Here I am with Barbara Deming, my mentor and friend, in Sugarloaf Key in the early ‘80s. The photo has faded, but the memories and love have not.

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