{"product_id":"9781784875046","title":"The Power of the Powerless","description":"\u003cb\u003eVáclav Havel’s remarkable and rousing essay on the tyranny of apathy, with a new introduction by Timothy Snyder \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCowed by life under Communist Party rule, a greengrocer hangs a placard in their shop window: \u003ci\u003eWorkers of the world, unite!\u003c\/i\u003e Is it a sign of the grocer’s unerring ideology? Or a symbol of the lies we perform to protect ourselves?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Written in 1978, Václav Havel’s meditation on political dissent – the rituals of its suppression, and the sparks that re-ignite it – would prove the guiding manifesto for uniting Solidarity movements across the Soviet Union. A portrait of activism in the face of falsehood and intimidation, \u003ci\u003eThe Power of the Powerless\u003c\/i\u003e remains a rousing call against the allure of apathy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Havel’s diagnosis of political pathologies has a special resonance in the age of Trump' Pankaj Mishra\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Vaclav Havel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Mass market (rack) paperback","offer_id":46763412521148,"sku":"9781784875046","price":18.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_20bba147-cb60-430a-8837-6bbae0258ae4.jpg?v=1778698962","url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/products\/9781784875046","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}