What It Means to be an Activist

This is an alphabetical version.  For a subjective ranked version see: Ranked: What It Means to be an Activist

This is a list about activism.  The life and times of the activists.  Their influence on the causes they take up.  The sacrifices they make.  

General

• Why Societies Need Dissent by Cass R. Sunstein

Politics

• Amerikaganistan, Dystopia Inc.: What Every Movement Activist Should Know by Dale Johnson

Sovereignty 

• Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Wallach
• October: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Miéville
• Tibet on Fire: Self-Immolations Against Chinese Rule by Tsering Woeser

Women Rights

• Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez
• Women Writing Resistance: Essays on Latin America and the Caribbean by Jennifer Browdy De Hernandez
• Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries by Nan Sloane