Gabriel San Román
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Days of Dissent:
Revolts, Strikes, And Rebel Histories
Days of Dissent brims with defiance in recounting the rebellious history that has reshaped the United States and the world.
With poetic fervor, journalist Gabriel San Román delves into strikes, revolts, ad their unsung heroes to expose the fetid underbelly of exploitation. Originating from San Román's "Subversive Historian" commentaries on Pacifica Radio, a story is told for every day of the year with poignant vignettes about protests--no mater how big or small.
Uprisings of enslaved Africans and abolitionists confronting the scourge of slavery, brave Black youth challenging Jim Crow segregation, Indigenous peoples resisting colonial America's encroachments, Mexican women organizing labor strikes in the Southwest, antiwar protesters marching for peace, and much more.
Arriving at a time when history from below faces relentless attacks from above, these stories span centuries and recount the everyday bravery of people organizing for a better world. In these pages, history stands firmly where no markers commemorate massacres disguised as race riots, where the voiceless speak for themselves, and those at the margins of movements demand dignity within them.
For every reader who is a worker, student, or activist or is just frustrated by the status quo, Days of Dissent offers a simple suggestion: read, remember, rebel!
Praise for Days of Dissent
"A call to true justice and the persistence of memory."
—Alicia Kozameh, Chapman University creative writing professor, novelist, poet, and former Argentinian political prisoner
"Somehow dramatic and intimate at the same time, this collection captures stories of resistance, rebellion, and revolutionary thought. Each vignette serves as a daily invitation to rethink history through the lens of dissent, offering a new perspective on the world’s most pivotal—and often overlooked—moments of radical change."
—Andrej Grubačić, author of Wobblies and Zapatistas
"In the midst of today’s outlandish claims and public lies, Gabriel San Román’s Days of Dissent offers readers a much-needed reality check. By embracing the tenets of a people’s history, he beautifully weaves a tapestry of antiestablishment vignettes across time to remind us that only through nonnegotiable commitments to speak truth to power can democracy survive.”
—Antonia Darder, Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership, Loyola Marymount University
"As smart as it is beautifully rendered, Days of Dissent alters our sense of time by channeling the voices of people’s history, giving lie to the biggest of the Big Lies: You can do nothing to alter the course of capitalist history."
—Roberto Lovato, journalist, creative writing professor and author of Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas