Confessions Of A Non-Violent Revolutionary
Britain in the 1980s--strikes, the dole, IRA bombings, CND demos, poll tax riots, vegetarian food, radical feminism, and an international build-up of weapons guaranteeing "mutually assured…
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Britain in the 1980s--strikes, the dole, IRA bombings, CND demos, poll tax riots, vegetarian food, radical feminism, and an international build-up of weapons guaranteeing "mutually assured destruction."Rejecting the privileges that life offers him, Chris Savory seeks to redress wider injustices in society by rejecting future wealth, power, and status to follow his ideals. He throws himself into political struggle--living in poverty, sleeping in tents and on floors, braving the mud and cold, surviving on bean stews and whole-grain bread--to the general disapproval of respectable society. His aim? To bring about a nonviolent revolution, disarmament, and an eco-feminist-socialist utopia!Oxford University in 1980 opens up a world of opportunity, but the threat of imminent nuclear war pushes Chris to make life-changing decisions. Alienated by the casual superiority of his