Mainstream news outlets tend to focus on the dire state of the world and less on the ways in which people are fighting back against oppression and injustice in their communities.
But Ijeoma Oluo—writer, speaker, and best-selling author of So You Want to Talk About Race—has an abundance of such stories in her new book Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too.
In Be a Revolution, Oluo weaves together stories of abolitionists, disability justice activists, labor organizers, and more in a powerful exploration of what’s possible when ordinary people tackle injustice.
In a wide-ranging conversation with YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali, Oluo shared some of these stories and also reflected on the ongoing Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.