The Lebanon Uprising of 2019: Voices from the Revolution

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Notes on Text and Translation
Chapter 1: Framing the October Uprising in Lebanon: An Unfolding Revolutionary Situation
Part I: Setting the Stage: Situating the Uprising within the Foundations of the Lebanese Polity, Regional Considerations, and Global Consequences
Chapter 2: Reckoning with the Past: Selected Scenes from the Modern History of Lebanon
Chapter 3: Lebanon’s Postwar Political Economy: From Reconstruction to Collapse
Chapter 4: Wondering about the Social
Chapter 5: Law in Times of Revolution: A Double-Edged Sword of Repression and Resistance
Chapter 6: Filthy Flows of Power: A Political Ecology of Disasters in Lebanon
Chapter 7: “Sectarian Neoliberalism” and the 2019 Uprisings in Lebanon and Iraq
Chapter 8: The Shadow Guardians of the Status Quo: The Lebanon Uprising of 2019 and the International Politics of Counterrevolution
Part II: Faces of the Revolutionary Uprising: Tactics, Repression, and Alternative Voices and Movements
Chapter 9: How Urban Space Shapes Collective Action: The Lebanon Uprising of 2019
Chapter 10: Alternative Media and Digital Platforms: Empowerment Tools for Civic Engagement
Chapter 11: Lebanon’s Alternative Labor Movement: In between Collapse and Revolutionary Imaginaries
Chapter 12: Appearing as Women
Chapter 13: Clashing with the Patriarchy: The Promise of Potential as Politics
Chapter 14: The Lebanese Uprising through the Eyes of Loyalists
Chapter 15: The Power and Limits of Blocking Roads: How the October Uprising Disrupted Lebanon
Chapter 16: The Different Faces of Counterrevolution and Obstacles for Change in Lebanon
Chapter 17: The Lebanese* Uprising: Revisions from Refugees and Migrants
Chapter 18: Lebanese Diaspora, October 17 Uprising, and Political Transformation in Lebanon
Part III: Experiencing the Revolution (Thawra): Testimonies and Reflections from the Ground
Chapter 19: The Cycle of Loss: Between Trial and Sabotage
Chapter 20: “A Nation for All”: The Lebanon Uprising and Disability Rights in Lebanon
Chapter 21: A Feminist Revolution Par Excellence
Chapter 22: Student Activism and the October Uprising: We Felt Once More That Everything Is Anew
Chapter 23: Roadblocking, Mass Strike, and the Qantari Collective
Chapter 24: Night of the Banks: Uprising against the Rule of Banks
Chapter 25: The Struggle for the Bisri Valley
Chapter 26: Reconstructing the Uprising in Tripoli: The Revolution that Never Left the Square
Chapter 27: The Mobilization in Baalbeck-Hermel: On the Incomplete Uprising of the First Days and the Dissidents That Carried on Despite Everything
Chapter 28: Experiencing the Uprising in the Chouf and Aley Region
Chapter 29: Reflections from Two Revolutions: From the Ignition of the Tunisian Revolt to the Lebanon Uprising
Chapter 30: From Syria to Lebanon: We Felt Again That Everything Is New
Afterword: How to Speak Up about a Revolution: A Case Study
List of Contributors
Index