How to stand up to a dictator : the fight for our future

Ressa, Maria (author.). Clooney, Amal, (writer of foreword.).

Summary: From the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, an impassioned and inspiring memoir of a career spent holding power to account.

Record details

ISBN: 9780063257511
ISBN: 0063257513
Physical Description: print
xiii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-301).

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword / by Amal Clooney -- Prologue: The invisible atom bomb : live in the (present) moment (of the past) -- Part I: Homecoming: Power, the press, and the Philippines, 1963-2004. The golden rule : make the choice to learn -- The honor code : draw the line -- The speed of trust : be vulnerable -- The mission of journalism : be honest -- Part II: The rise of Facebook, Rappler, and the Internet's black hole, 2005-2017. The network effect : hitting the tipping point -- Creating ripples of change : build a team -- How friends of friends brought democracy down : think slow, not fast -- How the rule of law crumbled from within : silence is complicity -- Part III: Crackdown, arrests, elections, and the fight for our future, 2018-present. Surviving a thousand cuts : believe in the good -- Don't become a monster : embrace your fear -- Hold the line : what doesn't kill you makes you stronger -- Why fascism is winning : collaborate, collaborate, collaborate -- Epilogue -- 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov's 10-point plan to address the information crisis.