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From the Ashes

Detailed, lucid and richly sourced, Sarah Jaffe’s From the Ashes shows how the transformational power of grief can fuel revolutionary change.

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Review of ‘From the Ashes’

Grief can be mistaken for mere sadness. As a result, those who are grief-stricken may feel pressured to easily come to terms and find closure—and the sooner, the better. In From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire, labor journalist Sarah Jaffe describes it as a complete rupture; it is both sorrow…

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