A wonderfully crafted work about the protest and activism shaping our world * Independent * When a totalitarian society faces creative protests, it is like ice meeting fire... Street Spirit is a relevant and powerful book for our times * Ai Weiwei, Foreword * Full of wonderful and entertaining stories of the power to create change * Bianca Jagger * In Street Spirit, Steve Crawshaw distills decades of wisdom, experience and optimism from around the world. This potent cocktail will be feared by tyrants everywhere - but to all those who will brandish it proudly or read it in the dark, he brings light, hope and ammunition for people-led change * Shami Chakrabarti, author of On Liberty * A lovely book, wonderful stories, fascinating... In a world worried about too many isms, a bright antidote * Lyse Doucet, Chief International Correspondent, BBC * If you care about something deeply, your mind and your body will take you to the streets and force you to organize, to be political, to protest and to fight. This is a condition as basic and natural for a human being as love - and that's why Steve Crawshaw's book matters * Nadya Tolokonnikova, founding member of Pussy Riot * A fantastic book * Srdja Popovic, Serb activist and author, Blueprint for Revolution *