dissenters

Explores the lives and political activism of three Chinese people who work to fight governmental oppression and corruption.

Traces the roots of Americans' distrust of government, looking at anti-government attitudes in rough chronological order as they manifested themselves throughout history, beginning with the Minutemen and continuing through the late twentieth century.

After a natural disaster has all but destroyed the earth, the orphaned and "defective" Leora, while searching for her sister, defies the oppressive laws of the land and joins a band of rebels trying to overthrow the government.

Covers the case of Texas v. Johnson, in which the question before the court was whether flag burning is an activity protected by the Bill of Rights.

Includes profiles and oral histories of political protesters such as John Sellers, Max Cleland, Nicole Rank, Jeff Rank, Tweeti Blancett, Mort Sahl, Nadin Hamoui, Paul Hackett, Bogdan Dzakovic, Randi Rhodes, Max Mecklenburg, Coleen Rowley, Lorenzo Dominguez, Paul Krugman, Kathy Kelly, John Dempsey, Teresa Chambers, Kevin Sites, Rand Beers, Jay Stroup, and Daniel Ellsberg.

Uses a collective biography approach to provide an account of the scalawags--white southerners who opposed secession in the Civil War era, and whose pro-Union stance led to their being appointed to political office in the federal government under the Reconstruction Acts.

Inspired after meeting John F. Kennedy at a 1960 campaign fundraiser hosted by the Aldrich family, Chuck defies authority at his Pennsylvania boarding school, Sojie takes part in lunch counter sit-ins in Georgia, and Dick finally connects with his father in Hollywood.