Loyal to the Sky

In this personal and political narrative in the BK Currents series, journalist and activist Marisa Handler offers both a compelling coming-of-age memoir and an eye-opening insight into the global justice movement.As an activist with Code Orange, Handler was instrumental in Direct Action to Stop the War, helping to organize the shutdown of San Francisco on March 20, 2003, following Bush's declaration of war on Iraq.Handler's journey into political activism criss-crosses the globe, from growing up in apartheid South Africa to fighting for justice in Israel, India, Latin America and the U.S. She demystifies direct action and presents spiritually based, nonviolent activism as the means to building a just world."Insightful and charming, spiritually rich and emotionally honest, Handler's writing shows that tikkun olam, the healing of the world, is not some outdated fantasy but an ever-present possibility." (Rabbi Michael Lerner, author of The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right)

Marisa Handler is a writer, activist, and singer-songwriter living in San Francisco. She has worked as an organizer in the global justice and peace movements and has traveled the world writing about sociopolitics and globalization. Her work has appeared in Orion Magazine, Tikkun magazine, Salon.com, the Earth Island Journal, Alternet.org, Bitch, the San Francisco Chronicle, and anthologies. Marisa plays regularly around the Bay Area, and her music, as well as more on the book, can be accessed at marisahandler.com.

Foreword by Rebecca Solnit
Acknowledgments
One: Cape Town
Two: The Valley
Three: Jerusalem
Four: Nepal
Five: India
Six: Anytown, USA
Seven: San Francisco Eight: Miami
Nine: Sarayacu, Ecuador
Ten: Urubamba, Peru Eleven: New York
Twelve: Fort Benning, Georgia
Epilogue: Home
Discussion Guide
Index
About the Author