Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index.

Prologue -- 1. You Can Fight City Hall -- The Minimum Wage Story -- Elections Count -- 2. See the World as It Should Be -- Read beyond the Words -- See the Small Things That Generate the Big Things -- 3. Learn to Listen -- The Politics of Anger -- Let thePolice Speak -- Women Reshape Local Government -- Out of the Closet -- Immigrant Rights -- 4. The Power Is in the Details -- The Columbia University Strike -- Students Expose Sweatshop Providers -- Ticketing Aggressive Panhandling -- Passing Paid Sick Leave -- Tracking Hate Crimes -- Networking Information -- 5. Change Is a Marathon -- Getting to Same-Sex Marriage -- Legalizing Marijuana -- 6. Get the Word Out -- Books -- Magazines -- Pamphlets -- Handouts -- Posters -- Newspapers -- Radio -- TV -- E-mail -- Facebook -- Twitter -- YouTube -- Blogs -- 7. People Tools for Organizing -- Petitions -- Opinion Polls -- Public Forums -- 8. The Servant in Public Servant -- Make Politicians Work for You -- Embrace the Critics -- Nudge, Don't Lecture -- "Being Supportive" : Is It Real? -- 9. Protest -- Assert Yourself -- Refusing to Get a Divorce -- Raising Your Fist at the Olympic Games --Women in Black -- Stopping Coal and Oil Trains -- Shouting Them Down -- Occupy Wall Street -- The Tea Party Crashes the Party-- 10. Disrupt the Culture -- Disrupt the Status Quo, Gently -- Explore New Cultural Values : Start an Intentional Community -- Join a Parade -- Create a People's Poet Populist -- Create Cultural Districts -- 11. Take the Power and Use It -- Homeless Encampments : The Poor Take Control -- Community Land Trusts : Housing Is Not a Commodity -- Student Power -- Democracy Dies Without You.