You Only Get What You're Organized to Take

In this powerful audiobook, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, a leading anti-poverty organizer, delves into the largely untold history of grassroots movements aimed at ending poverty in the United States. Highlighting the efforts of diverse groups—from homeless individuals seizing vacant homes to welfare mothers confronting powerful adversaries—Theoharis underscores that real change will come not from the goodwill of the affluent, but through a mass movement led by the poor themselves. With a blend of personal experience and historical insight, she insists that the marginalized can and must reclaim their agency to build a more equitable society.