{"product_id":"front-lines-a-lifetime-of-drawing-resistance-9798887441511","title":"Front Lines: A Lifetime of Drawing Resistance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt can be more dangerous than words--especially when it marches, masks up, and takes to the streets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFront Lines: A Lifetime of Drawing Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid, image-rich memoir and archive chronicling six decades of Susan Simensky Bietila's life as a movement artist, agitator, and cultural conspirator. From underground newspapers of the 1960s to Indigenous-led water protection actions and puppet-filled protest marches of today, Bietila has never stopped making trouble--or making art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRejecting the elitist, male-dominated art world, Bietila came of age in the McCarthy era. She embraced feminist, collaborative, and radically democratic forms of creativity. Her political posters, comics, protest banners, masks, and giant puppets have armed countless front lines of struggle. Her art has appeared in the pages of \u003ci\u003eWorld War 3 Illustrated \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRAT Subterranean News \u003c\/i\u003eand is wheat-pasted worldwide in the streets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith over one hundred images, eleven comics, and a deeply insightful narrative context, \u003ci\u003eFront Lines \u003c\/i\u003eis both a blueprint for artists who want to fuel social movements and a testament to the enduring power of art made in, with, and for resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Simensky Bietila\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798887441511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBietila, Susan Simensky:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Simensky Bietila\u003c\/b\u003e is based in Wisconsin and works with Indigenous water protectors and allies to stop toxic mines and oil pipelines by organizing art builds and creating banners, puppets, and masks. She works with social justice movements including Voces de la Frontera, Jewish Voice for Peace, Communities United by Water, and many others. She was a coeditor and collective member of \u003ci\u003eRAT\u003c\/i\u003e--the pioneering second-wave feminist newspaper--and later joined the World War 3 Illustrated collective, where she continues to create graphic nonfiction rooted in her activist experience. Her work has appeared in the streets and halls of power to galleries and magazines, including \u003ci\u003eFifth Estate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIn These Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and in books, including \u003ci\u003eAnarchy and Art: From the Paris Commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWobblies: A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWorld War 3 Illustrated: 1979-2014\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Susan Simensky Bietila \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48311278567581,"sku":"9798887441511","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b493ba9a-9ac4-4714-923e-d591e3e7efa9.jpg?v=1779260275","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/front-lines-a-lifetime-of-drawing-resistance-9798887441511","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}