2020 is not the first year of protests. The American Revolution started with protests. India used protest to free themselves from British rule. I could go on, the protestant reformation, the storming of the Bastille. Protests seldom feel like the birth of freedom and a new era at the time. At the time, it is anger, resentment, and a fundamental need for change.

But the past four years have re-introduced America to the protest, whether in the name of the BLM movement, the Pussy Hats, even the Back the Blue rallies. No political ideology has a lock on protests.

This book will explore protests with stories, essays and poems. We want to see the people, the protest, the issues that make this something that puts people on the streets. When we read your story, poem, or essay, we want to know what makes it necessary to take to the streets.

So be prepared to look hard at this topic, its rituals, its layers. We don’t want just the darkness. B Cubed publishes satire, humor and laugh out loud. These stories define us, so don’t be afraid to bring it. Laughter is part of our humanity.