'One of the smartest activists I know.' Sibylle Berg
When it became apparent that the right was on the rise, when climate researchers warned of the consequences of exponential growth and everyone simply carried on just as before, Jean Peters felt politically impotent. To escape this feeling, he and others like him founded the Peng! collective: Using disguise, subversion and irony, they are breaking through the crusts of power.
In a clever, funny, reflective and entertaining fashion, Jean Peters writes of how they put Shell and Vattenfall into panic mode, hacked into the websites of weapons dealers, and helped refugees flee within Europe. And while his pessimistic self repeatedly reminds him that hope is the first step on the road to disappointment, his optimistic self constantly seeks out new plans of action. For when hope dies, Peng! goes on …
'Jean Peters treads where others only wish to go.' Titanic
'Jean Peters shows what we can achieve in concrete terms through creativity and determination.' Carola Rackete
