From ACT UP to the WTO :Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalization
From ACT UP to the WTO :Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalization
paperback
Published:
17 August, 2002
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Description
This anthology offers a history of ACT UP for a new generation of activists and students. It is divided into five sections which address the new social movements, the use of street theater to reclaim public space, queer and sexual politics, new media/electronic civil disobedience, and race and community building. Contributions range across a diverse spectrum: The Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, Jubilee 2000, Students for an Undemocratic Society, Fed Up Queers, Gender Identity Center of Colorado, Triangle Foundation, Jacks of Color, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, Lower East Side Collective, Community Labor Coalition, Church of Stop-Shopping, Indy Media Collective, Black Radical Congress, The Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory, Adelante Street Theater; HealthGAP, Housing Works, SexPanic! and, of course, ACT UP itself.
Prizes
Short-listed for Lambda Literary Awards (Nonfiction Anthology) 2002
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781859843567 |
| ISBN10 | 1859843565 |
| Number Of Pages | 442 |
| Item Weight | 776 g |
| Product Dimensions | 195 x 195 x 27 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Verso Books |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
How often do progressives get such a powerful snapshot of history in the making, told from our point of view? Benjamin Shepard and Ronald Hayduk have done a masterful job of compiling essays that paint a comprehensive and diverse picture of modern activism. A wide range of issues and the people who confront them, their agendas and strategies, are included here, and make a compelling read. This is a brave and important book that is sure to raise consciousness, cement coalitions, and incite righteous anger. It also gave me some hope that change is possible, if only enough of us will insist on equality, peace and justice. -- Patrick Califia, author of Public Sex: The Culture of Radical Sex and Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism
Shepard and Hayduk's book shows where the first 'movement' of the twenty-first century is coming from. -- Marshall Berman, author of All That Is Solid Melts into Air and Adventures in Marxism
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Author's Bio
Andrew Boyd is a writer and activist living in New York. He is the author of Life's Little Deconstruction Book: Self-Help for the Post-Hip
Stephen Duncombe, an Associate Professor at the Gallatin School of New York University, is the author of Dream and Notes from Underground, editor of the Cultural Resistance Reader, and coeditor (with Maxwell Tremblay) of White Riot.
L.A. Kauffman is an activist and organizer.
Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist, fellow at the Nation Institute and author of The Shock Doctrine.