From ACT Up to the Wto: Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalization
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (957 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1859843565 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Ivan Boothe said Brilliant, radical, art-activist radical social change. A fascinating, useful, comprehensive look at (mostly) Global North movements variously described as prefigurative politics, autogestion, precariousness, people-powered movements and radical social change. Landmark essays and recountings of key ideas and events in radical movements for global justice, queer rights, racial justice, environmental justice and public commons. . L history said is there a link?. Some of the essays in this book are excellent, providing real life evidence of efforts to build community power through documenting struggles on a local level. Still on a whole this book represents an assemblage of popular kitch. Shepard and Hayduk don't seem to provide any unifying theme other than the fact that various groups are organizing. Does the ACT-UP struggle res. Don't mess with Miss S. said Insightful book on the modern history of activism. What a wonderful addition to my library. This book offers an insightful discourse on the history and praxis of modern activism.
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. Between 1987 and 1999 a new project in activism had emerged unshackled from past ghosts. Through innovative use of civil rights’ era non-violent disobedience, guerrilla theatre, and sophisticated media work, ACT UP has helped transform the world of activism.This anthology offers a history of ACT UP for a new generation of activists and students. In November 1999 a radical coalition of environmental, labor, anarchis
Andrew Boyd is a writer and activist living in New York. 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. . He is the author of Life’s Little Deconstruction Book: Self-Help for the Post-HipStephen Dunco
The brief, fervent selections offer thumbnail portraits of contemporary social justice movements: transgender activist Leslie Feinberg recounts her arrest during a protest against the murder of Matthew Shepard; Jan Cohen-Cruz profiles the Church Ladies for Choice; and Starhawk, an activist witch, reveals "how we really shut down the WTO." Activism isn't dead after all, the editors insist and there's "a new brand of joy, perhaps rambunctiousness, involved in the new direct action." Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. From Publishers Weekly Activist Benjamin Shepard and CUNY political science professor Ronald Hayduk team up to honor the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power in From ACT UP to the WTO, an anthology of essays and interviews that consider the group's influence on community activism, from their first demonstration on Wall Street in 1987 to "