This anthology offers a history of ACT UP for a new generation of activists and students. Divided into five sections, it explores the innovative use of civil rights era non-violent disobedience, media work and race and community building, to show how ACT UP has transformed activism.
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.
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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