From ACT UP to the WTO: Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalisation

From ACT UP to the WTO: Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalisation

by Benjamin Shepard (Editor), Benjamin Shepard (Editor), Ronald Hayduk (Editor)

Synopsis

In March 1987 a radical coalition of queer activists converged on Wall Street...their target, 'Business, Big Business, Business as Usual!!!' It was ACT UP's first demonstration. In November 1999 a radical coalition of environmental, labor, anarchist, queer, and human rights activists converged in Seattle--their target was similar, a system of global capitalism. 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. 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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 440
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 25 Jul 2002

ISBN 10: 1859843565
ISBN 13: 9781859843567

Media Reviews
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 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
Author Bio
Benjamin Shepard is program director for a housing program for people with HIV/AIDS in the South Bronx as well as an activist. His work has appeared in Monthly Review, Working USA, minnesota review, Antioch Review, as well as two collections, Teamsters, Turtles, and Others and Eyewitness to the American West. He is the author of White Nights and Ascending Shadows. Ronald Hayduk teaches political science at the City University of New York. He is a contributor to Teamsters, Turtles, and Others as well as In Defense of the Alien, Mobilization and The State of Democracy in the States.