From ACT UP to the WTO

Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalization

By: Benjamin Shepard (Editor), Ronald Hayduk (Editor)

Write A Review

Paperback | 17 August 2002 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Paperback
448 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
20.32 x 20.32 x 2.54

Paperback

$84.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $21.25 with

Ships in 5 to 10 business days

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.

Industry 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

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $89.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

You Can Find This Book In

Non-Fiction Family & Health Coping with / Advice about Personal, Social & Health Topics Coping with / Advice about Illness & Specific Health Conditions History Specific Events & Topics in History Revolutions, Uprisings, Rebellions Social & Cultural History Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Social Aspects of Illness & Addictions Social Aspects of HIV & AIDS

Foreword: Creating a new literature for a new era of community organizing
Urban protest and community building in the era of globalization	p. 1
Introductory notes on the trail from ACT UP to the WTO	p. 11
Glocal Proclivities and the New Social Movements
Target practice: community activism in a global era	p. 21
A short history of radical renewal	p. 35
This city is ours	p. 41
How we really shut down the WTO	p. 52
Community labor alliances: a new paradigm in the campaign to organize greengrocery workers in New York City	p. 57
Students, sweatshops, and local power	p. 74
Jubilee 2000 Northwest: breaking the chains of global debt	p. 81
An ACT UP founder "acts up" for Africa's access to AIDS	p. 88
Sex, Social Justice, and the New Queer Community Organizing
Radical queers or queer radicals? Queer activism and the global justice movement	p. 106
Jail house rocks, "Matthew Shepard lives!"	p. 121
From Stonewall to Diallo	p. 126
The reproductive rights movement, ACT UP, and the Lesbian Avengers	p. 133
From WHAM! to ACT UP	p. 141
Beyond patient and polite: a call for direct action and civil disobedience on behalf of same-sex marriage	p. 150
Amanda Milan and the rebirth of the Street Trans Action Revolutionaries	p. 156
When private clubs serve the public	p. 164
Jacks of Color: an oral history	p. 172
The city as body politic / the body as city unto itself	p. 178
Public Versus Private Spaces, Battlegrounds, and Movements
Culture jamming a SexPanic!	p. 202
Stepping off the sidewalk: Reclaim the Streets/NYC	p. 215
Saving Esperanza Garden: the struggle over community gardens in New York City	p. 229
At cross purposes: the Church Ladies for Choice	p. 234
The Adelante Street Theater Project: theatricalizing dissent in the streets of New York City	p. 242
Irony, meme warfare, and the extreme costume ball	p. 245
Kneel before Bush! The origin of Students for an Undemocratic Society	p. 254
Media and the New Social Movements
The vision thing: were the DC and Seattle protests unfocused, or are critics missing the point?	p. 265
Mayan technologies and the theory of electronic civil disobedience	p. 274
The birth and promise of the Indymedia revolution	p. 290
"So many alternatives" The alternative AIDS video movement	p. 298
Black August continues: an exemplary blend of hip-hop and political history for social justice	p. 306
Wednesday, July 12: invasions of three NYC Starbucks	p. 316
Race, Poverty, and World Making
From Los Angeles to Seattle: world city politics and the new global resistance	p. 326
Can Black radicalism speak the voice of Black workers?	p. 334
The fight for living wages	p. 342
Building a healing community from ACT UP to housing works	p. 351
Harm reduction in the USA: a movement toward social justice	p. 361
The Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition	p. 370
Community development and community organizing: Apples and oranges? Chicken and egg?	p. 378
Joy, justice, and resistance to the new global apartheid	p. 389
Bibliography	p. 395
Contributors	p. 409
Acknowledgements	p. 417
Index	p. 420
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.

From ACT UP to the WTO

Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalization

At a Glance

Paperback

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in Civil Rights & Citizenship

Righting Wrongs

Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments

The War That Made the Middle East

World War I and the End of the Ottoman Empire

Citizenship in Mid-Century British Literature

War, Statehood, Extinction

Erich Fromm

A Political Theory of Fascism

Fair Skilled Mobility

A Manifesto

PATRIOT

Moral Ambition

How to Find Your Purpose - the Guide to Making the Most out of your 80,000 Hours at Work

Dignity Not Citizenship

The Truth about Immigration No One Is Telling You

J. T. Canales and the Texas Rangers

A Real Right to Vote

How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy

Genocide Prevention

An Evidence-Based Approach

Discourse on Colonialism

The Warmth of Other Suns

The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Unfortunately, She Was A Nymphomaniac

A New History of Rome's Imperial Women

When I Dare to Be Powerful

Penguin Great Ideas

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

For the People

Fighting Authoritarianism, Saving Democracy

The Woman They Could Not Silence

Elizabeth Packard's incredible fight for freedom, and the men who tried to make her disappear

Contested Commons

A History of Protest and Public Space in England

Iran's Rise and Rivalry with the US in the Middle East

The Elements of Power

A Story of War, Technology and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth

Moral Ambition

Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference - from the presenter of the 2025 BBC 'Moral Revolution' Reith lectures

The Coddling of the American Mind

How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

The Parasitic Mind

How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

This product is categorised by