From ACT UP to the WTO: Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalization (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781859843567)

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.

Author: Ronald Hayduk
ISBN-10: 1859843565
ISBN-13: 9781859843567
Publisher: Verso
Language: English
Published: 08/17/2002
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.72lbs
Size: 7.68h x 7.84w x 1.07d
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 06/24/2002 pg. 53
Lambda Book Report 01/01/2003 pg. 29
Publishers Weekly 06/24/2002