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Loading... Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerrilla (original 2001; edition 2002)by Ann Hansen
Work InformationDirect Action : memoirs of an urban guerrilla by Ann Hansen (2001)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Well.. I respect Ann Hansen & her cohorts & it was good to read this bk BUT I just ain't down w/ bombings - whether they're done by the government or by radicals. Hansen is honest about their foibles & 'fesses up to the unintentional damage done to Litton Systems employees. Nonetheless, if I had to choose between Hansen & the government, it wd be a no-brainer in favor of DIRECT ACTION. ( ) Sisällysluettelosta: Somewhere near Squamish; Going Underground; Doing Cheekeye-Dunsmuir and Litton; Under Surveillance; Epilogue Appendices: Communiqué Regarding the Cheekeye-Dunsmuir Bombing; The Litton Bombing Communiqué; Wimmin’s Fire Brigade Communiqué, November 22, 1982; Ann Hansen’s Statement to the Court before Sentencing no reviews | add a review
Ann Hansen stood trial as one of the so-called "Squamish Five." Sentenced to life in prison, she served seven years. Now she tells her story for the first time.Direct Action captures the excitement and indignation of the counterculture of the early '80s. Missile tests were fuelling a new arms race. Reckless megaprojects threatened the global environment. Alienation, punk rock, and militancy were on the rise. Hansen and her fellow urban guerrillas believed that sabotaging government and corporate property could help turn things around. To prove their point, they bombed the Litton Systems plant in Toronto, where components for Cruise Missiles were being made.Hansen's book poses unresolved ethical dilemmas. In light of the recent explosion of anti-globalization protests, Direct Action mirrors the resurgence of militant activity around the world. No library descriptions found. |
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