Martha Shelley

Martha Shelley's book "We Set The Night On Fire, Igniting the Gay Revolution" is the vivid account of her life as a young lesbian who even in 1964, was at the forefront of the struggle for real changes in American life. It is a wise and good spirited book that accurately reflects so much of what "underground" radical progressive life was like in the 70s, 80s and after. At the end of the book she gives her advice to young activists today. Activism and resistance is so important now that the show more world's methods of surveillance and control have become so hard to circumvent. It's best if you read her own words, but I will summarize this advice as:
1. Make connections with other social movements.
2. We have to keep fighting! Someone is always trying to take our rights away.
3. You don't need advice from your elders. You are the leaders. show less