How To Make Trouble and Influence People
Description
This book reveals Australia's radical past through more than 500 tales of Indigenous resistance, convict revolts and escapes, picket line hijinks, student occupations, creative direct action, street art, media pranks, urban interventions, squatting, blockades, banner drops, guerilla theatre, and billboard liberation. Twelve key Australian activists and pranksters are interviewed regarding their opposition to racism, nuclear power, war, economic exploitation, and religious conservatism via humor and creativity. Featuring more than 300 spectacular images How to Make Trouble and Influence People is an inspiring, and at times hilarious, record of resistance that will appeal to readers everywhere.
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Iain McIntyre is a Melbourne-based author, musician, and community radio broadcaster who has written a variety of books on activism, history, and music. Recent publications include Wild About You: The Sixties Beat Explosion in Australia and New Zealand, and Tomorrow Is Today: Australia in the Psychedelic Era, 1966-70.
Content
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword I: Josh MacPhee
- Foreword II: Andrew Hansen
- Maps of Austraila
- Introduction: Iain McIntyre
- Making Trouble and Influencing People
- 1788-1849
- 1850-1899
- 1900-1945
- 1946-1959
- 1960-1969
- 1970-1979
- 1980-1989
- 1990-1999
- 2000-2012
- Conversations
- Meredith Burgmann
- BUGA-UP
- John Safran
- Dave Burgess
- The Chaser
- John Howard Ladies' Auxiliary Fan Club
- Pauline Pantsdown
- Kevin Buzzacott
- Deborah Kelly
- Grevillea
- No to Pope Coalition
- Network Against Prohibition
- Order of Perpetual Indulgence
- Graffiti Games Organising Committee
- Endnotes
- Sources and Further Reading
- Glossary of Acronyms
- Thanks & Biographies
- About PM Press
