Direct Action
Memoirs of an Urban Guerrilla
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Word Count
123,250 words, Guess
Page Count
493 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781902593487
- ISBN-101902593480
- LibraryThing298246
- Better World Books9781902593487
- Open LibraryOL8765249M
Description
"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 guerillas 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."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
During the late 1970s and early 1980s there was in Canada a large anarchist community that was particularly active in the prison abolition, feminist, Native, environmental, and Third World solidarity movements.
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