Past Event

How to Make Trouble and Influence People by Iain McIntyre

5th Nov 2009

Presenter: Breakdown Press
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Event Duration: 120 minutes

Written and researched by Iain McIntyre, this 270 page collection reveals the vital history of creative resistance in Australia through tales of Indigenous resistance, convict revolts and escapes, picket line hi-jinks, student occupations, creative direct action, media pranks, urban interventions, squatting, blockades, banner drops, street theatre and billboard liberation. It includes 640 stories and anecdotes, interviews with pranksters and troublemakers, and over 300 spectacular photos. As the author says in the introduction, “These tales and images serve to remind us that political activity need not be a predictable and grim slog. As well-resourced as our opponents may be, they are vulnerable to the use of creativity, solidarity and humour. Indeed these are often the only tools we have.”