DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties' BritainGeorge McKay Collective youth up trees or down tunnels, protest camps and all-night raves across the land—these are the spectacular features of the politics and culture of nineties youth in Britain. DiY Culture lays to rest the myth of “Thatcher’s children,” for the flags are flying again—green, red and black. Editor George McKay claims that popular protest today is characterized by a culture of immediacy and direct action. Gathered together here for the first time is a collection of in-depth and reflective pieces by activists and other key figures in DiY culture, telling their own stories and histories. From the environmentalist to the video activist, the raver to the road protester, the neo-pagan to the anarcho-capitalist, the authors demonstrate how the counterculture of the nineties offers a vibrant, provocative and positive alternative to institutionalized unemployment and the restricted freedoms and legislated pleasures of UK plc. |
Contents
Cartoons by Kate Evans | 54 |
Viva camcordistas Video activism and the protest | 79 |
The politics of antiroad struggle and the struggles | 100 |
the subversive imagination | 129 |
Earth First Defending Mother Earth directstyle | 152 |
Reclaim the fields and country lanes The Land | 174 |
the Exodus | 187 |
the northern | 208 |
The Great British Ecstasy revolution | 228 |
free parties and the politics | 243 |
Notes | 269 |
Notes on contributors | 299 |
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