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Resistance : a radical political and social history of the Lower East Side / editor, curator, producer Clayton Patterson ; editors, Clayton Patterson, Joe Flood, Alan Moore ; associate editors, Nancy Calef ... [and others].
Van Pelt Library F128.68.L6 R47 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social conditions.
- History.
- Politics and government.
- Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)--Politics and government.
- Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.).
- Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)--History.
- Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.
- New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- New York (N.Y.)--History.
- New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions.
- New York (State)--New York--Lower East Side.
- Physical Description:
- xxxviii, 624 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Seven stories press first edition.
- Other Title:
- Radical political and social history of the Lower East Side
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Seven Stories Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Foreword: Resistance: A Radical Political and Social History of the Lower East Side / Jeff Ferrell ix
- Intros
- Intro / Clayton Patterson xiii
- Intro - Welcome to Our Resistance: The What and Why of the Tompkins Square Park Rebellion / Alan W. Moore xxi
- The Center of the Fringe World / Richard Kostelanetz xxxvi
- Section 1 History
- Chapter 1 Revolution Elsewhere / Al Orensanz 1
- Chapter 2 The Origins of Loisaida / Fred Good 21
- Chapter 3 Twenty One Years on the Lower East Side / Thomas McEvilley 37
- Chapter 4 Making Art and Policing Streets / Christopher Mele 40
- Chapter 5 Beginning My Political History / Lynne Stewart 48
- Chapter 6 Lynne Stewart: Convicted: A "Chilling Effect" for Legal Community / Bill Weinberg 51
- Chapter 7 Homelessness and the Lower East Side / Joe Flood 55
- Chapter 8 Documenting the Italian-America Civil Rights League / Aldo Tambellini 65
- Chapter 9 The Midnight Demolition of 172 Stanton Street / Steve Zehentner 69
- Chapter 10 Money, Politics and Protest: The Struggle for the Lower East Side / Janet L. Abu-Lughod 79
- Chapter 11 Christodora The Flight of a Sea Animal / Yuri Kapralov 87
- Chapter 12 Under the Tar the Beach / Peter Lamborn Wilson 101
- Chapter 13 Squatting / Colin Moynihan 104
- Chapter 14 The Tompkins Square Anarchists / Seth Tobocman 108
- Chapter 15 An Interview with Father George Kuhn, former pastor of St. Brigid's Church / Clayton Patterson 112
- Chapter 16 Anarchist Art from the Lower East Side / Richard Kostelanetz 123
- Chapter 17 "Some Habitation Attitudes and Practices on New York City's Lower East Side, 1982 to 2002" / Eric Miller 126
- Section 2 Housing/Squats
- Chapter 1 The Struggle for Space - 10 Years of Turf Battling on the Lower East Side / Sarah Ferguson 141
- Chapter 2 Homelessness, Madness, the Power Elites and Final Battles of the East Village / Seth Farber, Ph.D 166
- Chapter 3 Writing the RFP / Joanne Edelman 180
- Chapter 4 Leaving the Building (or Then I went Home and Made Lunch) / Joanne Edelman 182
- Chapter 5 A Tenant's Story / JoAnn Wypijewski 184
- Chapter 6 DLA Statement - Squatting on East Seventh Street / Daniel Edelman 187
- Chapter 7 Cooper Square / Chris Brandt 189
- Chapter 8 Frank Morales / Aaron Jaffe 193
- Chapter 9 Squatting on the Lower East Side By Fly with research assistance from RAP / Kurt Allerslev, Steven Englander 213
- Chapter 10 St. Brigid's Church 119 Avenue B and East 8th Street, New York, NY / Carolyn Ratcliffe 219
- Chapter 11 Zoning: What is it good for? The Committee For Zoning Inaction / Richard Kusack - founder 221
- Chapter 12 The Soul War for the East Village / Roland Legiardi-Laura 227
- Chapter 13 Tenants of 47 East Third Street Fight Mass Eviction Attempt / David Pultz 235
- Chapter 14 Timetable / Laura Zelasnic 237
- Chapter 15 Poems Housing, Preservation, & Development / Tom Savage, Shari Woodard 252
- Chapter 16 Death of a Neighborhood / Will Sales, Mac Mcgill 253
- Photo Section
- Section 3 Tompkins Square
- Chapter 1 A Short History of the Tompkins Square Neighborhood Revolt: 1988 to 1991 / A. Kronstadt 291
- Chapter 2 Excerpts From Each One Teach One: Up and Out of Poverty, Memoirs of a Street Activist / Ron Casanova, Steven Blackburn
- Tent City 315
- Up From the Wounded Streets 325
- Chapter 3 May Day! The Tompkins Square Park May Day Riot of 1990 / Ellen Moynihan 336
- Chapter 4 Tompkins Square Park Riot / Police Officer John Mellon 344
- Chapter 5 Lower East Side Class War and the Subversive Media Spectacle / Joshua Rothenberger 350
- Chapter 6 Tompkins Square Park: 1989-1991 / Chief Michael Julian 359
- Chapter 7 Looking Back on the Tompkins Square War 371
- Tompkins Square Park and the Lower East Side Legacy of Rebellion 375
- 'Anarchy' Versus 'Police State'? The Stakes Get Higher In The Battle Of Tompkins Square Park 388
- Tompkins Square Park as Police State Demolition Underway; Battle Rages in Courts and Streets! / Bill Weinberg 401
- Section 4 Media
- Chapter 1 The Anarchic Politics of Clayton Patterson and the Lower East Side / Alan Moore, Allan Antliff 419
- Chapter 2 Trial and Error / Elsa Rensaa 437
- Chapter 3 Guerrilla Video and the Battle of Tompkins Square Park / Richard Porton 448
- Chapter 4 Radical Artifacts / Richard Porton 455
- Chapter 5 Chris Flash / Aaron Jaffe 464
- Chapter 6 The Underground Press vs. The Mainstream Media: The Story Of The Shadow Or "Freedom Of The Press" Is Guaranteed To Anybody Who Owns One / Chris Flash, Editor 476
- Chapter 7 Activism By an Activist / Kenny Tolia 478
- Chapter 8 Villains or Victims: Are East Village Artists Willing Agents or Gentrification and the Displacement of the Poor? / James Cornwell (aka Jim C.) 483
- Chapter 9 Poems / Peter Missing 499
- Section 5 Biography
- Chapter 1 Alfredo Irizarry Profile 505
- Chapter 2 A Brief History of The Yippies and An Interview With Dana Beal / Cheryl Guttman 507
- Chapter 3 The Living Theatre on Third Street / Hanon Reznikov 521
- Chapter 4 Jerry the Peddler - The Squatter Movement, Its Anarchist Roots, and Its Conductor / John Beresford 526
- Chapter 5 Garbage Guerrilla: The Mystery Man Behind the East Village Art Gang with the Unprintable Name / John McMillian 532
- Chapter 6 Ben Eagle / Eve Hinderer 543
- Chapter 7 Taking the Plunge / Osha Neumann 546
- Chapter 8 Once Here and Again / Michael Rosen 556
- Chapter 9 Changing the World From His Couch / Virginie Rocky 565
- Chapter 10 My Loisaida - An Overview / Mary McCarthy 568
- Chapter 11 Carmen's Garden - Loisaida, 1986 / Mary McCarthy 572
- Chapter 12 William Parker Interview: Land Without Lords / Steve Dalachinsky, Jim Feast 573
- Section 6 AIDS
- Chapter 1 Alphabet City Finishing School: The Education of an AIDS Activist / Jay Blotcher 585
- Chapter 2 AIDS on the Lower East Side / Jim Feast 589
- Author Biographies 601.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781583227459
- 1583227458
- OCLC:
- 76794738
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