More than 7000 people were arrested in nonviolent protests in California in the early 1980s, developing the art of direct action to a peak not reached again until Seattle in 1999, and in many ways never surpassed.

Direct Action is the novelized history of a community of activists who helped lay the foundation for today�s vibrant direct action movement � from Seattle to the School of the Americas and back to the streets of San Francisco.

Direct action is more than getting arrested. It�s solidarity. It�s affinity groups and collective process. It�s nonhierarchy and respect for diversity. It�s coalitions and alliance-building. It isn�t just a political tactic � it�s a whole new practice.

Actions at over a dozen sites, including:
-- Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab
-- Vandenberg Air Force Base
-- Concord Naval Weapons Station
-- Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
-- San Francisco Financial District

"Brought back the experiences so vividly that I could smell the unwashed bodies, feel the cold and the rough wool of the blankets, and taste once again that inimitable combination of spam and fruit cocktail the guards called �The Empire Strikes Back!�" � Starhawk, from the Foreword

768 Pages. With more than 300 photos and images from the LAG archives, plus a 35-page direct action handbook. Foreword by Starhawk.

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Luke Hauser is the pseudonym of a longtime San Francisco Bay Area activist.

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