Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerrilla

By Ann Hansen

Direct Action chronicles the thrilling fast-paced action of the Guerrilla group that blew up the political activist scene of the 80's. Hansen and her Anarchist group Direct Action were responsible for numerous dramatic political acts, including the bombing of the Litton Systems plant in Toronto. After legal protest actions failed to stop Litton from making guidance systems for Cruise missiles, Direct Action defended the Earth, explosively. Additionally, Hansen with other radical feminists showed the Red Hot Video chain just how hot their illegal films depicting rape could become after being firebombed. Ann Hansen served seven years in prison and is now quite at home in Vancouver with her three horses, three dogs, one cat and a bird.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1902593480
• ISBN13: 9781902593487
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: AK Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.9" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Very interesting little book

I thought this book was quite interesting, and for many of the reasons another reviewer seemed to hate it. There's no accounting for taste and there's room in here for all us freaks. The narrative of the book is sometimes a little simplistic, but given that it's by a revolutionary and not a professional writer, it's easy to cut her some slack. Overall, the plotting moves right along so the writing doesn't bog anything down. Getting some insights into what a person goes through to end up bombing a cruise missile facility is quite fascinating. I'd recommend this to anyone who enjoys a peak into other, real worlds, that run in parallel to the mainstream.