num_pages: 512
description: 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.
language: English
title: Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerrilla
titlecomplete: Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerrilla
genres: Canadian Literature, Sociology, History, Memoir, Theory, Anarchism, Politics, Activism, Canada, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 210
publisher: AK Press