Rabble rousers and merry pranksters
Subtitle: a history of anarchism in Aotearoa/New Zealand from the mid-1950s to the early 1980s
By: Toby Boraman.
Publisher: Katipo Books; Irrecuperable Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Christchurch, N.Z; Wellington, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780473122997
Subjects: Anarchism -- New Zealand -- History.
Description: Rabble Rousers and Merry Pranksters captures some of the imagination, the audacity, the laughs and the wildness that animated many of the social movements of the sixties and seventies in Aotearoa/New Zealand. During this time, particularly from the late sixties to the early seventies, an astonishingly broad-based revolt occurred throughout the country. Thousands of workers, Maori, Pacific people, women, youth, lesbians, gays, students, environmentalists and others rebelled against authority. Innovative new styles and anarchistic methods of political dissent became popular. A colourful and energetic bunch of anarchists occasionally played significant roles in these struggles. Anarchists were prominent in the anti-nuclear, anti-Vietnam War, anti-US military bases, commune, unemployed and peace movements. Rabble Rousers and Merry Pranksters is a richly-detailed tale about a much neglected anti-authoritarian leftist current in Aotearoa/New Zealand history."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [140]-144).