DiY culture: party & protest in Nineties Britain

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The contributors demonstrate how the counterculture of the nineties offers a vibrant, provocative and positive alternative to institutionalised unemployment and the restricted freedoms and legislated pleasures of UK plc.

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DiY culture / George McKay -- Fresh flavour in the media soup / Jim Carey -- Viva camcordistas! Video activism and the protest movement / Thomas Harding -- The politics of anti-road struggle and the struggles of anti-road politics / Aufheben -- The art necessity / John Jordan -- Earth first! / Alex Plows -- Reclaim the fields and country lanes! / George Monbiot -- Tossed in the fire and they never got burned / Tim Malyon -- Dangerous dancing and disco riots / Drew Hemment -- The Great British ecstasy revolution / Mary Anna Wright -- Repetitive beats / Hillegonda Rietveld.