| LC control no. | n 88657886 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Direct Action (Organization) |
| Variant(s) | Vancouver Five Squamish Five |
| Located | Canada |
| Field of activity | Anarchism |
| Special note | NLC not consulted. |
| Found in | nuc88-98831: Taylor, B. Statements of resistance, 1984 (hdg. on WHi rept.: Direct Action (Organization); usage: Direct Action) This not a love story, 2009: page 16 (in 1982 five Canadian anti-authoritarian activists, variously known as Direct Action, the Wimmin's Fire Brigade, and the Vancouver Five, conducted a highly visible series of guerrila actions agasint patriarchal, industrial civiliation; when the five anarchists...who comprised these cells were finally captured by the Canadian state in 1983, they were charged with a host of clandestine attacks on industries that represented some of the most notorious war ciminals, environmental despoilers, and exploiters of wimmin and children) page 17 (Ann Hansen and Julie Belmas, two members of Direct Action who formed the Wimmin's Fire Brigade) Wikipedia, viewed July 15, 2022 (the Squamish Five (sometimes referred to as the Vancouver Five) were a group of self-styled "urban guerrillas" active in Canada during the early 1980s) |
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