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Come Together: The Years of Gay Liberation 1970-73
Editor: Aubrey Walter | Reference: P3643 | ISBN: 9781788732376 | Type: Publication

Tells the incredible story of the emerging radicalism of the Gay Liberation Front, providing a vivid history of the movement, as well as the new ideas and practices it gave rise to across the United Kingdom.

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American Homo: Community and Perversity
Artist/Author: Jeffrey Escoffier | Reference: P3642 | ISBN: 9781788732314 | Type: Publication

A sweeping account of the way lesbian, gay, and bisexual people have challenged and changed society.

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Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation
Artist/Author: Sunaura Taylor | Reference: P3661 | ISBN: 978-1620971284 | Type: Publication

How much of what we understand of ourselves as “human” depends on our physical and mental abilities—how we move (or cannot move) in and interact with the world? And how much of our definition of “human” depends on its difference from “animal”?

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (P3041)

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Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
Artist/Author: W.E.B. Du Bois | Reference: P3639 | ISBN: 9781784787752 | Type: Publication

Explicitly addresses significant issues, such as the oppression of women and Eurocentric standards of beauty, the historical rise of the idea of whiteness, and the abridgement of democracy along race, class, and gender lines.

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Women, Resistance and Revolution: A History of Women and Revolution in the Modern World
Artist/Author: Sheila Rowbotham | Reference: P3638 | ISBN: 9781781681466 | Type: Publication

Provides a historical overview of feminist strands among the modern revolutionary movements of Russia, China and the Third World.

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Rhodes Must Fall: The Struggle to Decolonise the Racist Heart of Empire
Artist/Author: Rhodes Must Fall Movement Oxford | Editor: Brian Kwoba, Rose Chantiluke, Athinangamso Nkopo | Reference: P3620 | ISBN: 978-1786993908 | Type: Publication

When students at Oxford University called for a statue of Cecil Rhodes to be removed, following similar calls by students in Cape Town, the significance of these protests was felt across continents. This was not simply about tearing down an outward symbol of British imperialism – a monument glorifying a colonial conqueror – but about confronting the toxic inheritance of the past, and challenging the continued underrepresentation of people of colour at universities.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (P3041).

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Performing Revolutionary: Art, Action, Activism
Artist/Author: Nicole Garneau | Editor: Anne Cushwa | Reference: P3541 | ISBN: 978-1783207947 | Type: Publication

The result of five years of practice-based creative research focused on the UPRISING project, the book presents a number of methods for the creation of politically charged interactive public events in the style of a how-to guide. 

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).

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The Little Book of Answers Vol.1
Artist/Author: Laura Malacart | Reference: P3539 | Type: Publication

Compiles the correct answers of six UK naturalisation exams.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).

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Library of Performing Rights old catalogue
Reference: P3543 | Type: Publication

Original LPR catalogue with notes.

For current catalogue see P3041.

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Memories of the Revolution: The First Ten Years of the WOW Café Theater
Editor: Holly Hughes, Carmelita Tropicana, Jill Dolan | Reference: P3542 | ISBN: 978-0472068630 | Type: Publication

Collects scripts, interviews, and commentary to trace the riotous first decade of WOW. 

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).

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“I’m Still Coming” Coming to Power 2016 & 1993
Editor: Ellen Cantor | Reference: P3521 | ISBN: 9780997444636 | Type: Publication

A dual catalogue and archival exposé that explores the pivotal exhibition, Coming to Power: 25 Years of Sexually X-Plicit Art By Women, originally curated by the late artist, Ellen Cantor, in 1993, along with its re-staging in 2016 by curator Pati Hertling and artist Julie Tolentino.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).

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Decolonizing Solidarity: Dilemmas and Directions for Supporters of Indigenous Struggles
Artist/Author: Clare Land | Reference: P3531 | ISBN: 978-1783601721 | Type: Publication

Interrogates the often fraught endeavours of activists from colonial backgrounds seeking to be politically supportive of Indigenous struggles.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).

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