A Review: "Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight Against AIDS"

by Deborah Gould

Published in 2009, Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight Against AIDS has become an immediate fundamental read for understanding modern social movements. At our ally project, The Baltimore Indypendent Reader, local activist, Mark Gunnery, writes a stunning review of the book. He discusses the writer's, Deborah Gould, analysis and historical accounting of the ACT UP movement, as well as her critiques on the importance of emotions in social movements. An important read for anyone interested in: social movement history/radical activism, queer history, and the importance of emotions in the worlds we create.

Look for his review: here.

And, of course, we, here at ol' Red Emma's, carry copies of Moving Politics, if his review moves you to read it for yourself.

http://indyreader.org/content/review-moving-politics-emotion-and-act-ups-fight-against-aids

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