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You don't have to fuck people over to survive, by Seth Tobocman

eng

illustrations

no index present

short stories

You don't have to fuck people over to survive

comics graphic novels

973619702

by Seth Tobocman

New York, 1989: as a decade of activism around the urban housing crisis and beyond comes to a close, legendary graphic artist Seth Tobocman is there to document it all in his bold comic style. Collects many of Tobocman's most enduring images in a powerhouse assemblage that cuts right to the heart of 1980s activism. All the high (and low) points are there: the imprisonment of Mumia Abu-Jamal; the rise of Reaganomics; the struggle against apartheid; the Miami Race Riots; and, of course, the turf wars that dominated the city of New York, as activists and low-income families alike demanded their rights to the city's abandoned buildings. It's a candid portrait of a decade of struggle to preserve basic human rights and build a better world