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Published Sept. 2002

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Cycling Under the Radar: Assertive Desertion

Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration
(Chris Carlsson, ed. 2002 AK Press) 256 pgs.
Essays, personal anecdotes, photos and flyers by dozens of activists and theorists from San Francisco, Montreal, Stuttgart, Milan, Sydney, and seven other cities. This leaderless, grassroots social movement cuts through the noise and
inertia of car-clogged urban transportation and teaches us to carve a wedge of our city for our dreams. So says essayist Anna Sojourner in this pushy and irreverent collection of inkworthy social critique and optimistic celebration.
Four dozen contributors document, define and drive home the beauty of a quiet ride with a thousand friends, the anarchy of grassroots inspiration, the melodrama of media coverage and the fight for the survival of our cities.

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Book Tour Schedule 2003

Thurs July 24th Manhattan
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New York, NY, 10002;
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Sat July 26 Brooklyn
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