'Este movimiento social de base popular y sin líder definido se abre camino a través del ruido y la inercia del transporte urbano reducido al coche y nos enseña a esculpir un pedazo de la ciudad de nuestros sueños". Así se expresa la ensayista Anna Sojourner en esta enérgica e irreverente colección de crítica social y celebración optimista. Cuatro docenas de colaboradores documentan, definen y subrayan la belleza de un tranquilo paseo en bici con mil amigos, la anarquía de la inspiración popular, el melodrama de la cobertura de los medios y la lucha por la supervivencia de nuestras ciudades'
(agradecimientos a Bea Querol por la traducción)
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Table of Contents
Introduction 5 (4)
Chris Carlsson
PART I: SWEET SOUNDS, SWEETER SMELLS 9 (63)
The Power Is Here (Chicago) 11 (7)
Travis Hugh Culley
Rugged Individualists of the Road Unite! 18 (5)
(Chicago)
Michael Burton
Spraypaint Slingers, Celebration and a Tidal 23 (7)
Wave of Outrage (Montreal, Canada)
Sarah Boothroyd
Climate Change Caravan (Canada) 30 (1)
Jeremy Murphy
Dildo Man (San Francisco) 31 (4)
R. Wiley Evans
Halloween 1998 (San Francisco) 35 (2)
Jym Dyer
Phantasmagoria on Wheels, Halloween 2001 (New 37 (2)
York City)
Marilyn Horan
CM Toronto (Toronto, Canada) 39 (5)
Guido Bruidoclarke
I am a Critical Mass (Stuttgart, Germany) 44 (8)
Michael Humphries
An Aesthetic Rebellion (Milan, Italy) 52 (3)
Giovanni Pesce
Critical Mass III (Sydney, Australia) 55 (2)
Matthew Arnison
Melbourne, Australia Photo and Xerocracy 57 (2)
Gallery
Mumbikers Take to the Streets (Bombay, India) 59 (1)
anonymous
Lancaster CM: Does It Still Exist? 60 (8)
(Lancaster, UK)
Dave Horton
Critical Mass London Style (London, England) 68 (2)
anonymous
Global Gallery from Tokyo, Tel Aviv, Seoul, 70 (2)
Pune India, Budapest, Copenhagen
PART II: DEFINING ANARCHY 72 (67)
Crit Mass 73 (1)
Bernie Blaug
How Critical Mass Changed the World 74 (1)
Anna Sojourner
Cycling Under the Radar: Assertive Desertion 75 (8)
Chris Carlsson
A Quiet Statement Against Oil Wars 83 (2)
Chris Carlsson
Of Oil Wars and Leaked Memos 85 (2)
Chris Carlsson
From the Ground Up 87 (3)
Bill Stender
A Uniquely Democratic Experiment 90 (4)
Michael Klett
Unleashing Public Imagination, or How 'Bout 94 (6)
Another Shot of Existential Whup-Ass for your
Flagging Civic Libido?
Josh Wilson
Politics Can Be Fun 100(5)
Steven Bodzin
Why They're Wrong About Critical Mass: The 105(7)
Fallacy of Bicycle Advocates' Critique
Adam Kessel
Good for the Bicycling Cause 112(4)
Dave Snyder
UCCM: University of California Critical Mass 116(3)
(San Francisco
Beth Verdekal
Thousand Bicycle Wheels poetry 119(1)
Marina Lazzara
Lombard Street, San Francisco, July 1999 120(2)
Charlie Komanoff
Maybe You Should Check the Statute 122(7)
(Flagstaff, Arizona
Jeff Ferrell
Massive Critique by Hugh D'Andrade and photo 129(3)
gallery (Berkeley, California)
March Madness! Hale Bopp! Hail Bop! (San 132(4)
Francisco)
Howard Williams
U.S. Gallery Lubbock, Buffalo, Boulder, 136(3)
Charleston SC, more...
PART III: MAKING MEDIA, MAKING HISTORY 139(46)
The Velorution Will Not Be Digitized 140(5)
Jym Dyer
Reels on Wheels 145(8)
Ted White
If You Don't Move I'll Run You Down! 153(3)
(Madison, Wisconsin)
Jessica Becker
A Well-Camera'd Society is a Polite Society 156(3)
(Berkeley, CA)
Jason Meggs
Crossing the Pond Underground 159(4)
Victor Veysey
Critical (Bike-Not) Snack, a 'zine excerpt 163(3)
(London, England) by x-Chris
An Unknown and Unexpected Prehistory 166(1)
(Ramsgate, UK)
Arch
Aubi Fabra
The World of the Bicycle 167(8)
Iain A. Boal
The Great Bicycle Protest of 1896 175(8)
Hank Chapot
NYC flyers and photos from 1972-73 183(2)
PART IV THE FIGHT FOR OUR STREETS 185(45)
Riding to See 186(7)
Josh Switzky
Biciteka in Mexico City 193(2)
Agustin Monterrubio
Reclaiming The Streets of New York 195(9)
Ben Shepard
Kelly Moore
Personal History of Portland's Critical Mass 204(7)
(Portland, Oregon)
Fred Nemo
To the Mass by Megulon-5 211(1)
Austin Critical Mass: Then and Now (Austin, 212(2)
Texas)
Michael Bluejay
Ride a Bike, Go to Jail! CM Democratic 214(5)
National Convention 2000 (Los Angeles)
Scott Svatos
Victorious Critical Mass Lawsuit (San 219(4)
Francisco)
Howard Besser
No Space in the First Place (Minneapolis) 223(4)
Sam Tracy
Vancouver CM (Vancouver, Canada) 227(3)
Mark Coatsworth
PART V: APPENDICITIS! 230(21)
San Francisco Critical Mass Glossary 231(4)
Joel Pomerantz
Bicycling Over the Rainbow 235(4)
Chris Carlsson
How To Make A Critical Mass (Lessons from the 239(10)
SF Experience) 1993
Global Listing of Critical Mass rides 249(2)
About the Editor 251(1)
Contributors' Notes 252(2)
Index