Buy the book direct online from PM Press.

This book reveals Australia’s radical past through more than 500 tales of Indigenous resistance, convict revolts and escapes, picket line hijinks, student occupations, creative direct action, street art, media pranks, urban interventions, squatting, blockades, banner drops, guerilla theatre, and billboard liberation. Twelve key Australian activists and pranksters are interviewed regarding their opposition to racism, nuclear power, war, economic exploitation, and religious conservatism via humor and creativity. Featuring more than 300 spectacular imagesHow to Make Trouble and Influence People is an inspiring, and at times hilarious, record of resistance that will appeal to readers everywhere.

Praise:

“I noticed clear back on my first visit in ’83 that radical Aussies fighting back seem to be far more tenacious and creative than most Americans—Roxby Downs, that damned Franklin dam in Tasmania, Operation Titstorm, etc. A far better way to heat up the planet than your lovely mining companies. So keep up the good work! A prank a day keeps the dog leash away.”
—Jello Biafra

“A fascinating recovery of Australia’s neglected past and a worthy inspiration to today’s would-be troublemakers.”
—Sean Scalmer, author of Dissent Events: Protest, The Media and the Political Gimmick in Australia

“The perfect book for enlightened coffee tables.”
—Rachel Evans, Green Left Weekly

“If you’ve ever thought of speaking out about an issue or have idly wondered what you could do to make the world a better place, this is the book for you! Fascinating interviews, quirky historical snippets and stunning photos chronicling all the Australians who have made a difference and who have done so with courage, audacity and a lot of humour! Keep it on your desk at work for all those moments when you need some inspiration, a bit of hope or just a good laugh.”
—Jill Sparrow, co-author Radical Melbourne 1 & 2

“Fascinating interviews with Australia’s best troublemakers make for a riotous scrapbook covering our radical history of revolts and resistance.”
—Rachel Power, Australian Education Union News

“McIntyre has amassed hundreds of tales alongside dramatic photographs in what is unashamedly a songbook for Australia’s future culture-jammers and mischief makers.”
—Katherine Wilson, The Age

About the Contributors:

Iain McIntyre is a Melbourne-based author, musician, and community radio broadcaster who has written a variety of books on activism, history, and music. Recent publications include Wild About You: The Sixties Beat Explosion in Australia and New Zealand, and Tomorrow Is Today: Australia in the Psychedelic Era, 1966–70.

Andrew Hansen is a Sydney based comedian and musician, best known for being a member of satirical team The Chaser who have produced six award winning television series for Australian television.

Josh MacPhee  is a designer, artist, activist, and archivist. He is a member of both the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative (Justseeds.org) and the Occuprint collective (Occuprint.org). He is the coauthor of Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures 1960s to Now, coeditor of Signal: A Journal of International Political Graphics & Culture, and he recently cofounded the Interference Archive, a public collection of cultural materials produced by social movements (InterferenceArchive.org).

Product Details:

Author: Iain McIntyre
Forewords by Andrew Hansen and Josh MacPhee
Publisher: PM Press
ISBN: 978-1-60486-595-0
Published September 2013
Format: Paperback
Size: 8.25 by 8.25
Page count: 320 Pages
Subjects: Politics–Activism/History–Australia

MELBOURNE BOOK LAUNCH AND EXHIBITION
Friday 18th October
6-8PM
Friends of the Earth
Food Co-op & Cafe
312 Smith street, Collingwood
(Crn of Smith and Perry Streets)

HOW TO MAKE TROUBLE AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE
Pranks, Protests, Graffiti & Political Mischief-Making from across Australia
(Second Edition)
With talks by:
Iain McIntyre (book author)
Tom Civil (book designer and street artist)
Rayna Fahey (craftivist)

This book reveals Australia’s radical past through over 500 tales from the time of colonisation all the way to the present: Indigenous resistance, convict revolts and escapes, picket line hi-jinks, student occupations, creative direct action, media pranks, urban interventions, squatting, blockades, banner drops, street theatre and billboard liberation;
including stories and anecdotes, interviews with pranksters and troublemakers, and over 300 spectacular photos documenting the vital history of creative resistance in this country. This new edition is being co-published by Breakdown Press and PM Press. As it will mainly be distributed to audiences outside of Australia all of the
listings from the first edition have been put in chronological order, introductions added for key periods in Australian history and new material added.

Books Available on the night, and from PMPRESS.ORG
(https://secure.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=505)
– Comes with free e-book edition

“I noticed clear back on my first visit in ’83 that radical Aussies fighting back seem to be far more tenacious and creative than most Americans—Roxby Downs, that damned Franklin dam in Tasmania, Operation Titstorm, etc. A far better way to heat up the planet than your lovely mining companies. So keep up the good work! A prank a day keeps the dog leash away.”
—Jello Biafra

The expanded Second Edition of How to Make Trouble and Influence People co-published with amazing US radical publishers PM PRESS is here!

This website is all over the place at the moment.  Bit by bit we’ll get there…  

PRINT: “BROKEN BUT BEAUTIFUL” Hand-printed woodcut print by Ned Sevil (printed by me in February, 2012).

Just to also let people know I’ve been making a small website WWW.TOMCIVIL.COM

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Hi folks. We’ve kinda dropped off the radar of late, and will be for
a while we think… Tom’s brother Ned died suddenly from cancer
late 2010 on Boxing Day and we’ve been on the road, mentally and
literally, since. We hope to resume Breakdown Press at some stage,
but for now things need to be pretty slow around here. Sorry for
being out of touch with some people, but we hope you understand.

Thank you for everyone’s support over the 6 years Breakdown Press
has been in existence, we have produced publications we are so proud
of and hope to do more in the future… until then…

You can see some of Ned’s photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nedsevil

Feel free to email us with any questions or
project ideas at info@breakdownpress.org

Much love,

Tom Sevil and Lou Smith

The first print run of How to Make Trouble and Influence People has almost sold out and we have no more mailorder copies available from our website. However,  it is still available from some bookshops. So if you didn’t get yourself a copy call your local bookshop to check if they still have it in stock. We are hoping to raise money to do a second print run, so keep visiting this site or join our mailing list for details. And of course, donations towards printing costs are always welcome, ha ha! Donation details click here.

Come celebrate the 32-page broadsheet featuring a powerful collection of 30 posters for peace.

2–4pm Saturday 31^st July, 2010

Exhibition Launch upstairs at BRUNSWICK BOUND
361 Sydney Road, Brunswick VIC 3056.
This is a FREE event.

Come collect your free copies of the publication!

Show runs until 28th August.
Open: 10am – 6pm Monday – Saturday, 11am – 5pm Sunday

The 2010 Breakdown Poster Series contains 30 new, original and provocative political posters and poetry.

FEATURING POSTERS by Colin Matthes, HA-HA, Ann Newmarch, John Emerson, 7U?, Kathleen McCann, Olaf Ladousse, Lluis Fuzzhound, Marc Martin, Marc de Jong, Caitlin Poduska, M.P. Fikaris, Van Rudd, Iain McIntyre, Stewart Cole, Aris Prabawa, Tom Civil, Rasool Parvari Moghaddam, Mathew Kneebone, Erik Ruin, KA’a, Bretton Bartleet, Arlene TextaQueen, Lou Smith and Tom O’Hern. And poetry by Ocean Vuong, Anwyn Crawford, Mammad Aidani and Opal Palmer Adisa.

Published by Breakdown Press  \\   Printed in Winter 2010  \\   WWW>BREAKDOWNPRESS>ORG

This project has been funded by the Graham F Smith Peace Trust: www.artspeacetrust.org

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Breakdown Press first created a ‘poster series’ in the form of a newspaper in 2006 to coincide with the Indigenous-led protests and convergence at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. The series was titled The Stolenwealth Poster Series, with artists looking at the issues of Genocide, Sovereignty and Treaty.

In 2006, we initiated The Breakdown Posters addressing issues of corporate globalisation, coinciding with the G20 protests in Melbourne. The Nuclear Posters, in 2007, investigated the nuclear industry in the lead-up to the Federal Election that finally kicked John Howard out for good.

Now we’re very proud to be presenting our 4th Breakdown Poster Series – The Peace Posters.

Breakdown Press, a Melbourne-based publishing outfit with a background in zines, street art, and activism has published a free, 32-page broadsheet featuring posters for peace.

The aim of the The Peace Posters, the latest in Breakdown’s ongoing poster series, is to create compelling designs that promote peace and get them in as many bedrooms, offices, and public places as possible. The poster is an enduring art form that continues to capture our imagination.

We are very excited to have been able to include artwork and writing not only from across Australia, but also from Iran, USA, Spain and France, and also by people whose lives cross many borders. We believe there is much hope to be found in playfully creating solidarity around the world, to build peaceful autonomous alliances that traverse governmental borders.

Actions against war and towards the building of a peaceful society couldn’t be more relevant today. Especially considering not only Australia’s involvement in conflicts overseas (the war in Afghanistan has been raging for nine years) but also the involvement of Australia in the manufacturing of war machines, the use of Australia as a centre for US military bases, and the everyday injustice faced by Indigenous Australians particularly in areas under the Federal Government intervention.

One featured poet, Mammad Aidani, says he hopes that people reading his work “reflect deeper that war and hatred are not the solutions for our problems in this violent world, and recognise that peace, human rights for all and freedom are the only ways which can unite us. We need to respect, care, recognise and learn how to live together regardless of who we are, what we believe and where we come from. We have a long way to go, but we must never lose hope and determination and work as hard as we can to make this dream possible.

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We are able to organise high res versions of the images for re-publishing and/or interviews with featured artists.

For media enquiries contact –
Tom Civil and Lou Smith (Project Artistic Directors) on 0405819955 or info@breakdownpress.org

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BREAKDOWN PRESS
http://breakdownpress.org
http://howtomaketroubleandinfluencepeople.org
PO Box 1283, Carlton VIC 3053
http://www.flickr.com/photos/breakdownpress
The imagination, never domination.

The Peace Posters is a 32 page BROADSHEET NEWSPAPER which unfolds to 30 posters and available for FREE … Released very soon!
Help us get them out into the world. To obtain copies of this Free Broadsheet for bedroom walls, workplaces, street poles, community notice boards, shopfronts and schools, please email: distro@breakdownpress.org with your address and how many copies you wish to receive! This is our biggest poster series yet.

FEATURING POSTERS by Colin Matthes, HA-HA, Ann Newmarch, John Emerson, 7U?, Kathleen McCann, Olaf Ladousse, Lluis Fuzzhound, Marc Martin, Marc de Jong, Caitlin Poduska, M.P. Fikaris, Van Rudd, Iain McIntyre, Stewart Cole, Aris Prabawa, Tom Civil, Rasool Parvari Moghaddam, Mathew Kneebone, Erik Ruin, KA’a, Bretton Bartleet, Arlene TextaQueen, Lou Smith and Tom O’Hern. And poetry by Ocean Vuong, Anwyn Crawford, Mammad Aidani and Opal Palmer Adisa.

Published by Breakdown Press  \\ Printed in Winter 2010  \\
Direction by Tom Civil and Lou Smith

The project has been funded by the Graham F Smith Peace Trust: www.artspeacetrust.org

Please help us to cover our international postage costs. Thanks so much for your support! These prices are pay what you can, and are for International Air Mail. For Sea Mail which can take 2-3 months prices are $20 for 5 copies, $35 for 10 copies, $100 for 40 copies. For the moment postage in Australia if free, but if people or organisations can contribute prices are $10 for 5-10 copies, $22 for 40 copies.

Make all cheques payable to: ‘Breakdown Press’, PO Box 1283, Carlton, Vic, 3053
or pay direct to: ‘Breakdown Press’, Bendigo Bank BSB: 633 000  Account No: 127 570 174
PAYPAL address: info@breakdownpress.org

We have decided to extend the deadline for POSTER submissions for The Peace Posters until the 21st May. We have received some amazing contributions from Australian and International artists and designers and the publication is already shaping up to be a powerful collection of posters! Many people have been asking for extensions for their designs so we thought we’d open this up to everyone. More details below and attached.

The Peace Posters is going to be a BROADSHEET NEWSPAPER and distributed for FREE. This is a great chance to get a large broadsheet-sized poster (similar to in size to The Age or Sydney Morning Herald) of your artwork printed and distributed widely! If you are interested in distributing the publication through your networks, organisation or on the street please contact us with your details and the amount of copies you would like to receive at: distro@breakdownpress.org.

We are also looking for ARTICLES and POETRY to be included in the publication! Articles on any of the following issues would be great: Peace Building / The Arms Trade / Redirection of Resources Towards a Peaceful Society / Militarisation of Everyday Life / Global Harmony / Human & Environmental Impact of War. Also any up-to-date writing about Australia’s current role in the region and afar would be great to include as well. Please get in touch if you have any questions or would like to run any ideas past us?

This gives you all another 2 weeks to send in poster designs!

Peace.

X Tom Civil and Lou Smith

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BREAKDOWN PRESS

http://breakdownpress.org

http://howtomaketroubleandinfluencepeople.org

PO Box 1283, Carlton VIC 3053
The imagination, never domination.
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The Peace Posters

Australian cultural identity is evolving & diversifying at breakneck pace and no where is this more evident than the Preston Market. For 40 years it has been one of the first ports of call for new arrivals, cutting across socio-economic divisions and now it is faced with a development revamp. MARKET CROSSINGS is a searing & colourful look into the gentrification of Melbourne’s most vibrant cultural melting pot.

“Hundreds of thousands of lines of movement and history, criss-crossing in every which direction, with the Preston Market sitting square in the middle.” – Victoria Stead

MARKET CROSSINGS is a collection of stories & testimonies by the traders & patrons of the Preston Market alongside researched insights into the social functions of live markets. This publication was developed over two years during the Market Value project, an innovative cultural development project which enabled participants to express shared values.

The documentary film included in the book captures character portraits of small business owners & employees, the figurative economic canaries in the coal mine. During the global financial crisis as the traders struggle to keep their roller doors open, the developers are forced to temporarily suspend their multi million dollar plans.

This new book has been published by Breakdown Press and produced by TRAX Arts. First released paperback, 10 April 2010  ISBN 978 0 64652 753 6

ORDER BOOKS ONLINE through TRAX.ORG HERE!

LAUNCH EVENT & SCREENING
Saturday 10th April

11am : Greeting & Launch
11.30am : Premiere Screening of Market Crossing documentary

Preston Market
Melbourne, Victoria

View Map

For more information contact:
Bindi Green 0466 280 385
or media@trax.org

Market Crossings MEDIA RELEASE (Click to download PDF)

*Starting 12 April, limited copies of the book will be available to order online at www.breakdownpress.org and www.trax.org

Market Crossings Book Credits

Producers: TRAX, Tara Prowse & Brian Cohen
Editor: Lou Smith (Breakdown Press)
Designer: Tom Sevil (Breakdown Press)
Writer & Researcher: Victoria Stead
Project Manager: Emanuela Savini
Photography: Brendon Mikronis, Brian Cohen,
Sophia Di Venuto, Tom Sevil, Lou Smith, Nico Keenan
Contributing Material: Simon Ly, Stuart Liddell,
Charandev Singh, Dona Poon, Ufouk, Gary Edge, Rosemary
Russell, Tara Prowse, Brian Cohen, Emanuela Savini
Illustrator: M P Fikaris