A critical history of radical and avant-garde art and cultural movements ranging through lettrists, COBRA, the Situationists, fluxus, the Motherfuckers, yippies, mail art, punk and Class War. “Home’s book is the first that I know of to chart this particular ‘tradition’ and to treat it seriously. It is a healthy corrective to the overly aestheticised view of 20th century avant-garde art that now prevails.” –City Limits “…essential reading for anyone interested in the subject. It demystifies the political and artistic practices of the opponents to the dominant culture and serves as basic reference for a field largely undocumented in English. It is also engagingly honest, unpretentious, questioning and immediated in its impact.”