In the late 1980s he became involved in environmental and left activism in Perth, Western Australia where he also co-edited his first publication Freakzine and presented a number of music shows for 6UVS/RTRfm.
[1] In 1992 McIntyre moved to Melbourne, Victoria where he continued his involvement in forest defence, squatting and other campaigns and also began co-editing the Melbourne-based fanzine Woozy with Laura MacFarlane.
[5] In 2009, Breakdown Press collected all three of the How To Make Trouble And Influence People books into a single volume featuring additional material and interviews with activists and pranksters including John Safran, Uncle Kevin Buzzacott, The Chaser team, Pauline Pantsdown and The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
In 2013 PM Press published a new edition of the book..[6][7] McIntyre played bass, guitar and sang in a number of bands in Perth, Melbourne and London during the 1990s including The Stoned Posers, the Sea Haggs, Felafel, the Dennis Lillees, The Barnacle Sisters, and the Authentics.
A Warning featured a soundtrack primarily performed on vintage analogue synthesizers and included vocals and additional instrumentation from Kirsty Stegwazi, Van Walker, Cat Hope and members of Sir, Scarecrow Tiggy, Tarantula and other Melbourne acts.
[22] 2011 also saw McIntyre complete a Masters thesis on the topic of Australian peace, environmental and social movements’ involvement in the AIDEX anti-arms fair blockades of 1989 and 1991.
[26][27] In February 2022 a symposium about the book, radical politics and sci-fi was held by the City Lights Foundation featuring panelists including Marge Piercy, Samuel Delany, Michael Moorcock, adrienne maree brown, Terry Bisson, Annalee Newitz, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Vandana Singh, and Cory Doctorow.
[31] He has also been involved in researching, narrating and producing history walks, such as one covering unemployed activism in Brunswick during the Great Depression, and a project funded by Melbourne’s Darebin council to document music venues in the area from the 1950s to the present.