Instead of documenting existing stencil culture, Cut and Paint provides stencil templates for you to cut out and print your own stencils! In order to get you started, inspired, and motivated in the exciting world of stenciling, it includes brief instructions as well as designs that are artistically and politically motivated. Beautiful artwork with adaptable messages from Icky Apparatus, Erik Ruin, Colin (Ideas in Pictures), Shaun S (Ross Winn zine), Josh MacPhee, Andalusia (Clitical Mass), and more! Newer, cheaper half legal version minus screenprint cover!

In July, 1936, soon after General Franco's fascist troops revolted against the Spanish Republic, Buenaventura Durruti led a military column made up of 2,000 Anarchist workers to fight the fascists. Not a typical military unit, the column was organized by the soldiers themselves, with rank holding only minimal importance, and officers being elected by their units. In Zaragossa, the column defeated the much better equipped fascist troops. Near the end of 1936, Madrid was under bombing attacks by the Germans and Italians, and the now 4,000 soldier column moved there to join the fight. On November 20th, Durruti was killed. The column continued to fight until the end of the war.

The role the Durruti column played in supporting the social revolution happening across the Spanish countryside was as important as their military victories. They assisted in the establishment of agricultural collectives along their route and helped set up the directly democratic council of Aragon. Local political party bosses and rich landowners fled in a panic. They also upset the authoritarian Communist and Socialist parties, who believed the social revolution had to wait until after the war was won.

It was the autumn of 1969. Thousands of American Indians occupied the abandoned remains of Alcatraz, the federal penitentiary that housed America's most notorious criminals until closing in 1963.

Much of the graffiti from 30 years ago remains throughout the island today. The occupiers held the island for nearly eighteen months, from Nov. 20, 1969, until June 11, 1971, reclaiming it as Indian land and demanding fairness and respect for Indian peoples. They were an unlikely mix of Indian college activists, families with children fresh off reservations and urban dwellers disenchanted with what they called the U.S. government's economic, social and political neglect. Since well before Modoc and Hopi leaders were held at Alcatraz in the late 1800s, U.S. policy toward Indians had worsened, despite repeated pleas from American Indian leaders to honor treaties and tribal sovereignty. The occupation of Alcatraz was about human rights, the occupiers said. It was an effort to restore the dignity of the more than 554 American Indian nations in the United States. Historians and other experts say the occupation-though chaotic and laced with tragedy-improved conditions for the 2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives alive today.

"Alcatraz was a big enough symbol that for the first time this century Indians were taken seriously," says Vine Deloria Jr., a University of Colorado-Boulder law professor, philosopher, author and historian. Alcatraz changed everything.

*Have your poster shipped in a Poster Tube for extra protection! Posters not shipped in tubes will be folded in half for packaging and are more subject to wear while shipping.

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Pound the Pavement's new binding technique helps to hold its wealth of content--Approximately 200 protest images of George Bush's face, or slanderous spray-paint scrawl invoking his name. The extensive cataloging within this zine had been 7 years in the making, or since that dark day Bush became president. Josh Macphee has captured images from all over the U.S as well as included photo's from other countries to document people's widespread resistance to the Bush Regime! In a brief introduction, Josh challenges us to consider whether these images give us control, or whether they have control over us. Issue 10 is a thorough and important documentation of our version of American history.

Need ideas for making creative street art? Look no further than Pound The Pavement. Each issue provides scores of full color pix of graff, stencils and art vandalism from around the world, including text and commentary to inspire any beginner in "getting up". Art ranges from political to the curious to the unexplainable. Issue #8 is the Decay issue, with buffs, bad cops and dirty scrawl.

Need ideas for making creative street art? Look no further than Pound The Pavement. Each issue provides scores of full color pix of graff, stencils and art vandalism from around the world, including text and commentary to inspire any beginner in "getting up". Art ranges from political to the curious to the unexplainable. Issue #9 examines stencil art on the bases of streetlights, including how to make an amp out of a lamp base.

Inspiring, informative, and diverse, this book is a rare look at the intersection of art and anarchism. It touches on a broad range of topics not just pertaining to Anarchism, but also more broadly to anti-authoritarianism and the way these social movements have shaped their own art movement. And who better than current anarchist artists/authors to write the history of those that came before them?! Icky A. interviews "Anarchy: A Graphic Guide's" Clifford Harper. Erick Lyle takes a walk through the stenciled streets of Argentina. Meredith Stern contributes a wonderful series of interviews with over a dozen contemporary political artists, unfortunately cut down from the original 60 pages she collected. (hopefully, those will appear elsewhere before too long.) And there's more! And more and more! Each section is jam-packed with graphics. The result is not just a handy reference guide, but also a beautiful book.

This zine contains photos of stencil artwork photographed and compiled by Josh of Just Seeds. The pieces are predominantly politically radical and speak loudly for themselves with only the city they came from as a note. Also contains tips and pointers for making stencils and transporting them.

This zine contains photos of stencil artwork photographed and compiled by Josh of Just Seeds. The pieces are predominantly politically radical and speak loudly for themselves with only the city they came from as a note. Also contains tips and pointers for making stencils and transporting them.

This zine contains photos of stencil artwork photographed and compiled by Josh of Just Seeds. The pieces are predominantly politically radical and speak loudly for themselves with only the city they came from as a note. Also contains tips and pointers for making stencils and transporting them.

This zine contains photos of stencil artwork photographed and compiled by Josh of Just Seeds. The pieces are predominantly politically radical and speak loudly for themselves with only the city they came from as a note. Also contains tips and pointers for making stencils and transporting them.

Over 200 oversize, full-color pages, Josh MacPhee lays out the most comprehensive book on the art of the street stencil. Stencil Pirates places street graffiti within the larger pantheon of public expression. From political to abstract and purely aesthetic (and even to the official Post No Bills, anyone) - from tagging to public announcements - street stencils have remade the way pedestrians, artists, and even corporations think about public space. Whether as part of the anti-gentrification struggles in New York or as a powerful tool during the recent uprising in Argentina, stencils are placed in their challenging, artistic, and political context. Plus of course, there's a cut-and-spray instruction manual, cardboard patterns, and the hundreds and hundreds (and hundreds) of photos. From Banksy to Tobocoman,and a whole lot more. An incredible work, and collection of works.

This is a collection of photos of defaced stop signs put together by Josh of Just Seeds. There's the usual popular ones like "Stop War" and "Stop Driving", but there is also plenty of unique, funny, and regional ones compiled in this photo zine. Also includes information on making your own stickers for stop signs and other information about street art.