The Porters and Maids Union was the first Black union to negotiate a contract with a major U.S. company.

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SPLIT WITH NOSE DIVE.

This issue of Crude Noise is a collection of Merrydeath's artwork with explanations for each and where they were printed. She does a very distinctive style of linocut prints with a lot of textures and detail. Icky (Nosedive) does similar prints in his half of the split. He served as Merrydeath's inspiration in the early days and does a lot of politically motivated art. Both sides are nothing short of breathtaking at moments; let the cover be an indication.

Meredith treats us to another issue of this creatively artistic creation. It's themed around recovery and collective structures with articles talking about the Nowe Miasto warehouse in New Orleans, Sparklepussy in Pittsburgh, having pets die, her brother getting over a drug addiction, invading an abandoned building, her family history, and some linocut artwork that is truly stunning. This issue gives you the feeling of achieving the goals of collectivism and getting over your problems while feeling like you can smell the musty warehouse.

Meredith Stern had some friends write stories and then traded the stories around to different people to illustrate someone else's story. This gets even more exciting when we learn that the players involve include Mike Taylor, Nicole Georges, Meredith Stern, Cindy Crabb, and Ally Reeves among others. The stories are comprised of dreams, short anecdotes, a quiick experience, or a thought. Fun and exciting!

Underground abortion service with 100+ members who performed over 11,000 illegal abortions in Chicago. "Those of us who were members of Jane were remarkable only because we chose to act with womens' needs as our guide in doing so we transformed illegal abortion from a dangerous sordid experience into one that was life affirming and powerful" -Laura Kaplan

Our 11 year Microcosm anniversary (Feb 12!) woodcut print from Meredith Stern for 2007! All shirts have white, magenta,and cyan ink! *** THIS SHIRT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. ONCE WE SELL OUT IT WILL BE GONE FOREVER! ***

Fittings:

X-Small Chest 24

Small Chest 30

Medium Chest 36

Large Chest 40

X - Large Chest 44

XX-Large Chest 48

Merry Death's first compilation of emotionally stunning women's stories (including a powerful one from Moe Bowstern!) dealing with clinical abortion, childbirth, forced sterilization, RU486, herbal abortion, illegal abortion, contraceptives, and more. It's a heavy read that will no doubt tear emotions also from the reader as well. There is a lot of text here and there is a certain amount of common threads among different stories that draws frustrations as well.

Merry Death has compiled another emotionally stunning collection of women's stories dealing with clinical abortion, childbirth, forced sterilization, RU486, herbal abortion, illegal abortion, contraceptives, and more. It's difficult subject matter that will no doubt evoke an emotional response. All of the articles in this text-heavy compilation are tied together by themes of guilt, empowerment, frustration with the doctors, and coming to terms with difficult decisions.