A cute little zine of drawings, reproduced from a 1925 yearbook. It captures all the short cropped haircuts, suit jackets, and period eye-wear you love and probably don't remember. Plus Danny's from Alabama, and as our offices are now 50% southern, he gets extra cred. Comes with a free sticker!
A cute little zine of drawings, reproduced from Danny's 1986 yearbook. It captures all the poofy bangs, striped sweatshirts, and fashion mullets you love and remember. Plus Danny's from Alabama, and as our offices are now 50% southern, he gets extra cred. Comes with a free sticker!
Q is for Treason is a bike touring zine like none I've encountered. Reece goes tripping for a few weeks in Western Canada along re-purposed train tracks, much of which have been converted into dirt paths, or gravel. The signs are sparse, the trail nearly impossible to follow, and there's a little more bear dung than I'd be comfortable with. Q is for Treason is a pretty straightforward travelogue, but the visits to ghost towns and encounters with llamas keep this addictive to read. Ooh, and it comes with a free button you can wear! Each copy comes with a button featuring a photo of the former railroad tracks turned trail from Reece's trip!
In Rad Dad #9 Tomas talks about gender perceptions and parenting. That the partner that didn't actually have the baby is seen as the father. And a father is always seen as taking the backseat, whether they are a woman, transgendered, or a man. Tomas put a call out in the last issue, and people came through with their birth stories. Partners talk about dangerous births, delayed pregnancies, C-sections, and other scary experiences. All of the stories are told with such a love for their children and an emotional protectiveness. It's all the love and fear that comes with welcoming a child into the world. As always, Tomas is looking for submissions so get in touch!
This zine is a window into the "radical south," made in the hopes that it would help unite politically minded, radical communities and individuals in the southern states that may feel isolated. Perfect for those living in or travelling around the region, the zine gives detailed descriptions and locations of radical projects, organizations and resource centers from Texas to Florida.
A cool zine out of Dublin, Ireland - Rag stands for "Revolutionary Anarcha-Feminist Group". This Rag covers an incredibly diverse set of topics - pro-choice campaigning, a cooperative cafe in Dublin, DIY "gig" organizing, holiday photos in Brazil, an alternative view of mental health, medical abortions online, women in cycling, and more. It's a level of self-awareness that makes this zine particularly advanced, and thus recommended. Plus, there's a solid page of recommendations for books, zines, activities, etc. What's not to love about this zine?
Slices of life presented within tiny small frames that only become smaller. This does not mean that the any narrative element is lost. Conversations range from intimate moments to moments of general irritation between the author, Jerry Smith, and the people in his life.
A keen eye is highly recommended to keeup up with and follow along the ever evolving frames as the frames become smaller and the text denser. The obvious parallel is Matt Groenig's "Life in Hell".
A keen eye is highly recommended to keeup up with and follow along the ever evolving frames as the frames become smaller and the text denser. The obvious parallel is Matt Groening's "Life in Hell".
Herbal abortion procedures and practice for midwives and herbalists! A guide for practiced herbalists and midwives to better serve the women of their communities. Beautifully illustrated with botanical drawings from Gerard's Herbal and other early texts. The time is now for us to learn from lost and forgotten knowledge that was once so basic and common. Eberhardt brings us another pamphlet about abortion history at a time when such knowledge is so critical and important.
Written by the Red Army Faction themselves in 1971 and with an introduction by Anthony Murphy (2004), this is the first major ideological text from West Germany's most famous urban guerillas. The Red Army Faction was Marxist and Maoist, militant direct action organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared groups; disbanded in 1998. Its document merits attention from anyone who wants to understand the motivation and ideology behind the beginning of a long and violent confrontation between the Red army Faction and the German state. Apart from setting out the justification for armed struggle this text touches on: the strength of the capitalist system in West Germany; the weaknesses of the revolutionary Left; the significance of the German student movement; the meaning and importance of internationalism; the necessity for taking a revolutionary initiative; the importance of class analysis and political praxis; the failure of parliamentary democracy and how this had the inevitable consequence of political violence; the factionalism of the German Left; and the organization and logistics of setting up an illegal armed struggle. An educational tale of forgotten history that we could all learn from.
A lot of white kids go to foreign countries and don't leave their comfort zones behind or let themselves be truly challenged. They go for a short time, possibly meet the odd person who doesn't understand punk rock or zines, and go back home to their cozy leisurely life. Suze B. is quite the opposite. A political activist, her journey took her to Burma for 4 months working with the pro-democracy movement. She lived with and taught 10-16 Burmese Union women, however this zine isn't about the knowledge she imparted to them but rather what they taught her. Her own culture is seen through the screen of the Burmese' condition and allows her to be very frank about her American life and the current living conditions of Burma and the refugee camps. This zine puts faces, names and detailed history to a place even most of us with radical politics only know as the "country that Pepsi screwed".
Resist #46 is absolutely jam-packed with information! As always, it's very very bicycle-centric. This issue has detailed bike cart instructions, with a comparison between welding and bolting, and extensive photos of punks riding a circle bike. For those who've never witnessed it, a circle bike is a bike that you can ride in a full circle, as in you hang upside-down! "Coffee" examines the love of coffee in punk zine culture, and there's a lot of reflections on gardening as well. And it comes with a free beautiful full color bicycle postcard!
Adult reflections on the things that affect us all so much in our punk youth - the first trips to the inner city punk show from the suburbs and first encounters with panhandlers and the homeless. Geoff's musings are equally entertaining and compelling when he's talking about hopping trains (the myth vs the reality of a slow train), the allure of West Philadelphia punk houses and beautiful people, radical gender queering, and the doozy - the downfall of a longtime punk squat in Copenhagen! Bonus quotes from Eugene Debs, Bikini Kill, and Jeff Ott.
It’s hard to pin down what exactly makes Revolutionaries such a captivating little booklet, but here in all its glory is a time capsule of vivid photos from 1960s radicalism—from the Black Panthers to the Weather Underground to the gay rights movement—all hand cut and pasted together in DIY zine fashion. Far from a piece of 60s nostalgia, Revolutionaries mixes famous reprints with more obscure imagery, and is offset by handset text that rings with a renewed sense of urgency for our troubled times. All told, Revolutionaries forms a captivating snapshot of the spirit and rawness of the 1960s: part coffee-table book, part bathroom reading, ALL essential people’s history.
Dominic has been collecting historic photos of radical movements and pasting them together with sticky lettered captions as long as I can remember. This is a new, huge collection of his work - from student movements, to the Black Panthers, to the Weather Underground, to the feminist movement, standing up against police brutality, Abbie Hoffman quotes, the anti-war movement in Vietnam and beyond, unarresting tactics, The Diggers, The Chicago 8, The Cantonville 9, The Yippies, and much much more. A crucial resource book and conversation piece for your kitchen table.
Black-and-white stencils of twelve revolutionary women, along with some nice biographical backgrounds. A beautiful idea, paying homage to and celebrating the "lives, deeds, and leadership of women of the revolution." You should be able to use these images to make your own zines, t-shirts, patches, buttons, etc or better yet, use this zine as an inspiration to create your own more visual images honoring these heroic, often overlooked women from history.
To learn more about these radical women, do a web search or visit your local library!
Stories of bad luck, pinball, puking at ladyfest, the crazy San Fran punk band 50 Million, and disposable technology culminate in a shocking detailed account about the author being shot in the face during a mugging in New Orleans. This zine is a lotta things, and it would be easy to focus on the shooting itself. But Greg is a lot more than this violent thing that happened to him. He's a strong writer and he lays it out on the last page, the stupid questions he's been asked.."Did it hurt?"..."Do you set off metal detectors?"...with his corresponding answers. This is another issue of an always solid zine. Thanks Greg, for being a badass.
Jim is a truly spirited individual trying to get to the belly and soul of the cities that he lives in. This issue brings us stories of visiting punks in Mexico and how their culture differs from the US punks, stories of growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia and how his circle of friends developed, threatened and challenged him, creating his vision and drive for his future self. Eventually we see him move to Richmond, VA and hang a map of the streets that he marks off as he walks down all of them, finally making friends. This was easily the best piece of reading that I did had on my recent trip to Ohio. Aside from challenging radical ghettos and activism and bringing me a sharp and incisive history of Richmond, it also led me to respond to the stories and facts emotionally which few pieces of writing rarely do.
Another issue of Ripe, packed with yummy sounding recipes. Recipes for sweet potato soup with coconut milk, corn cakes, lime cream pie, fried green tomatoes...just tons and tons of delicious food. There are over 30 recipes and they're all vegan!! And they're inventive with being overly complicated, containing ingredients that are already in a well-stocked pantry, or at least that are easily procurable. Along with recipes, Jae gives us tips for setting up a functional kitchen and eating local. She even shows us how to sprout and avocado!
Guess what we just got in the mail? A new food zine! We just can't get enough of these things. Instructions for how to cut your mango to resemble a tiny city skyline, as well as recipes for Moroccan garbanzo bean soup, tofu bacon, and double trouble chocolate cookies. Total there are 20 different recipes included. There's a listing for food-related websites, and a review of the author's top 10 favorite cookbooks. Word has it that this zine will soon be turned into a book on Arsenal Pulp Press.
Rocket Queen is back in print. Possibly one of the best, most insightful zines ever written, "Rocket Queen" is author Janet's tale of working as a dancer in Asheville, NC. Janet examines all the reasons why someone would want to dance for money, and her own motivations for doing so, including issues of freedom, power, and attention. She also deconstructs the different types of customers that come to clubs, like the sugar daddy that wants to take care of you, or the savior that wants to save you from a life of stripping. It's all told in a matter of fact style that doesn't demonize stripping, and doesn't romanticize it either. Rocket Queen has the familiar tone of a friend telling you about their job; what they like, and what they don't. And the whole thing is just so intelligent, honest, and witty. It's highly recommended for anyone who's danced or thought about dancing, or even those who have friends that dance. Rocket Queen will change the way you think about sex work.
Rocket Queen is back in print. Possibly one of the best, most insightful zines ever written, "Rocket Queen" is author Janet's tale of working as a dancer in Asheville, NC.
Issue #2 is Janet's account of working for a club in New Orleans. #2 is a bit darker overall, but just as interesting and heartfelt. Janet addresses feelings of hate and bitterness towards customers, and answers burning questions like, "Do dancers ever sleep with customers?" and "How does it feel when friends visit you at work?" We learn that during Mardi Gras, women fly in from all over the world to dance. And there's a great contributed piece from a woman who experienced childhood abuse, who deconstructs how that relates to her decision to dance. A really awesome zine.
An anarchist journal of dangerous living! International reports from last Mayday’s pro-immigrant rallies! Analysis of the Bush regime’s strategy to promote terrorism worldwide! Discussion of the latest wave of federal repression! Testimony from a convicted anti-war arsonist! Anarchist perspectives on and reports from the struggle against domestic violence! A tell-all interview with notorious graffiti artist(s) BORF! A shocking exposé on German pro-Zionist lunatics! A how-to guide to funneling resources out of universities! A spy’s-eye-view of immigrant labor in factory farming! A narrow escape from the flaming Pentagon on September 11, 2001! A history of direct action and rioting in queer liberation struggles! A cartoon recounting the riots at the canceled World Bank conference in Barcelona! A mad-lib for radicals with poor social skills! A satirical guide to writing reviews! Visionary storytelling, technical advice on computer security, eulogies and poster designs and more, more, more!
This issue is about travel with little bits of stories and images that go along with them. A documentation of Sarah living on a small, organic farm in Nova Scotia. It talks in journal styled musings about self sustainability, seclusion, simplicity, and finding out how little she knows about rural living. She talks about farmers and cared for food being unappreciated and while I'm writing this I'm eating home grown spinach and thinking about the exact same sentiments.
An unearthing of Ross Winn, an anarchist from Texas and Tennessee in the late 19th century who printed a series of newspapers, most notably Ross Winn's Firebrand and corresponded with Emma Goldman. Shaun and company seek out his history and find a good deal of it in the process. We get to learn about their trip to Ross' grave, his upbringing, and friction from his partner's family, his conservative environment, and his own family (thanks to McKinley's assassination, supposedly inspired by anarchists.) As anyone who knows me can testify this is exactly the kind of zine I eat up, and this one is no exception. I respect the dedication with which the information was pursued and the result is impressive. Additional artwork by Erik Ruin.
Shelley created this as a little take home instruction guide for her bike repair workshop at the Portland Zine Symposium. It goes over the basics of fixing a flat tire, working with wheels, the parts of a bike, bearings, doing a tune-up, tools, and dealing with bike shops as a woman but most of all what shines through is Shelley's character and personality in the way that she describes things and her utter passion for cycling. Well worth any price for the information alone. * Now includes additional pages of material about working on brakes!!
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