A very touching account of various mothers' struggles from inside Prison. They write letters and poems to their children, they tell horrific stories of separation, mistreatment, and being barred from any contact with their children. Some stories are written to parents by children. All are intensely emotional and touching. Issue 10: Mother's Day 2006
A heavily researched, educational zine documenting the hidden history of women's resistance and organizing within our nation's prison system. In response to media attention which focuses on the causes, conditions and effects of imprisonment, this zine emphasizes female prisoners as active agents within society, challenging assumptions about women as helpless victims of circumstance. Discusses issues of prison labor, sexual abuse, education, and health care.
No question about it-- no one matches the independence, character, clear thought, and integrity of Fred Woodworth, editor of the long-running journal The Match! Since 1969, Fred has assembled this zine with hand set type and without the aid of computer desktop publishing "to criticize authoritarian society and religion in order to argue for the many human advantages of freedom and rationality."
This issue contains the regular features-- "Who the Police Beat," "Freedom Eclipsed," "The World's Longest Letters Column"-- as well as new revelations to keep us thinking.
This issue includes Fred's diatribe on the centralization of power in the publishing industry. Neat. And of course a critical rant against religion of any sort. Still circle A all the way.
Al Burian's (Burn Collector, Milemarker) collection of comics, drawings and handwritten text, compiling the various titles that he published under Migraine Comics in the mid to late nineties. The book is cohesive and doesn't resemble a comic anthology as much as a handwritten account of Al's thoughts at the time. Covers Al's usual musings over life's little intricacies and meanings as well as the mental processes of growing up from his days in Portland, moving to Providence, and a walking tour of his hometown. The entire book is handwritten and illustrated by Al. ISBN 0-9726967-3-3
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We have about 250 returned copies of the first edition of Al Burian's "Things Are Meaning Less" that are a little dinged and have stickers on them. We are selling them nice and cheap.
Thirty Hour Sloth, a zine that has previously contained information on both sloths and fermenting, is for this issue, a travel zine. The layout is absolutely gorgeous cut and paste with legible photos and handwriting!! There's stamps and maps and typewriting and all the other pretty things. When this style is done right, it looks awesome. Our author Sarah goes from Canada to France and Germany. In Paris she and some friends attempt to visit Karl Marx's grave, only to find that you must pay (ironically) to get in. Don't worry, they sneak in anyway. Sarah also does a bit of Canadian train-hopping and throws in a party trick to boot!
Moe took a break from her usual zine, Xtra Tuf (about her job working on commercial fishing boats), to write and illustrate this collection of stories about bikes, traveling, work, and life. A collection of novenas -- nine-day prayers, often wrapped around candles. Each one-sided page has scratchy art and scratchy stories, calling upon strange gods, qualities, actions… "Accelerate Through Danger." "File In the Sky." "Compass." If you want to protect yourself, rid yourself, deal with something, energize yourself, or just need to be alone, this is the resource for you and there's instructions here to get attention from something that can help. Includes instructions for coloring the prayers. Moe is an incredible writer—funny, poignant, and quick to the point. Unique and neat.
This zine makes a great companion to Support zine. Put together by 5 people of varying genders who got together to discuss the topic of intmate violence - this zine explores roles of the community in support of people in situations of intimate violence including both physical and emotional. Community Support skillfully tackles a very complex issues with a well laid of approach, personal stories, and exercises.
A lengthy, first-hand account of an American's journey through Eastern Europe and Turkey, down into Israel and Palestine, and back. From confrontations with fascists to confrontations with parasites , the real significance ultimately lies in the author's internal confrontations with tourism as well as the human rights offenses in the middle east. At times poetic and at times biting and raw, this zine is a page turner that is well worth the enjoyable read.
Some nice kids in Europe sent this our way! It's a zine yearbook they put together of their favorite UK zines! Get a copy and check out what UK zine-makers are up to! Includes reprints from: Rum Lad, Suspect Device, Oscar's Eyes, Ploppy Pants, Morganmuffel, Last Hours, Adventures in Menstruating, Let's Just Pretend, Drink the Sunshine, Computers are Turned Off for a Reason, Initonit, Shadowplay, Short Fanzine About Rocking, Good for Nothing?, Sweat Shop Syndicate, Cat's Penis, Gadgle, Dance Like No One's Watching, Monkeys in the Sun, In My Head, Mass Movement, These Words Could Kill, The New Wave of Cut & Paste, Facial Disobedience, Beat Motel, Bald Cactus, You can't say no to hope...., Remains of a Caveman, Artcore, Upgloss, Bristle, Punk or Nothing, Colouring Outside the Lines, Zonked, Southcoast Vegan Cooking Zine, and Black Lesbian President.
Uncle Enos is a comprehensive look at musicians who've made their own instruments. It comes from Shane Speal, employee at the Cigar Box Guitar Museum! It's got profiles on homemade banjos, violins, and of course guitars. There's even instructions for building your own unitar. Apparently, a unitar is like a giant diddley bow. If you're still confused about what a diddley bow is exactly, then you should probably just get this zine and check it out.
A coloring book that breaks down the roots and history of terrorism to the most basic levels that a child could understand. It's fun to learn about history while coloring in hokey pictures that illustrate a point. This serves as a great introduction for children or adults who want to learn more about how the US is involved in stimulating the amount of terror in the world.
This zine takes its reader on a tour through the National Gallery of Canada's artistic works by anarchists. Allan Antliff gives biographies of these inspiring characters including descriptions of their aversions to authority and how those opinions were expressed in their artwork. Artists profiled include Marcel Duchamp, James Ensor, Francis Picabia, Camille Pissarro, and many others.
We picked these up in Canada and they are amazingly well-rounded. Focusing mostly on Canada, they're regularly published journals of radical thought that are engaging and intelligent. They're collectively produced and the writing is varied and excellent. And despite it's being published from Canada, the themes covered, such as anarchism and social reform, are really relevant to all of us.
In this issue:
A life of anarchy, what's beyond the state?, trans-politics and anti-capitalism, the world social forum, solidarity with the six nations, prison abolition, and the Vancouver housing crisis. Plus as always, there's a letters section and book reviews.
Canadian Feminism, indigenous anti-colonialism, perspectives on resistance, the Alberta tar sands, student organizing and the CFS, Islam, Fascism, and the Left, and a political prisoner round table.
Plus as always, there's a letters section and book reviews.
Shawn Granton, co author of the Zinester's Guide to Portland, compiled this zine of historical bike tours through Portland, Oregon. Shawn is a meticulous researcher of both obscure histories and bike routes so this seems a natural fit. These guides are used for actual tours that Shawn conducts with groups of fellow adventurers. This zine collects these previous mini-guides: Alameda Ridge, Eastside Theater, South Portland, and Council Crest. This zine even comes with a fold out map of the routes just in case you get lost while following the step-by-step directions. Did we mention that Shawn is meticulous?
The Hermitt is the beat poet of the zeros - and he's back! These are the stories dripping with sarcasm that make up a life dripping with idealism. This issue finds Hermitt back living in Seattle among a healthy homosexual community with its own share of drama, fag bars, hitched car rides, love affairs, queer conferences, working in a group home with unruly teenagers, and the ongoing quest in society to be accepted as a man. It's a unique hip hop infused version of the English language. What may appear to be a typo at first may actually be slang. It's easy to get sucked straight up into the Hermitt's world after a few pages and really, I don't blame you for wanting to stay there. It has a pretty swell outlook on life.
Urban Hermitt #22 is great. It's all about Hermitt's search to find a church where the pastor does not spout homophobic rhetoric. He ends up at a "hipster church" where Aphex Twin thuds on the speakers and soymilk is available with the free coffee. The anecdotes Hermitt relates are of feeling frustrated when the pastor denounces paganism and Buddhism, or talks about how having a traditional family is the zenith of weirdness. At these moments Hermitt senses that the church-goers can tell that he's, as he puts it, "a freaky queer". Issue #22 is about finding a place to worship when you feel the most spiritual while running a marathon, or meditating on a rooftop. Oh and Hermitt also wants you to know that zines are not dead!
The People's Potato is a Food Not Bombs type of project from Montreal, started in a church to feed the hungry masses. They incorporate politics into their food and lay it out here as well as some basic vegan information; like how to stock your kitchen and styles of cooking. And boy can they cook! "Free" food doesn't have to be tasteless. And it can be nutritious, and vegan. Here's how. With recipes for breakfasts; sprouts, salads, and dressings; sauces and dips; soups; entrees; snacks; teas and hot drinks; desserts; and meals for 300! The comb binding allows it to sit flat on your kitchen counter too! What a treat!
Amazing comics from Nate Powell! The comics by Nate are wonderfully drawn and take a few reads to really understand and appreciate, but their depth and beauty come out in these readings. His stories are funny, heartfelt, and cryptic. The art is detailed and alluring, while the stories are more cryptic and difficult.
Issue Four concludes--if rather inconclusively--the "Satellite Worlds" arc Powell began in Issue Three. The intertwined threads of narrative take alternate turns of surreality, apocalyptic fear, wry humor, and poignant immediacy. A young cartoonist sees death, and later finds his body temporarily evaporated as he hammers at a typewriter. Dysfunctional lovebirds fight over millet. A boy in a cape catches fish by holding out his hand. Gorgeous, delicate, this comic works its way into your muscles. (Rosemary)
A detailed account of Sascha Scatter growing up, realizing and understanding his mental illness and how to deal with it. He started out at home in a liberal household, went to college, got involved in serious quantities of activism, and then started to lose hold of his facilities culminating in a one night breakdown of roaming the streets and eventually learning how to harness himself and embracing his creative side.
Subtitled "A letter to social justice activists", this pamphlet covers ten major points designed to call attention to post-hurricane struggle in New Orleans. It is crucial for activists to understand that Katrina was not merely a natural disaster. The devastation was a direct result of the government prioritizing war spending over investing in structurally sound levees and other preventative measures, as this succinct and scholarly zine proves. Best of all, the author includes many resources and suggestions for building solidarity with the survivors.
The newest issue of DJ's ongoing project about pirate radio, shortwave, free radio, indie media, and getting back our radio voices from the corporate norms! This issue features interviews with pirate radio operators John Poet and Dr. Benway, a review of "Making Waves" a documentary about 4 (quite varied) unlicensed radio broadcasters in Tucson, and closes out with a letter from James Dawson about the state of underground radio and zines. Bread and butter for the novice or enthusiast!
Jack Saturn is a sometimes jaded, wandering, cynical philosopher transplanted to his new home in Portland, OR. His wanderings lead him to comb countless bins of bargain vinyl, contemplate how to react to a post-9/11 world, and deal with the death of his grandmother. Jack’s writing style and analytical sense carries a strong similarity to Al Burian’s Burn Collector, which is not a bad thing in this case as he succeeds in fully making it his own. The thing about this zine though is that has more resemblance to a book than a zine until you open it up and start reading. You see, it’s over 250 pages and it’s got a thick spine and a nice letterpress cover with artwork from Clutch McBastard. What more could you ask for? Highly recommended for anyone with time for aimless Saturdays spent in the park. Entertaining and inspiring.
A whiz bang collection of essays, poems, short stories and personal histories from the newest, sharpest feminist voices. These writings cover a phenomenal range, from war to polyamory, class issues to race issues, pro-sex to anti-establishment. They are linked by an overreaching theme of dissolving lines and uniting for a greater good and a stronger fight. As editor Melody Berger writes, "We don't need another wave. We need a movement." A definite must-read, especially for young women looking to get psyched on their rights.
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