Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tomorrow is Mayday, the day we celebrate the bravery of anarchists who went to the gallows for their beliefs. Named after the last words of George Engel, a 50 year old toymaker, Hurrah for Anarchy is a little zine to commemorate the holiday. Because of the way we printed it, it’s two files: first the cover, which is 2-up, print single-sided. Then the inside, which is only one-up, that you’ll want to print double-sided on “long-edge-binding”, then fold twice, cut and staple into the cover. Sorry its complex, but its worth it. We’ll be giving these away at Portland, Oregon’s Mayday festival tomorrow as well.
If we all had six fingers on each hand, we’d probably count in base 12 instead of base 10. In that case, this would be a particularly special issue of the Super Happy Anarcho Fun Pages! But since we only have 5 fingers on each hand, this issue will have to rely on its charm and humor instead.
We are quite happy to release our latest short political theory zine, entitled “Post-Civ!”. This zine is the closest we have yet come to a ‘manifesto’ or statement-of-purpose or whathaveyou, and lays out some of the groundwork for the exciting new concept of post-civilized theory and action. Freely downloadable, of course. The printable files are set up to print off two copies at once: simply print the PDFs doublesided (short-edge binding), staple and then cut the result in half.
We are proud to announce that Strangers will be hosting O.R.C., a newsblog devoted to covering the complex issues facing the modern environmentalist. Look for daily and near-daily coverage of all the things which confront us.
Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness will be at the Olympia Anarchist Bookfair, April 18-20. We’ll be tabling all of our free literature and music (and the occasional sold steampunk item), including at least 5 new zines that have yet to be seen on the internet! This bookfair will be accompanied by a Really Really Free Market, which is of course one of the best things in the world. Long live the gift economy! Long live anarchy! Anyhow, I’m pretty excited about it. Hope you’ll come out.
After two years in the making, we are proud to release Attack Attack Attack’s second album, “We Are Not In The Least Afraid Of Ruins.” 12 tracks that run the gamut from danceable dark electronica to darkwave to drum & bass to ambient, this album has a lot to offer. You can download the entire album, complete with PDF of the album cover (print it out, cut along the lines, fold it, then tape the sides) and a PDF of the booklet (print double-sided onto two sheets of paper, fold twice, staple and cut). Also, you can download individual tracks from the music page.
I just discovered today that the interview we did with Alan Moore was just translated into what I presume to be russian. This is very exciting. LINK
an anarchists guide to copyright, anti-copyright, and Creative Commons. Illustrated with comics! This zine was put together for a presentation at the baltimore anarchist book fair last fall, and is better thought of as a primer than a comprehensive guide.
we’ve decided to unearth and post a couple of the zines we’ve been tabling for awhile, but hadn’t yet posted to the website. Here is an anonymous author’s poetry, set to critique their experience with anarchist dogmatism.
We just put out issue #4 of SteamPunk Magazine. Free to download, cheap for ordering, and its 80 pages of fiction, theory, how-to and general mayhem for the steampunk enthusiast.