Books and Zines

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mckswift:

cultureofresistance:

hiphopeducation:

BRONX HIP-HOP COLLECTIVE TO LAUNCH A ‘RADICAL’ LIBRARY FOR YOUTH
MOTT HAVEN — Rappers feed off great beats, but they’re nourished by great books.
That’s one message the hip-hop-centric Rebel Diaz Arts Collective hopes to convey to local youth with a community library they will soon run out of their headquarters in a former candy factory by the Bruckner Expressway.
“I tell them, ‘The more you read, the iller you’ll be as an emcee,’” said Rodrigo Venegas, aka Rodstarz, one-third of the rap crew, Rebel Diaz, and a founding member of the cultural collective with an activist bent.
The roughly 20-member collective has partnered with Bluestockings, the independent Lower East Side bookstore, to amass about 300 mostly donated books on radical politics, Hispanic and black history and hip hop.
By erecting the small library in the same space where it hosts monthly hip-hop open mic nights that draw rising rappers and their fans from across the city, the collective is trying to convince these young people that the slickest rhymers are often also the sharpest readers.
“If we make it cool to read books in the South Bronx,” Venegas said, “then it’s a victory.”
The Richie Perez Radical Library, named for a South Bronx educator and activist who died in 2004, combines works by influential thinker-agitators, such as Angela Davis and Malcolm X, with writings by hip-hop luminaries including KRS-One, the RZA and Jay-Z.
Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130205/mott-haven/bronx-hip-hop-collective-launch-radical-library-for-youth#ixzz2KG03anOL

#radical library #youth #radical #hiphop collective #thinkers #agitators # Lower East Side bookstore

I got to see the library today. It’s the dopeness.

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anarcho-queer:

2013 NYC Anarchist Bookfair Is Announced!
When: April 6th and 7th, 2013 from from 10 AM to 6 PM both days
Where: Clemente Soto Velez Community Ceneter (107 Suffolk Street)
This year’s book fair moves from the genteel West Village to the rough-and-tumble Lower East Side, the real historic hub of dissident squatter and anarchist culture, where we’ll reconnect with other LES organizations in a nucleus of uprising, conspiracy, and mutual confabulation bringing together for the general public two days of books and book reading, lectures, workshops, pamphlets, broadsides, zines, films, demos and skill shares, and much more we really don’t want to reveal — yet. In addition to being hosted by the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, a dynamic multicultural center on Rivington Street, the book fair will co-sponsor events at Bluestockings, ABC No Rio, Living Theater, Think Cafe, MoRUS (Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space), and at neighborhood gardens — most within walking distance.
The NYC Anarchist Book Fair is a free event but it costs money to make it happen. Expenses include renting the space (everyone is familiar with NYC real estate prices), renting tables, printing for advertising, etc. Any contribution would be greatly appreciated. If everyone were to contribute $5 (much less than many events charge for even one night) we will be able to keep up with rising rent and maybe try out new possibilities!
You can mail your contribution via snail mail to:
NYC-ABF Bookfair - P.O. BOX 128 - Highland Lakes, NJ 07422
**Get in touch if interested in doing Workshops**

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breathingrevolution:

free zines free zines free zines free zines anti capitalism

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notafraidofruins:

diypuppies:

petrushkab:

So. I know it only took about a thousand months, but here’s the pdf of Betrayal - A critical analysis of rape culture in anarchist subcultures. It’s only in readable format because I’m terrible with computers, and keep forgetting to ask someone to make a printable version.
Sorry this took so long. But here it is! As always, any questions or concerns, let me know.
http://zinelibrary.info/betrayal-critical-analysis-rape-culture-anarchist-subcultures

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ZINES I’VE EVER READ
DO. NOT. MISS. THIS.

reminder to self to read this

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fanzines:

Etsy’s just published an article about zines - they mention a resurgence, but thankfully they also mention that zines have never really gone away.

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hoaxzine:

inmidnightblood:

[img: a black and white flyer for a zine reading featuring a drawing of a white woman wearing glasses. information from the flyer is posted below.]
nototherwisestated:

THIS ZINE READING IS HAPPENING THIS FRIDAY! CLICK FOR THE FACEBOOK PAGE!!

Brianna Dearest is a feminist zinester on tour from Cleveland, OHcelebrating the release of the 20th issue of her perzine, Motor City Kitty(http://www.facebook.com/MCKzine) . This issue focuses on Brianna working towards bettering her life in a variety of ways, struggling with mental health issues and healing from several forms of heartbreak.Jamie Varriale Vélez (NY) is author of Sin Verguenza and the Rock And The Single Girl blog (http://rockandthesinglegirl.blogspot.com/)Eric Montenergro (KY/NY) co-runs the liberation frequency media collective (http://liberationxfrequency.tumblr.com/) and is helping the Rebel Diaz Art Collective in the South Bronx build a radical library (http://rdacbx.blogspot.com/)sari co-edits the feminist comp zine HOAX (hoaxzine.tumblr.com) and is author of the zines you’ve got a friend in pennsylvania, thou shalt not talk about the white boys’ club challenging the unwritten rules of punk, and neither dollhouses nor tree houses: on living outside of the gender binary.Ian McDeath is author of the zine the three chavs, a zine about his wild travel stories. An ex-new brunswick dweller he now lives in west philly.$1-7 - sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of fundsFree food and beveragesxxxALSO PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS IS A SOBER EVENT SO NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS xxx

switched my shift at the bakery so i could read at this & bring vegan donuts with me! so stoked to see bri & jamie again! <3

go see sari read on friday! <3 <3 <3 rachel
(ps i’m reading with bri & jamie the next day, sat the 19th, at bluestockings bookstore)

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yoursecretary:

chicagozinefest:

Wondering who will be tabling at Chicago Zine Fest 2013? Wonder no longer! Our list of exhibitors can be found here.

Jen Twigg busted her butt making this list beautiful for your viewing pleasure.

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cloudfather:

New zines @ cloudcult.bigcartel.com

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Bookbinding at its ultimate realization is not a physical act of sewing or gluing, but a conceptual ordering of time and space.

— Keith Smith

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pushpinzines:

fanzines:

D.I.Y. Berlin is an awesome alternative guide to the city, which I picked up at Zinefest Berlin.
Could’ve done with having this little beauty before I arrived!
Might try digging up some more city guide zines - they’re an invaluable resource for zinesters, or anyone of a D.I.Y. persuasion.

Remind me to do a blog post of my favourite travel guide zines.

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Self-Care for Zinesters

welovezines:

Excellent blog post by Maranda Elizabeth (of Telegram zine) about self-care and tips for zinesters: trips, zine events, etc. Well worth a read even if you don’t consider yourself a ‘zinester’ per se!

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