Alternative

Archive of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

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Interesting, have not seen

Interesting, have not seen this before.

Ralph DiGia was a stalwart at the War Resisters League (WRL), "Peace Pentagon", 339 Lafayette St (where WSA had an office). Ralph was a nice guy. Such a tragedy that one of their children "disappeared". I don't think anyone knows whatever happened.

Anyway, Ralph was, a WWII CO draft resister. He remained an anarcho-pacifist for many, many decades.

We all had mucho respect for him.

In an article which appeared in the NY Times, they wrote:

Mr. DiGia grew up on the Upper West Side, the son of an immigrant barber. In 1927, when Mr. DiGia was 12, his father took him to a rally protesting the imminent execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, whose murder trial centered on their radical political beliefs.

''My first demonstration,'' Mr. DiGia said, smiling.

In 1941, Mr. DiGia received his draft notice, but reported instead to the United States attorney's office to announce that he was a conscientious objector. After being convicted of failure to report for induction in 1943, he was sent to a federal penitentiary in Danbury, Conn., where he helped lead a successful effort to integrate the prison dining hall.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/22/nyregion/a-nation-at-war-at-war-at-home-as-wars-come-and-go-ralph-keeps-protesting.html

The "Ralph DiGia Fund for Peace & Justice" can be found at: http://www.ralphdigiafund.org

Yep, another publication I

Yep, another publication I happened to stumble upon. Have the entire run, which was reprinted by Greenwood. Some of the people behind Alternative came from Why? and Retort.

Yes, I can see that, for

Yes, I can see that, for sure. I was surprised to see Ralph's name, but, then again, I shouldn't be.
Like I said, didn't know about this one and glad you found it.

Pleased to say that this is

Pleased to say that this is finished. It is the full run besides Vol. 3, No. 3 & 4, which were confiscated and destroyed by postal authorities.

Alternative Vol. 1, No. 1 (April 1948)

The Vol. 1, No. 1 (April 1948) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-Statement of purpose

-What about Wallace? by Roy Finch

-Peace of mind (for two dollars and a half) by William Kuenning

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Alternative Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1948)

The Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1948) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-Civil disobedience campaigns planned: against Jim Crow by M.R. & R.A. (a.k.a. Margaret Rockwell & Robert Auerbach)

-Civil disobedience campaigns planned: to resist draft by D.D. (a.k.a. David Dellinger)

-Live your own life

-Peace, it's wonderful! by Roy Kepler & J.H. McCandless

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Alternative Vol. 1, No. 3 (June 1948)

The Vol. 1, No. 3 (June 1948) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-U.S. prisons: a disgrace by Howard Schoenfeld

-Letters

-Patriotism or peace? by Roy Finch

-Refuse to be drafted!

-You can't 'reform' a jail by Bill Sutherland

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Alternative Vol. 1, No. 4 (July-August 1948)

The Vol. 1, No. 4 (July-August 1948) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-The war and you

-Freud and Gandhi by Anne E. Moffett (a.k.a. Anne Moffatt)

-Sex is here to stay: and so is opposition to war!

-Letters

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Alternative Vol. 1, No. 5 (September-October 1948)

The Vol. 1, No. 5 (September-October 1948) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-"Cold War" draft meets colder response

-Letters

-Notes from Arizona by Ammon A. Hennacy

-We're not magicians!

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Alternative Vol. 1, No. 5 (September-October 1948).pdf (3.44 MB)

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Alternative Vol. 1, No. 6 (November 1948)

The Vol. 1, No. 6 (November 1948) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-"Maintain the integrity of the law": the age of escape by Roy Finch

-"Brave and honest": so they send him back to prison

-We're medicine men, not tobacco men!

-Letters

-Vet rejects war

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Alternative Vol. 1, No. 7 (December 1948)

The Vol. 1, No. 7 (December 1948) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-Town Santa Claus killed in freak accident by D.D. (David Dellinger)

-Letters: IWW position from Gerald Williamson

-From a Japanese schoolgirl by Hideke Inourie (Reprinted from Peace News)

-Go left, young west by R.A. and R.F.

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Alternative Vol. 1, No. 8 (January 1949)

The Vol. 1, No. 8 (January 1949) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-World citizenship, limited by Roy C. Kepler

-Letters: Contrast with Communism from Robert Ludlow; From Puerto Rico from A reader in Puerto Rico

-A substitute for war (Review of R.R. Diwakar's Satyagraha: the power of truth) by David Dellinger

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Alternative Vol. 1, No. 9 (February 1949)

The Vol. 1, No. 9 (February 1949) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-How much is a man worth? by Irving Ravin (Irving Ravine)

-Letters

-The power-free society by Roy Finch

-Tax refusal program

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Alternative Vol. 1, No. 9 (February 1949).pdf (8.2 MB)

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Alternative Vol. 1, No.10 (March-April 1949)

The Vol. 1, No.10 (March-April 1949) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-What we can do now: some suggestions by Elizabeth Dellinger

-What we can do now: a specific experiment by Rubin Abramowitz

-Letters

-What we can do now: problems we face (Excerpts from The revolution of our time by Scott Nearing)

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Alternative Vol. 1, No.10 (March-April 1949).pdf (8.08 MB)

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Alternative Vol. 2, No. 1 (May-June 1949)

The Vol. 2, No. 1 (May-June 1949) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-U.S. Army versus Williams (Scene from U.S. Criminal, a play by Randolph Phillips)

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Alternative Vol. 2, No. 1 (May-June 1949).pdf (8.16 MB)

Randolph Phillips

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Alternative Vol. 2, No. 2 (October 1949)

The Vol. 2, No. 2 (October 1949) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-...and the band played on by Wilbur Rippy

-V. Sheean's way to peace by David Dellinger

-Imprisoned for $4.50 tax by Sandy Katz (Sander Katz)

-Notes on children by Roy Finch

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Alternative Vol. 2, No. 2 (October 1949).pdf (8.32 MB)

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Alternative Vol. 2, No. 3 (November 1949)

The Vol. 2, No. 3 (November 1949) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-How to identify a radical by Irving Ravin (Irving Ravine)

-Garry Davis by R.F. & D.D.

-Letters

-Totalitarianism: Vatican style by Sandy Katz (Sander Katz)

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Alternative Vol. 2, No. 3 (November 1949).pdf (8.14 MB)

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Alternative Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 1949)

The Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 1949) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-There is no Santa Claus

-Letter from Robert Ludlow

-Letter from S.K.

-On Irving Ravin's Radical (Letters from Margaret Rockwell, others)

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Alternative Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 1949).pdf (2.81 MB)

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Alternative Vol. 2, No. 5 (January 1950)

The Vol. 2, No. 5 (January 1950) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-Last good war by Doug A. Seaman

-Does your mate satusfy you? If not, smoke ABC's by David Dellinger

-Prison diary (Reprinted from A field of broken stones by Lowell Naeve and David Wieck)

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Alternative Vol. 2, No. 6 (February 1950)

The Vol. 2, No. 6 (February 1950) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-Against the race to death by Sander Katz

-What now? Two views on H-Bomb by Dwight Macdonald and David Dellinger

-Open letter from Mothers Against War

-Review: War, sadism and pacifism by Edward Glover (Review by Sander Katz)

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Alternative Vol. 2, No. 7 (March 1950)

The Vol. 2, No. 7 (March 1950) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-What now? 3 views on H-Bomb by Roy C. Kepler, Roy Finch and Paul Goodman

-Letter: A father against Mothers Against War by Irving Ravine

-Jesus was a dreamer...but we have the H-bomb

-Butter!

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Alternative Vol. 3, No. 1 (April-May 1950)

The Vol. 3, No. 1 (April-May 1950) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-Civil liberties & Communists by Roy Finch and Sander Katz

-Letters

-Fight without fear of false identification by David Dellinger

-As long as capitalism continues... by Robert Auerbach

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Alternative Vol. 3, No. 1 (April-May 1950).pdf (2.95 MB)

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Alternative Vol. 3, No. 2 (June-July 1950)

The Vol. 3, No. 2 (June-July 1950) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-Don't let unemployment drive us to war again!

-We have another solution by David Dellinger

-Letter from Ammon Hennacy

-What A&P forgot to mention in its ads

-Religion and pacifism by Roy Finch

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Alternative Vol. 3, No. 2 (June-July 1950).pdf (2.65 MB)

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Alternative Vol. 3, No. 5 (January 1951)

The Vol. 3, No. 5 (January 1951) issue of Alternative, an anarchist publication produced out of New York City from 1948-1951 and focusing on pacifist viewpoints.

Contents include:

-What is a Communist? by Roy Finch

-Freedom of the press

-Peacemakers resist draft; draft all-out resistance by David Dellinger

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Alternative Vol. 3, No. 5 (January 1951).pdf (3.05 MB)