'The Mill Hunk Herald' was an excellent example of working class self-activitiy and culture 'from below'. I suspect the book will be filled with such examples.
Overtime: Punchin’ Out with The Mill Hunk Herald Magazine (1979-1989)
The Mill Hunk Herald was a newsletter, a journal of opinion, a magazine of the arts—an unsanctioned rebel institution in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the 1980s. These writings about the Homestead, Pennsylvania steel mill and its subsequent shutdown, along with the history of its people’s lives and the fiction and poetry of the working class, were lovingly culled from the remains.
While the editorial tasks were shared collectively, largely by steel workers unemployed at the time, the principle architect of the newspaper was Larry Evans, whose house was converted into a production line with every issue. The editorial committee included a number of talented writers, such as Jim Daniels and Peter Oresick.
½ x 11 inches • 208 pages • ISBN 0-931122-55-4 • $12.95
