Complete online archive of the Blast, an anarchist newspaper published by Alexander Berkman for 29 issues, from 1916 to 1917, when it was shut down for encouraging resistance to the draft.
The Blast
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 01 - 15 January 1916)
First ever issue of Berkman's The Blast, January 15th, 1916 featuring birthday greetings from Emma Goldman as well as commentary on World War 1.
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Hey mate, thanks for posting these. Although if you could put in a short introduction in the "intro" box with some basic information like what date the issue is from, and whether it has a theme or what it mostly covers that would be great!
Yeah sorry, I kind of mucked up the Child-page stuff as well. I'll fix it now.
Edit: How do I delete the child pages. I accidentally added issues 3-5 as a child of issue 2 itself rather than the whole.
Hey, should be sorted now in terms of the ordering. Also, you now have permissions to approve your own edits when you add intros etc.
Also, I have changed your naming of the issues slightly to fit with how we do other publications on the site. Also by using double digits it means they will all automatically go in order (otherwise after 9 the order gets messed up). Thanks very much for this!
Thanks for the help and tips! I'll try and continue to post 5 or so at a time as I visit the library to study.
AK Press published a book with all the issues of the Blast here:
https://archive.org/details/blast0000unse/mode/2up
I'll see about posting the rest of the issues.
I've modified all the previous entries and added issues 10 and 11. I'll add the rest and tidy everything up later...
Archive complete! I might transcribe some stuff later, unless someone else wants to do it.
Poor Berkman, he turned from the pistol to the press (the "Blast" isn't all that subtle) and they still shut him down. Just can't win!
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 02 - 22 January 1916)
The Blast Issue No. 2 featuring Charles Scott Wood on "What's The Matter With Labor?" and more commentary on World War One.
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 03 - 29 January 1916)
Issue no. 3 featuring a Letter from Tom Mann and contributions on Military Preparedness and it's real purpose for suppressing labor.
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 04 - 5 February 1916)
Issue no. 4 of The Blast, featuring Charles Scott Wood discussing vision and consciousness as central to the laborers' lives as it is to any philosopher or capitalists, among others.
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 05 - 12 February 1916)
Issue no. 5 of Berkman's The Blast covers birth control, Margaret Sanger, what it means to be a woman under capitalism, Jinogism, Labor's Allies, and commentary on the war.
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 06 - 19 February 1916)
Issue no. 6 of Berkman's The Blast
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 07 - 26 February 1916)
Issue no. 7 of Berkman's The Blast
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 08 - 4 March 1916)
Issue no. 8 of Berkman's The Blast
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The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 09 - 15 March 1916)
Issue no. 9 of Berkman's The Blast
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 10 - 1 April 1916)
The 1 April 1916 issue of the Blast (Vol. 1 No. 10).
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 11 - 15 April 1916)
The 15 April 1916 issue of the Blast (Vol. 1 No. 11).
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 12 - 1 May 1916)
The 1 May 1916 issue of the Blast (Vol. 1 No. 12).
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 13 - 15 May 1916)
The 15 May 1916 issue of the Blast (Vol. 1 No. 13).
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 14 - 1 June 1916)
The 1 June 1916 issue of the Blast (Vol. 1 No. 14).
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 15 - 1 July 1916)
The 1 July 1916 issue of the Blast (Vol. 1 No. 15).
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 16 - 15 July 1916)
The 15 July 1916 issue of the Blast (Vol. 1 No. 16).
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 17 - 15 August 1916)
The 15 August 1916 issue of the Blast (Vol. 1 No. 17).
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 18 - 1 September 1916)
The 1 September 1916 issue of the Blast (Vol. 1 No. 18).
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 19 - 15 September 1916)
The 15 September 1916 issue of the Blast (Vol. 1 No. 19).
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 20 - 15 October 1916)
The 15 October 1916 issue of the Blast (Vol. 1 No. 20).
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 21 - 1 November 1916)
The 1 November 1916 issue of the Blast (Vol. 1 No. 21).
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 22 - 1 December 1916)
The 1 December 1916 issue of the Blast (Vol. 1 No. 22).
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 23 - 15 December 1916)
The 15 December 1916 issue of the Blast (Vol. 1 No. 23).
The Blast (Vol. 1 No. 24 - 1 January 1917)
The 1 January 1917 issue of the Blast (Vol. 1 No. 24).
The Blast (Vol. 2 No. 01 - 15 January 1917)
The 15 January 1917 issue of the Blast (Vol. 2 No. 1).
The Blast (Vol. 2 No. 02 - 15 February 1917)
The 15 February 1917 issue of the Blast (Vol. 2 No. 2).
The Blast (Vol. 2 No. 03 - 15 March 1917)
The 15 March 1917 issue of the Blast (Vol. 2 No. 3).
The Blast (Vol. 2 No. 04 - 1 May 1917)
The 1 May 1917 issue of the Blast (Vol. 2 No. 4).
The Blast (Vol. 2 No. 05 - 1 June 1917)
The 1 June 1917 issue of the Blast (Vol. 2 No. 5).
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