Partial online archive of Black star, a publication of the Social Revolutionary Anarchist Federation in the US published from 1975.
Black Star: an anarchist review
Black star anarchist review
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Black Star: an anarchist review #1.01
First issue of Black Star: an anarchist review, published in 1975 by the U.S. based Social Revolutionary Anarchist Federation.
CONTENTS:
-News: here and there
-Some thoughts on anarchist culture by Glenn Meredith
-Wooden Horse (reprint from Black Flag, March 1975)
-How we saved Arboretum from the multiversity
-Why I espouse such reformist undertakings by Louise Crowley
-Rape a crime? by Jim Bumpas (Trigger warning for mention of sexual violence.)
-The June Second, Baader-Meinhoff and Holger Meins Commandoes: an account
-A lifetime in institutions by Sandy Ruben
-Government, state & society by Mike Hargis
-A position on Armageddon
-Hard times in East Europe by Jeff
-Declaration of the Social Revolutionary Anarchist Federation
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Comments
That's quite a first cover.
That's quite a first cover. How many women were in the organization at the time? And in the editorial group?
Sad to say this is a typical
Sad to say this is a typical graphic from the time period. I was involved with the broader group of SRAF members engaged with this. There were actually a number of women involved. Been a long time so I can't remember the breakdown
I have some water damaged
I have some water damaged issues in my personal archives
I'd have to dig them out tho
Syndicalist, that would be
Syndicalist, that would be great if you could dig some up!
Yeah, with the graphic nowadays I would say that was totally inappropriate, however from stuff I have seen from the 70s that sort of imagery seemed pretty common
Steven.... We'll see what we
Steven.... We'll see what we can do. It really was very eclectic and not the best publication. But it reflected the eclectic nature of mid 1970s anarchism. Def not class struggle That's why we went on to form the ACF/NA a few years later
I'll be in touch on this
Great stuff, thanks
Great stuff, thanks
No problem
No problem
Mimi did the graphic, and I
Mimi did the graphic, and I always liked her drawings. The mag was certainly class struggle, although not of the rabid organizational variety that leftoids like. I did the process camera work at RPM print Coop in Madison for a few issues.
Quote: although not of the
And this is why SRAF failed.