The Vol. 4, No. 1 (Autumn 1947) issue of Retort, an anarchist publication produced out of Bearsville, New York from 1942-1951.
Contents include:
-Editorials" The new resistance in Russia part II
-Poem: India, the great day by W.B. Yeats
-Art, play and its perversions by Holley Cantine
-Poem by George Sims
-Poem by Alex Comfort
-Poem: Sestina by Dachine Rainer
-Poem: Parable by Pearl Bond
-Poem by Jackson MacLow
-Poem by Martin Dworkin
-Michael Bakunin: a pioneer of anarchist resistance by Michael Grieg
-Retorting
-A refugee from Dalstroi (Interview conducted by Ida Mett, translated by Holley Cantine)
-Review: New world primer by Julien Cornell and The state by Randolph Bourne (Review by Holley Cantine)
-Review: The innocent eye by Herbert Read (Review by Dachine Rainer)
-Review: The coming crisis by Fritz Sternberg (Review by Alexander Lang)
-Review: Bend sinister by Vladimir Nabokov (Review by Holley Cantine)
-Records: Bach; Beethoven; Harmonica Classics; Wagnerian Excerpts; Chansons; Richard Strauss; Debussy
This issue digitized for libcom.org by the Centre International de Recherches sur l'Anarchisme (CIRA) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Attachments
Retort Vol. 4, No. 1 (Autumn 1947).pdf
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Comments
The cultural stuff kills
The cultural stuff kills me.... But the articles on Russia ain't bad
I didn't realize that Bearsville, New York is actually part of Woodstock. Pretty groovy.
Yeah the classical music
Yeah the classical music reviews I just kinda roll my eyes at. Some of the poetry is ok, I guess. Personally have found it hard to get into that stuff.
Yeah, I saw a few things where it seemed to be a part of Woodstock but wasn't sure. I assumed that there was an anarchist intentional colony or something that Retort was published out of. Will have to check further.
^^^^^ artists lots of
^^^^^ artists lots of creative people. I'm not aware of intentional community, but ya nevha know