The Blast #1.01

The Blast #1.01 cover

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.

Files

The Blast - No. 1 0001.pdf (7.49 MB)

Comments

Hey mate, thanks for posting

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

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.

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Hey, should be sorted now in

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!

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.

Fantastic! Thanks for the

Fantastic! Thanks for the work! Great addition to the library . . .

The Blast #1.02

The Blast #1.02 cover

The Blast Issue No. 2 featuring Charles Scott Wood on "What's The Matter With Labor?" and more commentary on World War One.

Files

The Blast - No. 2 0001.pdf (7.04 MB)

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The Blast #1.03

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Issue no. 3 featuring a Letter from Tom Mann and contributions on Military Preparedness and it's real purpose for suppressing labor.

Files

The Blast - No. 3 0001.pdf (7.21 MB)

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The Blast #1.04

The Blast #1.04 cover

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.

Files

The Blast - No. 4 0001.pdf (7.1 MB)

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The Blast #1.05

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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.