The Shadow

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Online archive of The Shadow, an anarchist newspaper based in New York City focussing on investigative journalism, squatting, policing etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on January 30, 2024

The Shadow has been published in New York City since 1989. It was founded in reaction to the way that events in the Lower East Side, including the Tompkins Square Park Riot, were covered by mainstream media.

Each issue includes excellent coverage of local struggles, but unfortunately there are also occasional forays into conspiracy theorising (especially around the World Trade Center bombing and then 9/11), which Libcom does not support.

PDFs from various online sources including shadowpress.net.

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Fozzie

3 weeks 3 days ago

Submitted by Fozzie on October 28, 2024

I'm stopping uploading these at #50 I'm afraid. Things get a bit more conspiracy theoryish from then on, including several infamous 9/11 conspiracy theory films being sold as merch. The coverage of local struggles is still very good though. A shame.

The Shadow #1 (March 1989)

Shadow 1 cover Tompkins Square Task Farce

Including: Tompkins Square meeting disrupted by activists, police complaints corruption, Shadow statement of intent, Guardian Angels critique, Reagan autocracy, interview with prisoner Mariyn Buck, police brutality, where to go for food and help, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on January 30, 2024

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The Shadow #2 (April 1989)

Domino Effect! Another homestead building bites the dust on east 8th street

Including: homestead demolition protest, yuppie go home!, NY Press rivalry, Tompkins Square Park riot cover up, urine tests, George Bush vs abortion, cop watching, squatting, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on July 29, 2024

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The Shadow #3 (May 1989)

HPD strikes again!

Including: squat fire, police state on Avenue B, eviction thwarted, cop watching, Abbie Hoffman, May Day is jay day, no to the death penalty, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on July 30, 2024

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The Shadow #5 (July 1989)

Pigs Attack The Homeless

Including: attack on homeless in Tompkins Square Park, flag burning outrage, skinheads attack leftwing space, Abbie Hoffman event, death of street musician Lincoln Swados, events, letters, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on January 30, 2024

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The Shadow #7 (October 1989)

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Including: war on homeless, riot cops acquitted, fuck the NY Press, cops attack community centre, community board vs Tompkins Square Park, squatting, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on July 31, 2024

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The Shadow #8 (December 1989)

Dinkins to homeless - Drop Dead!

Including: park pigs raid homeless again, Shadow editor busted, Lower East Side corruption, tensions at Tompkins Park public meeting, sit-in a Deputy Mayor's office, ACT-UP cathedral protest, ABC community center retaken, the truth behind the Revolutionary Communist Party, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 1, 2024

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The Shadow #9 (February 1990)

ABC Raid!!! Community Center attacked by pigs!

Including: Revolutionaty Communist Party exposed, hatemail from pigs, planning corruption, ABC community centre raided, bike courier protest, Tompkins Square Park updates, council corruption, cop watching, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 2, 2024

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The Shadow #10 (March 1990)

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Including: Shadow vs Lower East Side News, union of the homeless critique, anti-corruption, McDonalds demo, skinhead violence, cop watch, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 6, 2024

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The Shadow #13 (August 1990)

Shadow 13 cover "Peddlers Under Siege"

Including: cops harass Shadow editor, Iraq, pigs persecute peddlers, Mohawk nation vs army, Sabotage books closes, cops attack punk gig, community land trust, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 8, 2024

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The Shadow #14 (October 1990)

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Including: Lower East Side squats threatened by "development", New York Times vs squatters, Community Board sleaze, anti-war rally, Mohawk Nation, cop watching, Bible burning event, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 9, 2024

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The Shadow #15 (October 1990)

WAR - no blood for oil

Including: Gulf War, ant-war demos, Berlin squatters vs cops for 3 days, squatting in Central America, cop watching, arrests at needle exchange, letters, reviews etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 12, 2024

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The Shadow #16 (March 1991)

shadow 16 cover "Bronx Squats Evicted!"

Including: anti- gulf war demos, Tompkins Square Park corruption, South Bronx squatter repression, cops vs squatters in Brazil, cop watch, letters etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 13, 2024

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The Shadow #17 (April 1991)

shadow 17 cover "Lower East Side up for grabs: redistricting causes upheaval"

Including: proposed Lower East Side carve up, Workers World Party attack anti-war demonstrators, flag burning, CUNY students protest, cop watching, interview with anti-war Abraham Lincoln Brigade veteran, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 14, 2024

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The Shadow #18 (June 1991)

Free The Park: Dinkins Violates City Charter!! Police state occupation during park demonstration

Including: cops and Tompkins Square Park, death of artist Grady Alexis, anti-war protests, pot parade, cop watch, Shadow shit-list, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 15, 2024

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The Shadow #19 (August 1991)

Dinkinsgate

Including: Tompkins Square Park police state, who is New York council candidate Antonio Pagan?, Mayor Dinkins exposed, methadone, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 16, 2024

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The Shadow #20 (October 1991)

Pagan wins: you lose!

Including: Tompkins Square Park bandshell demolished, Mayor evicts homeless encampment, squatters, the rise of Antonio Pagan, pro-choice and anti abortion marches, cop watching, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 19, 2024

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The Shadow #21 (December 1991)

May Day 29 Victory!!

Including: Mayday 29 riot arrestees trial, JFK movie, squatting. protests, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 20, 2024

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The Shadow #22 (March 1992)

Pagan Guts Free Speech! "Gang of five" gangs up on Tompkins Square

Including: gentrification, satanic panic, Dhoruba Bin Wahad bailed, Pat Buchanan and Nixon, CIA and drugs for guns, interview with ex-DEA agent, ACT-UP demo, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 21, 2024

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The Shadow #23 (April 1992)

Activist Jailed!!

Including: abortion rights march on Washington, air quality and incinerator plants, pirate radio, confessions of an animal torturer, church lobby groups, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 22, 2024

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The Shadow #24 (June 1992)

The Shadow 24 cover "Kops Go Too Far!"

Including: NYC riot after Rodney King verdict, police brutality, artwashing, bombing of Pan Am flight 103, pot parade, cop watch, Ross Perot's Nixon connection, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 29, 2024

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The Shadow #25 (July 1992)

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Including: cult recruiters, police complaints reform, clampdown on Democrat conventon counter protestors, copwatch, Ice T "Cop Killer" song controversy, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on August 30, 2024

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The Shadow #26 (September 1992)

Curfew? Don't try it!

Including: riots after NYPD killings, "no police state" march, Democrat convention reports and protests, anti-abortionists opposed, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on September 2, 2024

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The Shadow #27 (October 1992)

Pigs Hog Cith Hall!

Including: Tompkins Square Park reopens, Berkeley activist shot dead by cops, drunk racist cops protest at City Hall, incinerators considered, needle exchanges now legal?, Republican convention report, New York senate candidates exposed, cop watch, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on September 3, 2024

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The Shadow #28 (December 1992)

Smash The Curfew: Tompkins Square Heats Up!

Including: Waco massacre, pigs raid homeless camp, housing board corruption, the real murderers of Malcolm X, Athens anarchists, reviews, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on September 4, 2024

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The Shadow #29 (June 1993)

Glass House Under Attack

Including: rent deregulation, Glass House squat, gay pride march, Community Board reports, cop watch, martial law in Guatemala, free Mumia, marijuna "smoke in" protest, Peter Tosh film director interviewed, censorship of comic artist Mike Diana, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on September 5, 2024

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The Shadow #30 (October 1993)

Coke Cops Squeal!

Including: pigs raid 5th anniversary of Tompkins Square uprising, council member Antonio Pagan re-elected, many police clampdowns, Fierce Pussy Festival, Manhattan Bridge teepee valley evicted, anarchists vs KKK in Chattanooga, San Francisco Food Not Bombs arrests, Dave Insurgent obituary, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on September 9, 2024

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The Shadow #31 (January 1994)

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Including: Frank Zappa obituary, fascists beaten, legal squatting, cops attack homeless kitchen, ACT-UP. Rudolph Guilliani and fascism, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on September 11, 2024

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The Shadow #32 (April 1994)

Viva Zapata!

Including: Glass House squat eviction, Subcommandante Marcos interview, ACT UP, Giuliani's daytime teen curfew, Haiti, Nixon obituary, cop watch, interview with Earth First! activist Darryl Cherney, Kurt Cobain death, women protest Grammy awards, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on September 12, 2024

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The Shadow #33 (July 1994)

PIgs Out Of Control!

Including: cops attack Memorial Day concert, cops attack Shadow journalists, transvestites and ACT UP Stonewall 25th anniversary protests, anti cop demo, ABC No Rio venue under threat, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on September 13, 2024

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The Shadow #34 (October 1994)

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Including: FBI informant's role in WTC bombing, squatters protest at Community Board meeting, Antonio Pagan exposed, Clinton and the Contras, copwatch, California Food Not Bombs under attack, London and Netherlands travelogue including Claremont Road, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on September 16, 2024

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Fozzie

2 months ago

Submitted by Fozzie on September 16, 2024

It seems fairly well established that Al-Qaeda bombed the World Trade Center in 1993.

The headline to this issue refers to the testimony and tape recordings of FBI informant, Emad Salem, who stated that the FBI were aware of the bomb being made and could possibly have prevented it from being made. It does not seem clear that the FBI knew what the target of the bombing would be either.

So in my view the headline is misleading and sensationalist and unhelpfully opens up a world of conspiracy theories.

Fozzie

2 months ago

Submitted by Fozzie on September 17, 2024

Yeah, I'll keep an eye on that side of it all. If the conspiracy stuff becomes more prominent than the reporting on local struggles in later issues, a rethink wil be necessary!

The Shadow #35 (February 1995)

Rudy to NYC: Burn Baby Burn! Fire alarm removal targets low income neighbourhoods

Including: 16,300 fire alarm boxes deactivated in New York City, 13th street squatter victory, Zapatistas, DEA corruption, graffiti, police brutality, Jerry Rubin obituary, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on September 17, 2024

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The Shadow #36 (June 1995)

Long Squat Summer!!

Including: twelve hour eviction battle on Lower East Side, Oklahoma bombing, militant protest against University budget cuts, ABC No Rio eviction threat, cops attack Puerto Rican Day celebrations, resistance to Criminal Justice Bill in the UK, Militia movement - enemy or pawn of the state?, interview with former Black Panther Dhoruba Bin Ward, Mumia abu Jamal, subversive electronics, the internet, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on January 31, 2024

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The Shadow #37 (January 1996)

Bill Kunstler 1919-1995

Including: drug/cop shootings, East 13th Street squatters. obituary for activist lawyer William Moses Kunstler, ABC No Rio faces eviction, pirate radio, Judi Bari and the FBI war against Earth First, critical history of the Village Voice, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on September 18, 2024

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The Shadow #38 (May 1996)

Pirate Radio on the lower east side

Including: real estate developers vs the people, Steal This Radio pirate radio collective. communications bill threatens first amendment, FBI vs Earth First!, Mumia Abu Jamal, transgressive art, phone phreaking, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on September 19, 2024

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The Shadow #39 (September 1996)

Free Speech Takes A Holiday

Including: cops attack squatters,/protestors/journalists, interview with a cop, NYC rent control up for review, San Francisco cannabis buyers club, Zapatistas, Terror Bill and civil liberties, Timothy Leary, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on September 23, 2024

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The Shadow #40 (December 1996)

Rent Laws Under Assault!

Including: Contras/Nicaragua, Disney sweatshop protests, Republican anti-tenant laws, Latin America drug war, California timber war, Linda Twigg obituary, internet privatisation, medical marijuana, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on September 24, 2024

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The Shadow #41 (April 1997)

Illegal demolition by city leads to attempted murder!!

Including: illegal demolition of East Fifth Street squat, yuppies, NYC to secede from New York state, ABC No Rio eviction stalled, Mexico drug war, Allen Ginsbery obituary, Judi Bari obituary, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on September 27, 2024

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The Shadow #42 (August 1997)

Les Gardens threatened with eviction!

Including: Lower East Side gardens threatened by yuppie condos. police brutality, Clinton Street vs landlord, William S Burroughs obituary, Andean drug war, CIA-contra-cocaine connection, interview with activist attorney, subversive electronics, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on October 10, 2024

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The Shadow #43 (December 1997)

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Including: community gardens destroyed for condos, Giullani police state, tenants oppose deposits, Chiapas, Anthrax and Iraq, police vs California redwood protestors, actor Al Lewis (Munsters) interviewed, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on October 11, 2024

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The Shadow #44 (July 1998)

Giuliani sucks... the life out of New York City!

Including: Mumia appeal denied, land grab threatens community centre, Rudolf Giuliani's police state, Reclaim The Streets on Broadway, clampdown on sex workers, CBGBs raided by cops, Dos Blockos squat eviction, pirate radio, former DEA agent interviewed, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on October 14, 2024

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The Shadow #45 (January 1999)

Shadow 45 cover - Seattle Rocks!

Including: anti-WTO protets in Seattle, community garden defenders arrested, Reclaim The Streets in Times Square, Dos Blockos squat evicted, community radio lock out, deportations of political radicals, copwatch, anti Klan protests, interview with community activist Armando Perez, making 42nd street sleazy again, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on October 16, 2024

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The Shadow #46 (July 2002)

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Including: 9/11 fallout and the war on terror (with some unhelpful conspiracy theorising), tenants campaign for rent law reform, GM food, $4.4 million compensation for Judi Bari cover up, interview with radical attorney Lynne Stewart, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on October 17, 2024

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Fozzie

1 month ago

Submitted by Fozzie on October 17, 2024

The cover of this issue has echoes of the one for #34 on which it was claimed that the FBI bombed the World Trade Center in 1993.

It is clear that on both occasions it was Al-Qaeda operatives who bombed the World Trade Center.

The Shadow #47 (September 2002)

Homeland Offense: Pentagon declares war on America!

Including: Operation Homeland and domestic repression post 9-11, Don Yippie obituary, end of rent control, community gardens saved, squats survive yuppie onslaught, Bhopal settlement, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on October 18, 2024

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The Shadow #48 (January 2003)

Impeach Bush!

Including: military-industrial complex, Rachel Corrie murdered by IDF, anti-war protests in NYC, Enron and the energy crisis, US company sold anthrax to Iraq, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on October 21, 2024

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The Shadow #49 (March 2003)

Bush To US - Up Yours! Republicans to NYC: Drop Dead!

Including: CIA shifts focus to internal security, anti-war sectarianism, power company corruption and NYC blackout, Greg Palast, rubber bullets, bodily fluid testing, Seth Tobocman comic on NYC firefighters, mad cow disease, US and Haiti, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on October 22, 2024

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The Shadow #50 (March 2003)

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Including: Bush appoints Honduras death squad supporter to key role, US election and electronic voting, Iraq war crimes, Ukraine crisis, journalist Gary Webb obituary, Republican convention, Seth Tobocman cartoon, surveillance, etc.

Submitted by Fozzie on October 24, 2024

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