Isaac Cronin

Texts by or on Isaac Cronin, an American writer, situationist and member of Council for the Eruption of the Marvelous and Contradiction groups.

Critique of call it sleep cover

A Critique of "Call It Sleep" To Wake You Up! (1985)

A short critique by Michel Prigent of the post-situationist film "Call It Sleep".

Just the word "Implications" and the numeral 1 in black text on a cream background

Implications #1 (1975)

First and only issue of this post-situationist journal from California, edited by Isaac Cronin and Chris Shutes.

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We're Tired of Playing With Ourselves

June 1973 poster by Isaac Cronin, Dan Hammer, and Jeanne Smith. Hundreds of copies were posted in the Bay Area along with Ken Knabb’s comic…

a text heavy leaflet

Class Struggle in Italy, 1977 - Isaac Cronin

A short situationist text published in San Francisco.

An illustration of a brain from a text book with the following: Fig. 373.—Side view of the brain of man, showing the localization of various functions. (After Ferrier.) L Centre for movements of opposite leg and foot. 2, 3, 4. Centres for complex movements of the arms and legs, as in swimming. 5. Extension forward of the arm and hand. 6. Supination of the hand and flexion of the forearm. 7;8. Elevators and depressors of the angle of the month. 9, 10. Movements of the lips and tongue. 11. Retraction of the a

Jealousy - Isaac Cronin

Situationist text on interpersonal relationships from 1977.

Notice Concerning the Reigning Society and Those Who Contest It

Berkeley situationist flyer from November 1974 signed by Tita Carrión, Robert Cooperstein, Isaac…

Cover of 1994 edition of 'Bad'

Isaac Cronin's 1994 foreword to 'Bad'

Isaac Cronin's 1994 foreword to 'Bad: The Autobiography of James Carr'

A Critique of Cynicism: Something from Nothing

Written by Isaac Cronin, this was taken from Implications, published in the USA in December 1975. It formed part of a critique of Vaneigem's 'The Revolution of Everyday Life', and was basically an extension of Vaneigem's chapter on nihilism, bringing in post-68 tendencies which still have relevance today. The whole of this text, some of which I will put out in the library, is a far better take on Vaneigem than the…