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"Too often, research is the last task activists think of when they engage in a campaign, usually coming only at the point that someone sits down to write a leaflet or a press release and then discovers that the one thing missing is the information required to really condemn the company or other agency being targeted. Being a good activist means knowing and using all available tools - including solid research skills."

Author: Sine.

In this zine, it offers serious real-life help in building your own house, growing your own food, making your own music, art culture, life. With information on how to physically do it, even all by yourself, there is also help on salvaging materials, obtaining cheap materials and building houses of wood, straw-bale, cob, Tipis and Gers. Also, you can read about growing your own Anarchist Victory Garden and get a little lesson on Land Ownership in Scotland. In general, a really inspiring and helpful zine. - From publisher

Author: Jalil Muntaqim

"Originally written in 1979, this is an inside account/critique, from the New York Three Black Panther and BLA political prisoner. This is a chapter from a to-be-published compilation of Jalil's prison writings - We Are Our Own Liberators. "

"This zine is a thorough examination of the topic of gentrification. It provides an overview of academic writing and theorizing on the topic, summarizing considerable research in an easy-to-understand manner. It defines gentrification, looking at the economics behind it, and the realities of gentrification. The final section of the zine explores various anarchist anti-gentrification efforts, offering helpful history and insight while even offering some ideas for future directions."

Author: Prieur, Ran.

An entirely hand done account from a primitivist point of view about utilizing technology while realizing the contradiction, society imposing work and school upon us, and the way Romans at the end wrote history as if their empire wasn't about to crumble. Maybe they didn't realize it or maybe they were trying to prevent the public from realizing it. The good seems new, the bad seems old and accepted, and questionable changes are portrayed as good. The US writes the history books nowadays; are we about to be overtaken by metaphorical Visigoths? It's all hand written in a format that aesthetically reads very nicely. Ran doesn't talk about these things like he's the expert; he explores it like it's a conversation with a friend. Come check out the computer geek who thinks that computers are the downfall of society. - From publisher Personal reflections on the origins of civilization, how civilization has been a negative force, and what it might look like to reject it.

Other Author(s): Guerrilla Graywater Girls,

Includes bibliographical references (page 86). "Some brief history of rivers, dams, water power, water Infrastructure, good house/bad house, breaking the water cycle, cheap salvage water catchment, home water use and reuse, graywater, plumbing basics, wetlands for wastewater treatment, urban watershed restoration, water hyacinth fetish page, build your own petal powered washer. A DIY permaculture guide to "harvesting" rainwater, conserving water, and channeling waste water into more functional purposes than just sending it down the drain. Lots of handy information and how-to guides, like how to turn an old bathtub into beautiful planter that also turns your laundry water into garden food, how to set up a composting toilet, how pipes work, how to catch rain water, and much much more. Good stuff here!" - From Publishing website Print reproduction

Author(s): Arcana, Judith. Galatzer-Levy, Jeanne. Surgal, Ruth. Stern, Meredith. Chicago Women's Liberation Union Herstory Project.

"Special thanks to Judith Arcana, Jeanne Galatzer-Levy, Ruth Surgal, the CSLU (Chicago Women's Liberation Union) Herstory Project, Merrydeath Stern, and justseeds." Brochures and pamphlets from Jane, an abortion service in Chicago in the late 1960s and early 1970s, appear (rekeyed) in this political zine. There are also interviews with women who worked with Jane and a discussion of feminist politics and abortion, especially with regard to race and class and police persecution. "Several documents by these fabulous "Jane" women talking about the group's illegal activities: learning how to perform abortions, teaching themselves and others the skill, and ultimately providing abortions (and support) for thousands of women in the Chicago area. Truly impressive work that was equally risky and still relevant to learn about today." - From publisher

Table of Contents:
Introduction / firestarter press
Abortion: a woman's decision, a woman's right / Abortion Counseling Service
Organizing a clandestine abortion service / Ruth Surgal and the CWLU Herstory Committee
She said before 1973 / Judith Arcana
On the job with Jane / Jeanne Galatzer-Levy and the CWLU Herstory Committee
Feminist politics and abortion in the USA / a discussion with Judith Arcana.

Other Author(s): Skot.

Includes bibliographical references (page 65). This zine is a compilation of articles from other publications on gentrification that has occurred and is occurring in various cities, including New York, New Orleans, Portland, Chicago, and London. - From publisher website.

Author: Hartman, Crystal.

This political zine deals with the social stigmas around being fat, reclaiming the word and offering examples, scientific facts, quotes, and statistics as to why society should accept fat people, including statistics on dieting and sex. It includes contributions from Laurie Ann Lepoff, Sondra Soloway, and an excerpt from "It's a Big Fat Revolution" by Nomy Lamm.

Author: Kemp, Alix, 1987-.

The first issue of this perzine by a transgender man in his early 20s is laid out in a series of journal entries and discusses topics like name changes, finding a trans-friendly doctor, medication, and Canada's requirement in order to receive hormone therapy one must intend to have a complete surgical sex change. The zine also includes pictures of identification cards and explanations of gender reassignment surgery.