Current Events

John Phillips writes, as the cover of the zine indicates, "an anarchist analysis of Arizona's immigration law" (SB 1070, signed April 23, 2010, which gave Arizona police broad powers to detain anyone suspected of being in the U.S. illegally). Phillips is a Pennsylvanian, but the zine is distributed locally by South Chicago ABC Zine Distro of Homewood, IL.

Judas Goat Quarterly is a political/current events zine produced by Grant Schreiber. This issue focuses primarily on the 2004 presidential campaign, and the point of view is anti-Bush and anti-establishmentarian. Features a mock introduction from Mayor Richard M. Daley (a.k.a. Schreiber).

Experiences of ethnic diversity and tolerance in America from the Arab perspective

A documentation of the Contemporary Arts Council's (of Evanston, IL) 15th annual exhibition of new and emerging Chicago based artists. Presents artwork exploring the relationships of figure and ground, literally and metaphorically. Artwork presented shares a well defined graph of distances between subjects and objects which always portray a place, person, or idea which exists as a spatial and temporal background to the foregrounded object of art.

A collection of educational lectures, workshops and other educational opportunities taking place in June 2010.

"The Logan Square Literary Review is a not-for-profit, journal of words based in Chicago, Ill. This publication aims to facilitate expression and add to the thriving community of ideas in the neighborhood of Logan Square. Therefore, the LSLR is dependent on submissions from the public."

"Hey, Kidz! Buy This Book: A Radical Primer to Corporate and Governmental Propoganda and Artistic Activism for Short People is a how-to guide for young adults who have a problem with the way the world works but don't yet know how to achieve their goals for world change. Providing a solid introduction to media literacy and easy-to-follow instructions for influencing and creating media on your own, Hey, Kidz! emphasizes the importance of community building, teamwork, historical research, and creative self-expression."

A collection of Sydney Harris's syndicated newspaper column "Strictly Personal," from the Chicago Daily News & Chicago Sun-Times, chosen from 30 years of writing. Columns are short and range from advice to politics. The back cover quotes Studs Terkel in the Chicago Sun-Times, saying, "Fortunately for our sense of balance, Sydney J. Harris is around, reminding us of human possibilities not yet tapped . . . Pick up this book. It's good for out-loud reading, and therapeutic at the same time." Harris went to high school with Saul Bellow, possibly at Tuley High School, where Saul Bellow is documented as having graduated from; the building is now Tuley Middle School, and the high school was moved to Clemente.

A collection of articles on grassroots urban greening and renewal projects.

general criticism of Bush administration, post-9/11 policy, the Iraq War, 9/11 profiteering, and apathy. Lots of interviews, also book & music reviews.