Politics

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.

Henry Rosemont, a printer and labor activist/historian, explores many crucial but little-known aspects of American labor history in this collection of his articles. America's First Strike covers the role of Benjamin Franklin in the Philadelphia printers' strike of 1786; his influence on organized labor; the early union printers' support for the abolition of slavery; their leadership in the U.S. labor movement overall; and other issues such as the problem of technology and important labor battles like the Haymarket affair of 1886, the 1938-40 Newspaper Guild strike, and the Chicago newspaper strike of 1947-49. Dave Roediger wrote the introduction, and former Chicago 5th Ward alderman Leon Despres contributed a note about Rosemont, who was a personal acquaintance.

A collection of writing, posters and documentation relating to four exhibitions and seminars since 2006 -- two held in Chicago's Mess Hall, two in Copenhagen, Denmark. The events were a collaboration between the Ydre Norrebro Kultur Bureau (YNKB) and The Library of Radiant Optimism for Let's Re-make the World "as a way to question and react to political, emotional, and social apathy in the face of world wide environmental and economic crisis and war." The Chicago events were held at the Mess Hall in June 2007 and from Jan. 18 to 20, 2008.

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).

This book features a variety of examples from the Art Institute of Chicago's collection of works by Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), the preeminent Mexican broadside artist. Broadsides, a mainstay of the late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century Mexican penny press, were colorful, graphically powerful handbills treating a variety of themes, produced by publishers in collaboration with graphic artists like Posada. A critical essay by Posada Project guest curator Donna Miliotes (featured in both English and Spanish) analyzes Posada and his art in the context of his biography, his era, his politics, and the genre of the broadside. Published in conjunction with a two-part Art Institute exhibit (June 24-September 25, 2006; October 7, 2006-January 17, 2007).

"We invited Chicago graffiti artists to consider various architectural spaces, and ask themselves, 'What would you do here?' A careful edit from my portraits of residential, commercial, hospitality corporate and street scenes provide the canvass for the response. The end result is a compilation that delves a bit deeper into questions about graffiti's place in the world at large.

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

A review of the participating organizations and artists in the Chicago Artists International Program (CAIP) from 1996. Documents the fascinating experiences of the talented artists, musicians, dancers, writers, and arts administrators in Chicago's international cultural exchange program.

"The dramatic story of 50 turbulent years in 2,000 pictures, 100,000 words...a permanent record of all the important national and world events..."

Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks on social conditions in late-apartheid South Africa, using Winnie Mandela as a creative lens.