IWW

From The Salt Lake Tribune

Joan's unique revolutionary love included mountain hikes and unceasing literature. She was a self-publisher of eight books and two pamphlets (memoirs, folk history and poetry). Her knees and hips couldn't support the hikes in her final 15 years. Her first spouse (Ben) was her childhood best friend. Her second spouse was Salt Lake City's famous Ammon Hennacy, key organizer of the progressive Joe Hill House and Saint Joseph's Refuge in the 1960s.

From Industrial Worker May Day has layers of meaning—some celebratory, others tragic—shaped across centuries. From its origins as a festival of spring and renewal, to its modern incarnation as International Workers’ Day, May Day reflects the aspirations and struggles of generations. It is a celebration of life beyond labor: time for ourselves, for our friends and families, for leisure, for imagination. It is both a remembrance and a call to action.

From Gary McGath

Leslie Fish, one of the best-known members of the filk music community, has died. She was talented, opinionated, outgoing, and just weird (in the best sense of the word). I didn’t know her well, but I’d seen, heard, and talked with her on many occasions. Other people who knew her better will write about her, but I should give my perspective here.

From Kate Sharpley Library, Alice Smith, & Incline Press

We’re sad to report the death of Graham Moss (1947-2025). He learnt printing at Freedom Press in the 1960s and was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World. His friend Nick Heath told us more.

From SE Queensland IWW

Brisbane has a long history of radical/punk zine culture going back decades. Arguably going back to the 1970s with The Saints, 4ZzZfm and that culture of DIY publishing. It is in this spirit that the Kurilpa Anarchist Bookfair was organised. That there has always been numerous zine events and DIY publishing in the city, but this being one of the first in a long time to be labelled “Anarchist”.

From Texas Observer by Michelle Pitcher.
September/October 2024 issue

Texans are organizing inside and outside of prisons to empower incarcerated workers, who labor in dangerous conditions without pay.

Julio “Alex” Zuniga ends the messages he sends from his prison cell with the signoff “Solidarity forever.” He sometimes includes a postscript with music recommendations, leaning toward vibey alt-pop and indie—a somewhat surprising mix for the self-described anarchist activist.

From Sabot Media
June 15, 2023

You find yourself in the middle of the woods, surrounded by the hum of anarchists chatting and the enticing smell of curry and campfire. Without your headlamp, you can’t see anything except the stars through the tree tops. Your cell phone hasn’t gone off in days. You are somewhere special, and everyone here knows it. What’s happening here, what you all are co-creating, it will ripple out from here in many profound ways you have yet to fully realize. But you feel that potential in your bones. You all do.

From South Chicago Anarchist Black Cross / Free Hybachi Lemar

A fascinating examination of forces of nature as taught from ancient Egypt. The Anarchybalion fuses Anarchism and Ancient Egyptian (Kemetic) Knowledge into something a unique explanation of how Kemetic Knowledge can be applied to our lives today.

PM Press Blog
https://blog.pmpress.org/2022/11/18/remembering-staughton-lynd/

Throughout his life, Staughton Lynd affirmed that another world is possible and sought means to get from here to there. He was one of the greatest historians and libertarian socialists of our time. The Admirable Radical. Our friend. Rest in power, dear Scrapper.

Below is the excerpt of the Introduction by Andrej Grubacic from From Here to There: The Staughton Lynd Reader.

Content warning – suicide (graphic), prison, violence, self harm, abuse, homophobia, transphobia

Taylor is dead. He was pronounced dead in prison at 10.37pm on Saturday 9th July after cutting his neck. He was meant to be on suicide watch but the prison failed him. We were informed by the prison governor at 3.30am on Sunday. His cell has been sealed by police and we await news of the autopsy. We will announce news of his funeral in the coming days and weeks.