We’re happy to present a very incomplete list of cool rad history zines that we distro!
Note that this is not ALL of the zines we carry on our table; some we don’t currently have PDFs of, others aren’t online at this point in time, and we carry a rotating selection of miscellaneous non-history-focused titles when tabling.
A few friendly recommendations for digital zine libraries: Fugitive Distro, 1312 Press, Puget Sound Anarchists, Louise Crowley Library (note most physical zines for sale have a free PDF download), Sprout Distro, A Zine Library
Zines by Historical Seditions
Anarchists and Rebellion in Walla Walla State Prison
Clara Dixon: Poet-Printer of Early American Anarchism
Deconstructing Settler Socialism: The International and Early Anarchism in the Wild West – Near-book length zine currently in progress, not currently available as a downloadable PDF, email historicalseditions [at] riseup [dot] net for information
In Search of Freedom and Self Determination: A Tour Through the Anarchist Movements in Graz, Austria, 1918-1938 – Letter-Imposed Printing – Digital Reading
The Dude Smashed the Federal Courthouse, Too!
We Don’t Forget: 2017 Inauguration Day Reflections from the Salish Sea – Letter-Imposed Printing – Digital Reading
Other Cool History Zines
Regional History
Multiple Eras
A People’s History of the University of Washington – Print
Notes on Mutual Aid Vol 1: A Local History of Survival and Struggle – Print – Read
Portland’s Antifascist History – Print– Read
Late 1800s-Early 1900s
The Everett Massacre – Print
The Seattle General Strike – Read
Red Harbor – Print
Who the hell is Jack London? – Print – Read
The Collected Works of Anna Falkoff – Print – Read
The Unstoppable Anarchist Ersilia Cavedagni – Print – Read
Elena Purgatorio; or, A Brief History of the Galleanisti – Print – Read
The Trials of a Noble Experiment – Print – Read
Mid-Late 1900s
Queer Fire: The George Jackson Brigade, Men Against Sexism, & the Gay Struggle Against Prisons – Print – Read – Listen
N30: The Seattle WTO Protests – A Memoir and Analysis with an Eye to the Future – Print – Read
Sharper Times: Portland Anti-Racist Action & Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice – Print
2000-Occupy Movement
A Shorter History of a Northwest ELF Cell – Read/Print
The Hilltop Boys: A True Story of the Hilltop Crips – Print – Read
You Can’t Shoot us All: Oscar Grant – Print
Against the Police and the World They Maintain: Communiques from the Pacific Northwest – January-March, 2011 – Print
Burning the Bridges they are Building: Anarchist Strategies Against the Police – Puget Sound, 2011 – Print – Read
Standing on the Land to Stand Up Against Pipelines – Print
Love for the Silent Ones: A Collection of Communiques and Reports from Actions in Solidarity with the Northwest Grand Jury Resisters – Print
Bridges Still Burning: An Anarchist Account of Occupy Seattle 2012 – Print
Longview, Occupy, and Beyond: Rank & File and the 89% Unite! – Print
“BLM 1.0”-Present
The Post-Ferguson Struggle Against Police and Fascism in the Pacific Northwest: An Incomplete Glimpse into a Dynamic and Unfolding Context – Print
Towards a More Holistic Violence – Print – Read
Against the Port and its World: Actions Against Fracking in Olympia – Print
Between Storms: Anarchist Reflections Wet’suwet’en Resistance – Print
Heal the People, Heal the Land: Unist’ot’en Camp – Print
So-Called North America
Multiple Eras
500 Years of Indigenous Resistance – Print
In Their Own Tongue: Bats’i’ k’op zapatista – Print – Read
Punk: Dangerous Utopia – Print – Read
Late 1800s-Early 1900s
The Stockade Stood Burning: Rebellion and the Convict Lease in Tennessee’s Coalfields, 1891-1895 – Print
Lowry Wars: Attacking Plantation Society in Reconstruction – Print
Slave Patrols and Civil Servants – Print – Read
Sacco & Vanzetti’s Revenge – Print
David Edelstadt, With His Poems for the Haymarket Martyrs – Print
Ross Winn: Digging Up a Tennessee Anarchist – Print
Bury Me Not in a Land of Slaves – Print – Read
Mid-Late 1900s
Queens, Hookers, and Hustlers: Organizing for Survival and Revolt Amongst Gender-Variant Sex Workers, 1950-1970 – Print – Read
STAR – Print
Militant Flamboyance – Print
jane – Print
Black Mask & Up Against the Wall Motherfucker: Flower Power Won’t Stop Fascist Power – The Story of a Small, Underground 1960s Revolutionary Group in New York City – Print – Read
I Will Not Crawl: Black Struggle & Armed Self Defense – Print
Repression Breeds Resistance: The Black Liberation Army and the Radical Legacy of the Black Panther Party – Print – Read
The Trial Statement of Anarchist & New Afrikan Revolutionary: Kuwasi Balagoon – Print
The Dragon and the Hydra: A Historical Study of Organizational Methods – Read/Print
The National Union of the Homeless: A Brief History – Print
The Oka Crisis of 1990 – Print
Political Prehistory of Love and Rage – Print – Read
Claim No Easy Victories: A History and Analysis of Anti-Racist Action – Print – Read
The Baldies & Anti-Racist Action: A History in Anti-Racist Skinhead Organizing – Print
2000-Occupy Movement
“BLM 1.0”-Present
Anarchist Tactics at Standing Rock – Print – Read
No Regrets: Accounts and Reflections from the 2016 National Prison Strike – Print
It’s a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird: Writings on Scout Schultz, Queer Anarchist Killed by Georgia Tech Polics – Print
We’ve Got Your Back J20 Defense – Print – Read
What They Mean When They Say Peace & The Making of “Outside Agitators” – Print
Global History
Multiple Eras
The Unquiet Dead: Volume .5 – Print – Read – Listen — Volume 1 – Print – Read – Listen — Volume 2 – Print – Read – Listen — Volume 3 – Print – Read – Listen — Volume 4 – Print – Read – Listen — Volume 5 – Print – Read – Listen — Volume 6 – Print – Read – Listen — Volume 7 – Print – Read – Listen — Volume 8 – Not currently online
Yalensky’s Fable Anarchist Black Cross – Print – Read
Anarchic Practices Chilean State – Read
Koukoulofori: Stories, Lessons, and Inspiration from the Greek Anarchist Movement – Print
Mobilisations of Philippine Anarchisms – Print
Can’t Stop Kaos – Print
Against All Tyranny! Essays on Anarchist in Brazil – Print
Late 1800s-Early 1900s
The Devil Rode a Bicycle: Science, Art, and Anarchism – Print
They Leaned on Each Other in Ecstasy – Print
La Band a Bonnot: Robberies and Getaways – Print
Sante Caserio – Print
Anarchists and Anarchism Ottoman Empire – Read/Print
Santos: The Barcelona of Brazil – Print
The Uniqueness of Anarchism in Argentina (1880-1930) – Print
Two Revoutions: The Ghadar Movement and India’s Radical Disapora – Read/Print
Blessed is the Flame – Print
Eternal War on the Hitler Youth – Print
A Jewish Anarchist Refutation of the Hammer and Sickle – Print – Read
Mid-Late 1900s
Memory Loss – Print
The Federacion Anarquista Uruguaya: Crisis, Armed Struggle, and Dictatorship, 1967-85 – Print – Read
“BLM 1.0”-Present
Don’t Try to Break Us – We’ll Explode: The 2017 G20 and the Battle of Haburg: A Full Account and Analysis – Print
Memories from La Zad – Print