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Massachusetts, 1990 - 1996

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 637-2-13

Scope and Contents

Includes the following publications:

Boston Anarchist Drinking Brigade - collection of broadsides issued by the Boston Anarchist Brigade. Topics include drug prohibition, prisons, pornography, the American political system, and war. Published in Cambridge, Massacusetts by the Boston Anarchist Drinking Brigade (BAD Brigade)

Forward Motion - a magazine of socialist opinion and advocacy, published in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts by the Center for Democratic Alternatives and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Primarily covered political and cultural issues from a left-wing, Marxist perspective. Anti-capitalist, and supportive of minority and women's movements against oppression and white supremacy.

Growing Without Schooling - homeschooling newsletter, focused on the concept of unschooling. The newsletter was founded by John Holt in 1977 in Boston, Massachusetts, and eventually gained a worldwide readership. After Holt's death in 1985 the publication was edited by Susannah Sheffer and Patrick Farenga, and in 2001 publication of the newsletter ceased altogether. The New Broom: A legislative newsletter for Massachusetts Women - a feminist newsletter about legislative issues concerning women in Massachusetts [added to collection August 2025]

New Liberation News Service - non-profit educational organization established to "offer small underground and community media outlets a radical alternative to existing international services." The organization rejected journalistic "objectivity," and openly claimed to be "biased in favor of all democratic movements for social change."

Perrenial Books - distribution catalog of anarchist and anti-authoritarian/underground literature, published in Montague, Massachusetts by John Petrovato

Regulated to Death: Anarchist Arguments Against Government Intervention in Our Lives - booklet written by Jim Baker and Joe Peacott, published by the Boston Anarchists Drinking Brigade, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Includes arguments against the regulation of healthcare and drugs.

Why Anti-Authoritarian? - booklet written by Larry Giddings and published by the automne forum, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Also includes introductory statement by publishers regarding Giddings' imprisonment.

Items

MASSACHUSETTS I - Box 7, FOLDER 10 (4 items):

Boston Anarchist Drinking Brigade [This oversize item has been separated. Oversize location: Box 12]

Forward Motion, v. 9, no. 4, Jan. 1991

Forward Motion, v. 10, no. 2, May 1991

Forward Motion, v. 10, no. 3, Sep. 1991

MASSACHUSETTS II - BOX 8, FOLDER 1 (11 items):

Growing without Schooling, no. 74, 1990

The New Broom, Vol. 1, No. 1, Oct. 1970 [added to collection August 2025]

The New Broom, Vol. 1, No. 2, Nov. 1970 [added to collection August 2025]

The New Broom, Vol. 1, No. 3, Dec. 1970 [added to collection August 2025]

The New Broom, Vol. 1, No. 4, Jan. 1971 [added to collection August 2025]

The New Broom, Vol. 1, No. 5, Feb. 1971 [added to collection August 2025]

The New Broom, Vol. 1, No. 6, Mar. 1971 [added to collection August 2025]

The New Broom, Vol. 1, No. 7, Apr. 1971 [added to collection August 2025]

The New Broom, Resource Leaflet No. 1 [added to collection August 2025]

New Liberation News Service, v. 3, no. 2, Sep. 12, 1992; 2 copies

MASSACHUSETTS III - BOX 8, FOLDER 2 (5 items):

Perrenial Books, no. 7, 1996

Perrenial Books, 1992 (Fall)

Perrenial Books, undated

Regulated to Death, Jun. 1992

Why Anti Authoritarian, undated circa 1990s

Dates

  • 1990 - 1996

Extent

From the Collection: 4.00 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Description

20 items

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Saint Louis University Archives Repository

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