Dear friends,
The spectre of the Occupy Wall Street movement and its otherworldly implications certainly warrant a special issue of dispatch litareview (issn 1948-1217 – litareview.com), that much goes without saying. Given our historical grounding as a forum for radical literature, it’d be irresponsible of us to forgo this movement as cause for a special edition.
We feel that this issue must be printed and disseminated on the streets as well as by the usual means (free download). We’ve got the people nationwide to make this happen. We’re only short a bit of spare change, and so we’ve done one of those kickstarter things to see what can come of it. If we get anywhere near the goal, surely we’ll find another means to cover the gap (“…we robbed banks to fund papers of transgressive poetry…”). Please go to http://kck.st/sgY2NS and please tell everyone you know who might possibly be interested. We’re only trying to raise $350 (consider it pre-ordering, as all donors receive a copy), so we’re confident to reach our goal in short order.
We’re also soliciting first-hand dispatches from the occupations nationwide. We’ve got guaranteed reportage from Portland, Oakland, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Boston, DC, and Chicago, but of course we’d like more perspectives from each as well as work from other North American occupations.
I am personally pleased to see the spirit of Paris 1968 so alive and well. With any luck, we’ll get a variety of voices and riff the occupation movement from all sides. A plaque on the hall of culture commemorating a distinctly anarchist phenomenon.
Submissions of first-hand accounts, photography, and artwork from the occupations can be sent by the means established at http://litareview.com/submissions.html or by sending them directly to dispatch@litareview.com. Materials may also be sent by post to dispatch litareview / c/o Paul Madore / 1929 W. North Ave Apt. 3 / West Baltimore, MD 21217.
In resistance,
md & phm
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