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Remembrance / Obituary


In memoriam: Joffre Stewart

Max G. Bernard

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Devastated. My long time friend Joffre Stewart has died. Joffre, a long time anarchist and pacifist (after serving in the military during World War 2) was a poet and was referred to in Allen Ginsberg’s Howl. ...

In Memoriam: Lowell May

Hard Crackers editor Lowell May died at his Denver home on the morning of December 19. Born in 1949, he grew up under harsh conditions on a farm near Lorimer, Iowa. He went to high school ...

Unnamed Harlem resident finds old letter

Zhandarka Kurti

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In the dusty book shelves of an unnamed Harlem residentโ€™s basement we uncovered this letter written in 1912 from the man later known as Ho Chi Minh to his father back home. Dearest father, I wanted ...
Freedom Riders, 1963

The Ordinary/Extraordinary May Stevens

John Garvey

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May Stevens was born in 1924 and, at the age of 94, lives in New Mexico.ย  She has been, for most of her life, an artist.ย  For the last seven decades, sheโ€™s been a political artist.ย  ...
Self-in-NYC-1980

Remembering David McReynolds

John Garvey

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A friend who spent many years in the Catholic Worker-inspired anti-war movement sent me an email about the death of David McReynolds and a link to a collection of photos taken by McReynolds throughout his adult ...

The Chicago Womenโ€™s Liberation Rock Band, 1970-1973

Naomi Weisstein

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A Memoir and Reflection on Badass Boffo Revolutionary Feminist Music by Naomi Weisstein Introduction by John Garvey Naomi Weisstein was a founding member of the Chicago Womenโ€™s Liberation Union in 1969 and, soon afterwards, a founding ...
whittling hands

Whittling

Kelley Howell

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R was showing me this hunk of wood he preserved from a tree that fell. He wants to make an anvil out of it. With whatโ€™s left over, he was hoping to carve a Wind God. ...

Ira Berlin: In Memorium

Patrick Rael

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Ira Berlin, a great historian of slavery, died a few days ago. The following tribute to him is by Patrick Rael, a former student of Berlinโ€™s and no mean historian himself. It does honor to Berlin, ...