Beating Hearts Press: Zines

ZINES

This is not, by any means, all the zines we carry. Many, many zines demanded to be listed elsewhere in the catalogue - in the Direct Action section, for instance, or the Anti-Civilization section, and we thought it unnecessarily confusing to list so many titles twice. So presented here are the zines that simply refused to fit snugly in any of our other catagories - the misfits, if you will.

All Out War: Chess and its Relevance to Strategic Insurgency. $2
A5 zine. 52 pages.
To our knowledge, the world's first ever anarchist chess zine! The second half of the zine is a straightforward but thorough introduction to the basics of chess, complete with diagrams, clearly stolen from a book written by people who really know what they're talking about. Before that, the editors set out to convince you why you need to learn the basics of chess! The first half of the zine is comprised of various rants from the two editors, espousing chess as a potentially powerful training tool for anarchists wanting to expand their strategic consciousness, sharpen their tactical focus, and train themselves in the fine art of decapitating your enemy without a moments hesitation, all of it backed up with quotes from chess masters, samurai warriors and hip hop MC's.

Check Yr Pulse. $2
A5 zine. 52 pages.
The follow-up to Foreign Acephalous World (see below), author/editor "N" outdoes her/himself this time around. Much more text based, and all of it original material as far as I can tell, the zine is divided into small sections - chapters, if you will - where underneath the title will appear a poem or narrative that transcends both of the terms "personal" and "political" with its passion and sadness, ferocious defiance and calm analysis. If you're any kind of anti-civilization/anarchist punk, you might, like me, feel like this zine was written by a friend of yours, who has been inspired and heartbroken by the same things you have, and who wants to know if you'll stand by them through the victories and tragedies to come.

The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #4: The FBI assassination of Puerto Rican independence leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios. By Various. $2
A6/7 zine. 32 pages.
The final issue of the series focuses on the assassination of Filiberto Ojeda Rios. This zine has a glossy coloured cover and beautiful comic style coloured artwork throughout.

The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #3: A look at the way the PATRIOT act and post 9/11 "security" changed our civil liberties and infringed upon basic American rights. By Various. $2
A6/7 zine. 32 pages.
The third issue of the series focuses on the after effects of 9/11 on America and Americans. Consistently impressive artwork and concise information.

The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #2: Chemical biological weapons, CIA documents about the AIDS virus & "cures" killing faster than AIDS! By Various. $2
A6/7 zine. 32 pages.
The second issue of the series focuses on the AIDS virus. Better paper quality than the last issue and colour throughout!

The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #1: The Assassination of Martin Luther King. $2
A6 zine. 24 pages.
The first zine in a series of four which chronicals the CIA and FBI's involvement in domestic affairs and assassinations in the US. This issue focuses on Martin Luther King. Little newsprint zine with coloured front cover.

A Day Mournful and Overcast. $1
A5 zine. 18 pages.
Our reprint, in pamphlet form, of the testament of an "Uncontrollable" of the notorious Iron Column during the Spanish Civil War. The Iron Column was a militia of some 6,000 womyn and men who joined the struggle for revolution and against the fascists, but unlike the other militias - made up of radical trade unionists and members of political parties - the Iron Column was made up of ex-prisoners, liberated by the near total abolition of prisons in the anarchist/republican controlled areas of Spain at that time (1936/7). The "day mournful and overcast" of the title is the day the Iron Column was militarised - the day that, at the behest of the communists, hierarchy and authority were introduced to the Column. Rather than try and describe the poetry, passion and politics of this text, let's let the author do the talking:

"At my side, keeping vigil while I rested without sleeping, was the delegate of my group, a would-be lieutenant; and two steps further over, lying on the ground, head propped on a pile of bombs, slept the delegate of my century, a would-be captain or colonel. I...I would remain myself, a son of the countryside, a rebel unto death. I neither desired nor desire crosses, stripes, or command positions. I am who I am, a peasant who learned to read in prison, who has seen pain and death at close quarters, who was an anarchist without being aware of it, and who, knowing, is still more an anarchist than yesterday, when I had to kill in order to be free."

Exploring the Sacred. By Enola Cola. $2
A5 zine. 56 pages.
Written, along with the author's Rough Outlines (see below), during a period of spending at least 30 minutes out in the woods every day, followed by some time behind the typewriter, hammering out poems and prose that share stories or wisdom accumulated in the wild, critique this dead society, its adherants, and the parts of ourselves that still adhere, lament the dreadful, dreadful consequences of this culture's current course, and ask if we are really going to let it drag us all towards oblivion. Poignant, provocative, and miraculously unpretentious.

Foreign Acephalous World. $1
A5 zine. 40 pages.
A cut n' paste zine from Canada with a militant but thoughtful anti-civilization vibe. Poetry, rants, collages, quotes (from folks such as John Zerzan and anarchist punks Zegota), some amazing images and subtitles... How's this for a summary: the cover image is simply a photo of some businessman/politician (in as much as there could be said to be a difference) in a suit, glumly holding a pair of opened garden shears to his own throat, apparently about to cut his own head off. Hell yeah.

Mutiny: A Paper of Anarchistic Ideas and Actions. FREE
A5 zine. Various page count.
A monthly zine put out by Sydney anarchists, with news, articles and reviews. Free with any order, or chuck us a small postage donation.

Rough Outlines. By Enola Cola. $2
A5 zine. 56 pages.
Written, along with the author's Exploring the Sacred (see above), during a period of spending at least 30 minutes out in the woods every day, followed by some time behind the typewriter, hammering out poems and prose that share stories or wisdom accumulated in the wild, critique this dead society, its adherants, and the parts of ourselves that still adhere, lament the dreadful, dreadful consequences of this culture's current course, and ask if we are really going to let it drag us all towards oblivion. Poignant, provocative, and miraculously unpretentious.

Ruminations from a Dead Tongue and other poems (plus Evasion #2.50 communique and another Hunter-Gatherer). $2
A5 zine. 68 pages.
New zine from our dear friend N in Canada, author/editor of Check Yr Pulse and Foreign Acephalous World. This zine is basically a compilation of 3 zines (as the title(s) would suggest). First up, we have "Ruminations..." - 30 pages or so of N's poetry and assorted rants. The writing here, as readers of N's previous zines will know, is sometimes street poetry, sometimes wild philosophy, sometimes (anti)political theory, and always from the heart and well worth reading. Then there's the Evasion #2.50 communique - and no, N is not 'the Evasion kid' (dare i say that book would have been way more interesting if s/he was..?) - aptly subtitled "Squatting the Forest". This section is just a few pages, but it's packed with introductory info and suggestions for folks wanting to get out into the woods and spend some time livin' wild and free. Pieces on fire, shelter, sleeping, food (including recipes) and more, all simply written and with no presumption of foreknowledge on such matters. Then the "another Hunter-Gatherer" section (Hunter-Gatherer was an old CrimethInc broadsheet that insisted each and every reader take responsibility for producing their own subsequent issues)... this takes the form of a collection of poems, lyrics and manifestos from a spectacularly diverse range of lovers and fighters, from punk maniacs Umlaut to Antonin Artaud, from folk singer Casey Neill to our very own collective member Jyoti!

Sharp Teeth Cut through Soft Flesh. By Enola Cola. $2
A5 zine. 64 pages.
A zine of poems from our Canadian friend Enola Cola (AKA N of Ruminations From a Dead Tongue zine and others). Written during a 10 month period of factory work, which ended suddenly as the press our author had spent so many hours slaving over caught fire and burned the factory down. So there's bitterness and hope here in abundance.

The Village Bike #3. $3
A5 zine. 44 pages.
Fucking rad queer anarchist zine that covers a lot of ground but never leaves you behind. From queer theory to anarchist resistance, from radical love to...um, romance movies - this is one of the most thought-provoking, inspiring and readable zines in Australia right now.

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