First, a few things to read (if BR wasn't enough), then some announcements, and then I'll ask you for money.

* Partisan Press (P.O. Box 2193, Seattle, WA 98111), a libertarian publishing group, has now completed its first year of activity. They have four books soon to be available. You can write to them for more information, prices etc.

The Practice of Utopia is a collection of essays by Louis Mercier Vega, the lifelong militant anarchist who, among other activities, was one of the founders of the Durutti column in the Spanish Civil War, and in the 70's, the editor of the multi-lingual anarchist journal Interrogations.

Festival and Revolt is an anthology of writings on the recent activities of the anti-authoritarian groups in Italy. A wide range of subjects, from the metropolitan Indians to the Red Brigades, is addressed, not by observers, but by the participants themselves.

The Christie File is the autobiography of Britain's most notorious anarchist, Stuart Christie. The book details his activities in and outside of England, and his career as the object of investigation and surveillance.

Without a Trace, subtitled "A Manual for Disorder", is a technical manual on police investigation methods, intended for those who wish to evade such.

* No Nuclear News (cio Boston Clamshell, 595 Mass. Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139) is a monthly compilation of articles and graphics clipped from the various printed media. This is a very useful source of information for those who are writing or speaking about the issue of nuclear power. Subscriptions are $7.50 per year, or send 504 for a single copy.

* North American Anarchist (P.O. Box 2, Station 0, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4B 2B0) is the newspaper of the Anarchist-Communist Federation of North America. Subtitled "The Newspaper dedicated to direct action," it is a bi-monthly mix of news, reviews, and commentary. The first issue appeared in October; subs are $5.00 per year.

* The First International Symposium on Anarchism will be held February 18-24, 1980. This event will include lectures, films, theater etc. For more information write to the Anarchism Symposium Committee, LC Box 134, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon 97219

* Howard Besser (Film Resources Information Group, 11 Eshelman Hall, U of California, Berkeley, CA 94720) is working on a Filmography of Anarchist Films. If you know of films presenting images of anarchism (either positive or negative), or espousing anarchism, or made by anarchists, please contact him.

* Kamalla Miller, anarcha-feminist, IWW and anti-nuclear activist, has been arrested and charged with kidnapping her own daughter.

Some time ago, when Kamalla and her former husband, Arthur Miller, were unemployed, they gave their two children to her parents for temporary care. Eventually her parents initiated a custody hearing. They alleged Kamalla and Arthur were unfit parents for several reasons, one of which was that Arthur was a "fanatical communist IWW organizer."

The judge, in awarding custody to the grandparents, cited their money and "good home" as important reasons for deciding in their favor. Kamalla's son, Jason, died while in the grandparent's care. Soon after, Kamalla took her daughter Ishka, from the grandparent's California home and brought her to the hills of Arkansas to live.

When Kamalla was arrested for kidnapping, Ishka was put in a foster home. Social service workers find her well adjusted; the Orange County, California social service is on Kamalla's side; and Ishka does not want to return to her grandparents. However, Governor Jerry Brown of California has signed extradition papers for Kamalla and it's uncertain what the Governor of Arkansas will do.

Our help is needed. Write letters to Governor Bill Clinton, State Capitol, Little Rock, Arkansas arguing against extradition. Funds for support are urgently needed and should be sent to Committee to Support Kamalla, 3304 Clinton Avenue South, Minneapolis, Mn. 55408. Letters of support to Kamalla may be sent to her at Bayou La Rose, 2115 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, La. 70119

• Like every other alternative and/or radical publication, Black Rose is permanently on the brink of solvency. Since we don't have access to Fort Knox or Moscow gold, we have to ask our readers for money. The most dependable source of finance for us is subscriptions- if you bought this issue at a bookstore you probably paid between $1.75 and $2.00 for it, and we had to spend between 104 and 204 to mail or ship it to the bookstore. In addition, we only got $1.00 to $1.25 of your bookstore purchase price. Considering the $6.00 subscription rate, and the cheap mailing rate we get from the Post Office (64 each), simple arithmetic will reveal that subscribing is cheaper for reader and publisher alike. We look upon bookstore sales as a means of introduction to the magazine, a way to build up a group of readers (and participants- see editor's introduction) rather than as a permanent distribution network, If you would like to distribute BR in your area, or sell it in your bookstore, please write and let us know. Also, please subscribe, give gift subscriptions, and encourage your local libraries to subscribe, and don't forget to renew your subs before they run out.

As part of our campaign to continue our existence, we've been sending promotional letters to people who might want to subscribe to Black Rose, One aspect of this is trading subscription lists with similar publications. We hesitated before doing this, because we know some people might object, but then we went ahead and did it anyway-we traded lists with Murray Bookchin's Comment. Let us know if you object to this, and if you want to opt out of any such future trades.