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Social Anarchism (2743 Maryland Ave. Baltimore MD 21218) comes our semiannually (February and October). This magazine is edited by the people who put together the excellent Reinventing Anarchy anthology, and features several of its contributors. Issues are $1.75 for North America, $2.25 elsewhere.

Journal of Community Communications (P.O. Box 996 Berkeley, CA 94701) is devoted to the libertarian, nonhierarchial possibilities within information, communications, and organizational systems paradigms. Subs are $9/year (4 issues)

The Free Voice of Labor— The Jewish Anarchists, is a film documentary, color, 60 minutes, by Pacific St. productions. The film recreates the 87 year history of the Freie Arbeiter Stimme, a Yiddish-anarchist periodical which ceased publication in December, 1977. It consists of interviews with the Jewish anarchists themselves (including Ahrne Thorne, last editor, and Sam and Esther Dolgoff) and commentary by historian Paul Avrich. For information concerning viewing/distribution, contact Pacific St. Productions, 22 First St. Brooklyn, New York 11231. (212) 875-9722.

Registration for the draft is on the brink of reinstitution. Action is urgently needed. Contact your local anti-draft coalition, The Boston Alliance Against Registration and the Draft (BAARD), (617) 491-4694; The Committee Against Registration and the Draft (CARD), (202) 547-4334; or The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO), P.O. Box 15796, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

On the civil liberties front, the proposed new Federal Criminal Code (S.1722, 5.1723) along with the revised FBI and CIA charters pose grave threats to rights of dissent, public control over the secret police, and public knowledge of governmental activities. All three are now before Congress, so prompt response is of the essence. The National Lawyer's Guild, the ACLU, and the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation (NCARL), all with offices in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere, are coordinating the defense.

We still have back issues of Black Rose numbers 1-4 on hand for $1.50 per issue. Get them while they last!

The Coalition for Direct Action at Seabrook is staging an affinity group based, nonviolent occupation/blockade of the Seabrook, N.H. nuclear plant construction site for the week of May 24. Efforts are being made to establish an ongoing libertarian community (Freestate) nearby. A 63-page occupation handbook detailing the action's history, philosophy, strategy, etc. is available for $1 per copy. For handbooks and information, contact your local anti-nuclear alliance or The Boston Clamshell Coalition, 595 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 661-6204.

Dandelion (1985 Selby Ave., St. Paul. MN 55104) is a libertarian/anarchist quarterly featuring debates over critical areas of libertarian thought and contemporary issues, along with the history of American Libertarian currents. Issues are $1.50 each, full sets of their 10 back issues are $13.50 ppd.

Black Thorn Books (186 Willow Ave., Somerville, MA 02144; (617) 666-1798) is a new anarchist publishing venture also distributing books from Cienfuegos Press. They are announcing publication of The Russian Tragedy by Alexander Berkman ($4.50 paper, $11.25 cloth); Land and Liberty: Anarchist Influences in the Mexican Revolution, Ricardo Flores Magon, edited by Dave Poole ($5.50 paper only); A New World in Our Hearts: The Faces of Spanish Anarchism, edited by Albert Meltzer ($4.50 paper, $11.25 cloth); The Guillotine At Work Vi.: The Lenist Counterrevolution by G.P. Maximoff ($13.00 paper, $27.00 cloth); and Zapata of Mexico by Peter Newell ($5.50 paper only).