BLACK ROSE

BLACK ROSE LECTURE SERIES WINTER/SPRING 1981

Feb. 27: Religious Anarchism: Dorothy Day and the Cathol/c Worker Movement - Robert Ellsberg

March 13: "Mental Health" and the Therapeutic State 

Judi Chamberlin

April 10: Human Scale: Is a Decentralist Future Possible? -Kirkpatrick Sale

May 8: The New Right, the Family, and the State - Allen Hunter

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* The Free Voice of Labor—The Jewish Anarchists, the well-received film documentary by Pacific St. Production, will have a free showing at the Boston Public Library, April 9 at 7 pm.

* We would like to point out a newly-issued pamphlet to our readers, The first Mayday: the Haymarket speeches 1895-1910. It contains eight memorial orations of Voltarine de Cleyre for her comrades who fell in the Haymarket affair. These speeches ''constitute a classic of anarchist literature" according to Paul Avrich, who wrote the introduction and notes. Striking design and graphics include a powerful series of lithographs by Siporin and cover art by Flavio Costantini. Congratulations to Cienfuegos Press; the Libertarian Book Club, and Soil of Liberty, who collaborated in its publication. (price $3. In US write Libertarian Book Club, PO 482, Gen. PO, NY, NY 10016, and Soil of Liberty, PO 7056, Powderhorn Sta., Minneapolis, Minn. 55407.)

* Black Rose is not the only group with a lecture series. In Montreal "la groupe de la pensee sauvage" is also sponsoring a discussion series. For those who are interested, the schedule is Feb. 15, "Anarchists and the Mexican Workers' Movement", March 8, "Women and the State", March 29, "Crowing Militarism and the Contemporary Quebec State", and April 26, "May Day: Yesterday and Today". The discussions will take place at Le Noeud, 2075 boulevard St. Laurent in Montreal. Admission is free and unfortunately all the talks are apparently in French.

* Also in French for those who are interested is the newsletter "Le Q-lotte" which presents a pro self-management perspective on events in Quebec. The address is 64, rue Maisonneuve, app. 4, Quebec, Quebec G1R 2C3.

* Montreal also has some interesting English publications. Black Rose Books, 3981 boulevard St. Laurent, H2W 1Y5, have been publishing libertarian and left wing books for some ten years now. Latest titles include an expanded reprint of Bakunin on Anarchism, a translation of Edith Thomas' biography of Louise Michel, the 19th Century French anarchist, a new edition of Murray Bookchin's Post-Scarcity Anarchism, and a new collection of Bookchin's writings entitled, Toward An Ecological Society. With their connections to the bookstore Librarie Alternatifs they have access to a wide variety of books on all sorts of left wing interests. They would gladly respond to any and all letters, sent att. Jean Nataf.

* Finally, Our Generation, the oldest independent radical quarterly in Canada, gave us a plug in their last issue, and we ought to return the favour. Our Generation is on sale for $2 per copy and can be bought by writing to them at the same address as Black Rose books. The last issue included an assessment of the Boston Group Root and Branch by Dimitri Roussopoulos, Murray Bookchin's "Open letter to the Ecology Movement", articles on the telephone system, uranium mining, the Teamsters, a memorial to jean-Paul Sartre, and book reviews. Our Generation is by far the best magazine on radical efforts in Canada and we recommend it to our readers.

* We have mentioned Comment, the newsletter published by Murray Bookchin, before and would like to again. The new address is PO Box 158, Burlington, Vt. 05402. Each issue is 804, with seven issues for $5. Comment presents new perspectives on libertarian thought in a lively fashion, that is, in Bookchin's flowery style. It is worth the investment,though when reading Comment, one often asks oneself in French, "Comment?" (How?)

* Black Rose will hold a poetry fundraiser, March 14, with poets Raffael DeGruttola, Vincent Ferrini, and Elizabeth McKim. Come help the magazine and enjoy yourself. Admission will be the purchase of one Black Rose magazine ($1.50)—Location to be announced.

* Black Rose is also in the process of arranging benefit performances of The Bread and Roses Play by the Modern Times Theatre of NYC. See events of the Lawrence 1912 strike dramatized and accompanied by music from Mozart's Don Giovanni. Performances will be during April 25-27 in Boston and Cambridge. Watch for them!