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Black Flag magazine's formal launch announced

Rob Ray | 13.11.2007 12:19 | Analysis | History | Social Struggles | World

To mark the re-launch of Black Flag, a meeting is going to be held at Housmans bookshop (5 Caledonian Road, King's Cross, London) on Wednesday, 12th of December (6.30 for a 7pm start) .

The evening will include a brief introduction including the history of the Black Flag, the magazine and the anarchist symbol itself, followed by a discussion in which comments and suggestions for the new version.

The new Black Flag magazine, which was previewed and sold at this year's London Anarchist Bookfair, has seen generally positive feedback and is looking to become bi-annual for 2008 with its next edition slated for May 1st.

Ahead of the launch, the collective is offering a freebie for Indymedia readers, a PDF (attached) of the biography which ran in this issue on the life of John Taylor Cauldwell, a legendary anarchist organiser in Scotland who sadly died earlier this year, showcasing the sort of style (and partly content) the magazine is working towards.

While this issue consists primarily of analysis, reviews, historical work and profiles, the magazine collective are also keen to bring in more people to work on contemporary investigative pieces, anaysis of current social struggles and

The Housman's meeting will see collective member Iain McKay available to talk about what people would like to see in the next issue, and will welcome new volunteers to contribute, for layout and design work, or help with distribution and marketing.

The new issue is £3 and copies can be found at Housmans, Freedom bookshop, by writing to:

BLACK FLAG
BM Hurricane
London
WC1N 3XX
United Kingdom

or by emailing Black_Flag AT lycos.co.uk

Rob Ray