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1968réf. 12538 pp. chiefly illustrated. "Special souvenir revolutionary festival brochure" being a mixture of text cut-ups and détournée comic strips that refer to student protests in 1968 at the Essex University Liverpool University and the London School of Economics. 4to. Near fine. folded. 1253 According to an interview with T.J. Clark Power to the People 2013 "In 1968 Essex University hosted a dreadful "revolutionary festival" with Godard and co. in attendance. A group of naysayers produced something called the Manifesto of Rationalism in hopes of spoiling the party and I remember that my contribution was a strip cartoon beginning with a quote from Lewis Namier: 'Liberty is the fruit of slow growth in a stable society.'" Clark goes on to express sincere hope that the item won't be recovered for future scholars to examine. So much for that! As of May 2021 we can locate only one other holding in North America.
1969réf. 132187London: BCM/King Mob 1969. Flower Power won't stop Fascist Power The third issue of the radical group King Mob's underground magazine featuring content about the actions of Ben Morea's Black Mask in the USA; rare in commerce. King Mob sought to ignite a proletarian revolution and incite anti-capitalist riots. Much of this issue celebrates the history and achievements of the Black Mask a radical group in the US who were a significant inspiration for King Mob particularly in their infamous campaign to close down the MOMA. Tall quarto 347 x 250 mm 16 pp. Original wire-stitched wrappers illustrated and lettered in black. Lightly creased rear wrapper soiled with a few splash marks: a very good copy. unknown
1968réf. 153750London: 1968. Let's smash the great deception. Light up Oxford Street dance around the fire A handbill by the radical group King Mob distributed during their anti-capitalist interruption of Christmas shopping at London's Selfridges department store in 1968. King Mob sought to ignite a proletarian revolution. They distributed their ideas through posters flyers and their magazine King Mob Echo notorious for exalting "celebrity" murderers like Jack the Ripper Mary Bell and John Christie. Drawing inspiration from the Situationists in Europe and the Black Mask in the US King Mob endeavoured to stage public events in the hopes of sparking anti-capitalist riots. While few events made it past the planning stages in December 1968 a group of 25 members infiltrated Selfridges and caused havoc among the Christmas crowds. The King Mob members including Peter "Ben" Trueman dressed as Santa Claus and "out of his head on speed" Libcom online distributed Selfridges stock as Christmas presents to unwitting children while handing out copies of this broadsheet. Store detectives were alerted police arrived and the authorities were forced to spend much of their day taking toys from children. Malcolm McLaren the music manager of the Sex Pistols was among the King Mob members present. The handbill is a polemic against consumerism and capitalism that begins: "It's lights out on Oxford Street this year. No more midnight neon. No more conspicuous glitter for compulsive sightseers to gawp at the wonders of capitalism. Even the affluent society can no longer keep up with its electricity bill. You don't deserve Christmas this year. You haven't worked hard enough. You haven't trotted fast enough through the in-put out-put clock-on clock-off the vicious circle of production and consumption save and spend screw yourselves into the ground in preparation for the one time in the year when you're allowed to let go feast yourselves overreach yourselves in a frenzied effort to enjoy-and spew it up afterwards". Broadside 250 x 330 mm printed in black on Victor Bond watermarked paper. Illustrated with Christmas decorations. Fine. unknown
1886réf. 954441886. Very Good. Small single sheet. 17 x 11 cm. Handwritten in ink. Single horizontal fold in center with 2 cm. tear on right end. Several individual letters are smeared tears perhaps toward the bottom of the letter. Envelope not present. Text of the letter: "Dearest Sister I have been having quite the time caring for Jake Braswell's effects after the Lynching in the 15th. The Sheriff will not allow me to enter his room to collect his effects. I do believe that he has nothing of value. If I have to then I will contact an attorney to handle the whole affair. If Cate has no objections I will give his trappings to the undertaker who is the only leader in this town who is not KKK. Your loving brother Marcus" Above the word "Lynching" murdering is penciled in. Handwritten in pencil on back and signed in pencil. "Letter to the Hon. Gov. Henry D. McDaniel about Jake Braswell's murder in Bullock Georgia 1886 was Returned un-answered. Marcus." A contemporary newspaper account in an Indiana newspaper reported that Braswell had "horribly mistreated" Dolly Woods a 6 year old white girl who identified Braswell as her assailant after his capture. Braswell reportedly was given the choice of being burned or hanging himself. When he did not follow through on hanging himself Braswell was involuntarily hung and his body riddled with bullets. It is unclear how Marcus and his sister were related or otherwise connected to Braswell. unknown
