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Don Alexander/Kick It Over Collection

Biographical History

Don Alexander is the founder of the Toronto-based anarchist journal, Kick it Over (1981-2004).

Scope and Content

The collection consists of journals, magazines and other periodicals, as well as pamphlets relating to anarchism, cultural radicalism, anti-war movements, environmentalism, and other activist issues.

Periodicals

  1. Black and Green: A Journal of Social Ecology (Fall-Winter, 1981-82): journal of the New England Anarchist Conference based in Burlington, Vermont (Murray Bookchin’s social ecology is the focus, as reflected in the list of contributors and issues)
  2. Alternate Society 4 no. 1 (circa 1969-70):a Toronto anarchist-pacifist publication printed by Dumont Press (see page 1). It was based in Rochdale College, a University of Toronto student-run co-op housing complex (1968-1975) which became a focus of radical activism in Toronto. Anarchist Gary Moffet was part of the editorial group.
  3. Alternate Society 3 no. 7 (Oct-Nov. 1971): “Alternate Society, 14 Floor Commune, Rochdale College 341 Bloor St. W. Toronto 181.”
  4. Breakthrough: Political Journal of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee Vol. 12 no. 1 (summer, 1988): The Prairie Fire Organizing Committee was formed in 1974 to promote the Maoist influenced “Weatherman Underground” (a leftist organization formed in the late 1960s which carried out bombings and other actions into the 1980s) policies through above-ground publications.
  5. Counterpress: Toronto’s Alternative High School Press no. 1 (1983): anarchist-inflected peace activist student run publication (youth coalition for peace) that banished all “political” affiliations from its pages and promoted direct action campaigns that had deep anarchist components, specifically anti-Linton Missile Guidance Systems development. (two copies)
  6. Counterpress: Toronto’s Alternative High School Press no. 2 (May/June, 1983): with a leading article by pacifist-anarchist Brian Burch
  7. N.S. #1 A-Team: poorly produced “anti-ideology” poster zine (see Lunatic Fringe Credo), hence it satirizes anarchism along with every other “ism.”
  8. AFSC: Quaker Service Bulletin no. 154 (Spring, 1986)
  9. POLISH UNDERGROUND ANARCHIST JOURNAL: ACAPPELLA
    ACappella no. 15 (1988): includes 3 typed inserts (stapled) “A Cappella no. 15—English Version”—page 2 has a summation of the issue’s contents. This list of contacts (first page) includes Bob McGuinn, the moving force of the New York anarchist journal, On Gogol Boulevard: Network Bulletin for Activists East and West.
  10. Across Frontiers: For Solidarity-East & West 1, no. 2 (Summer, 1984): special issue on dissidence in Poland and Czechoslovakia. This is a San Francisco produced journal.
  11. Artpaper 8, no. 9 (, 1989): arts magazine produced in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US.
  12. Asian-Pacific Environment: Newsletter of the Asia Pacific People’s Environmental Network 5, no. 2 (1987).
  13. Anarchist Review was produced by Stuart Christie’s Cienfugegos Press.
  14. Anarchist Review 1, no. 5 (no date).
  15. Anarchist Review 1, no. 5 (no date).
  16. A Rivista Anarchia. A very well-produced Italian anarchist journal.
    1. A Rivista Anarchia 15 no. 5 (November 1985).
    2. A Rivista Anarchia 16 no, 1 (Feb. 1986).
    3. A Rivista Anarchia 17 no. 1 (Feb. 1987).
  17. Anarchy: A Journal of Desire, Armed
    1. Anarchy: Disarm Authority! Arm your Desires! 11 (April, 1986).
    2. Anarchy: Disarm Authority! Arm your Desires! 12 (Summer, 1986).
    3. Weekly World Anarchy: Disarm Authority! Arm your Desires! no. 13 (Fall/Winter, 1988): a satire of tabloid journalism, this is a special issue of Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed
    4. Anarchy: Disarm Authority! Arm your Desires! 14 (Summer, 1987).
    5. Anarchy: Disarm Authority! Arm your Desires! 15 (Winter, 1988).
    6. Anarchy: A Journal of Desire, Armed 16 (Summer, 1988).
    7. Anarchy: A Journal of Desire, Armed 17 (Fall/Winter, 1989-89).
    8. Anarchy: A Journal of Desire, Armed 18 (March/April, 1989).
    9. Anarchy: A Journal of Desire, Armed 19 (May-July, 1989).
    10. Anarchy: A Journal of Desire, Armed 20/21 (August-October, 1989)
  18. The Activist: Newspaper of the ACT for Disarmament Coalition
    1. The Activist: Newspaper of the ACT for Disarmament Coalition 4, no. 3 (Winter, 1988): pacifist activist organization with anarchist participants which focused on anti-nuclear war activism.
    2. The Activist: Newspaper of the ACT for Disarmament Coalition 5, no. 1 (Winter, 1989)
    3. The Activist: Newspaper of the ACT for Disarmament Coalition 5, no. 3 (Summer, 1989)
    4. The Activist: Newspaper of the ACT for Disarmament Coalition 5, no. 4 (Fall, 1989)
    5. The Activist: Newspaper of the ACT for Disarmament Coalition 6, no. 2 (March-April, 1990)
    6. The Activist: Newspaper of the ACT for Disarmament Coalition 6, no. 5 (Sept.-October, 1990)
    7. The Activist: Newspaper of the ACT for Disarmament Coalition 6, no. 6 (Nov.-, 1990)
    8. The Activist: Newspaper of the ACT for Disarmament Coalition: Special Emergency Issue 7, no. 1 (January, 1991): this issue marks the beginning of the first Gulf War, which ACT opposed.
    9. The Activist: Newspaper of the ACT for Disarmament Coalition 7, no. 2 (February, 1991): produced while the Gulf War is underway, this is a record of protests and analysis. It includes a flyer asking for support stapled to it.
    10. The Activist: Newspaper of the ACT for Disarmament Coalition 7, no. 3 (March, 1991): produced during the Gulf War, this issue marks the war’s end and analyses its treatment in the media.
    11. The Activist: Newspaper of the ACT for Disarmament Coalition 7, no. 6 (June, 1991): produced while the Gulf War is underway, this is a record of protests and analysis.
    12. clipping, “A New Europe?”—ACT analysis of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
  19. Between the Issues: Ecology Action Centre. A Halifax-produced radical ecology newsletter.
    1. Between the Issues: Ecology Action Centre vol. 4, no. 9 (July, 1986): Elizabeth May, leader of the Federal Green Party, contributes a book review to this issue.
    2. Between the Issues: Ecology Action Centre vol. 6, no. 4 (July-Aug, 1988).
    3. Between the Issues: Ecology Action Centre vol. 6, no. 6 (Nov.-, 1988): with insert, stapled.
    4. Between the Issues: Ecology Action Centre vol. 7, no. 1 (January-February, 1989).
    5. Between the Issues: Ecology Action Centre vol. 7, no. 3 (June-July, 1989).
  20. Comunidad.Between the Issues: Ecology Action Centre (Halifax, NS). Montevideo, Uruguay anarchist journal.
    1. Comunidad no. 65 (August-September 1988).
    2. Comunidad no. 66 (Nov.-Dec. 1988).
  21. Digger. Christian anarchist journal produced in Peterborough, Ontario.
    1. Digger and Christian Anarchist: for a Christian Anarchist Movement no. 26 (August 1988): includes an account of the 1988 Toronto “Survivor Gathering.”
    2. Digger and Christian Anarchist: for a Christian Anarchist Movement no. 28 (Dec. 1988).
  22. Ecomedia. Produced by animal liberation anarchist David Barbarash, whose papers are part of the Anarchist Archive.
    1. “The Entrapment of Fran Tutt Insert to Ecomedia #46 Feb 21-Mar. 7 (1989)” with attached flyer asking that the news of police infiltration –and identities of the infiltrators–of the animal liberation movement be circulated widely.
    2. Ecomedia no. 16 (Jan. 11, 1988).
    3. Ecomedia no. 58 (Aug. 22-Sept. 4, 1989).
  23. Anarchism (no date): produced by “Looking Left State University of New York, Binghamton, New York.”
  24. Black Rose.
    1. Black Rose no. 4 (Winter, 1979): with subscription insert about the journal. Purchased at the anarchist Wooden Shoe bookstore (Philadelphia).
    2. Black Rose no. 7 (Spring, 1981): includes Paul Avrich, “An Anarchist Life: Molly Steimer.”
  25. Black Eye no. 6 (no date): produced in New York, with an inserted note asking of KIO wants to “trade” (publications).
  26. Front Line: Anarchist Journal no. 5 (Spring 1982): Washington, DC.
  27. F Noise. Toronto Anarchist Publication.
  28. F Noise no. 1 (August, 1983): Toronto anarchist publication with contributions from “Don Haley” (Don Alexander) and KIO collective member Alexandra Devon.
  29. F Noise no. 3 (January 1984): with contributions from David Barbarash and Brian Burch.
  30. Factsheet Five. Quarterly compendium of short reviews of zines and non-commercial journals.
    1. FactSheet Five no. 27 (1988).
    2. FactSheet Five no. 28 (1988).
  31. The Garden no. 5 (Winter, 1988): anarchist publication produced at the State University of New York, Binghampton, NY.
  32. The Gadfly vol. 3, no. 12 (July 26, 1988). Burlington, Vermont publication (this is where Murray Bookchin was based): features Jason Pramas, “Anarchy in Toronto” and other anarchist related issues.
  33. The Catalyst. Newspaper of Fed-up Co-Op, 304E 1st Ave Vancouver.
    1. Catalyst (April 1983): issue on “rehabilitating BC”—condemnation of “technological civilization”.
    2. Catalyst (March 1985): issue on “self-governance.”
    3. Catalyst (April 1985): issue on “appropriate society”—ecologically self-sustaining.
  34. Next Generation: A Voice of the BC Youth Movement.
    1. Next Generation no. 8 (Spring 1986).
    2. Next Generation no. 10 (Spring 1987).
  35. End: Journal of European Nuclear Disarmament no. 24 (Oct.–Nov. 1986).
  36. Changing Work: A Magazine About Liberating Worklife no. 7 (Winter 1988): a tribute issue to anarchist C. George Benello.
  37. Socialist Monthly Changes (July–August, 1982): “eyewitness report Palestine, the occupation, the resistance.”
  38. Extra vol. 2 no. 1 (August, 1988): newsletter of Fairness and Accuracy in the Media—US based radical media organization.
  39. Harrowsmith no. 43 (June/July, 1982): Features “In Defense of Anarchy: A Tough Talk with Murray Bookchin.”
  40. Green Action vol. 6 no. 1 (no date): anarchist pacifist ecological journal, mailed to KIO.
  41. Kinesis (Nov. 1989): Toronto feminist magazine.
  42. Latin America Connections.
    1. Latin American Connections vol. 2, no. 4 (March/April 1988)
    2. Latin American Connections vol. 2, no. 6 (July/August 1988)
    3. Latin American Connections vol. 3, no. 1 (Sept./Oct. 1988): has a feature on the German Green Party: “At the Crossroads with the Greens” by Connections co-editor Adam Jones (two copies).
  43. Green Anarchist. UK Publication.
    1. Green Anarchist no. 11 (April–May, 1986.
    2. Green Anarchist no. 12 (June–July, 1986): with advert for the Canadian anarchist journal Reality Now.
    3. Green Anarchist no. 19 (Summer, 1988.
  44. Green Line. A UK-based anarchist oriented radical ecology journal.
    1. Green Line no. 41 (April 1986).
    2. Green Line no. 43 (June 1986).
    3. Green Line no. 63 (June 1988).
    4. Green Line no. 68 (New Year 1988–9).
    5. Green Line no. 69 (Feb. 1989).
    6. Green Line no. 71 (April 1989).
  45. The Green Revolution: School of the Living. The journal was edited by George Yamada, a Little Current, Ontario-based associate of the anarchist “School of the Living” ‘single tax’ farm commune founded by Mildred Jensen Loomis in the 1930s in Ohio. Copies mailed to KIO.
    1. Green Revolution: School of the Living vol. 40 no. 3 (Fall 1983).
    2. Green Revolution: School of the Living vol. 43 no. 1 (Spring 1986).
    3. Green Revolution: School of the Living vol. 43 no. 3 (Fall 1986).
    4. Green Revolution: School of the Living vol. 44 no. 2 (Summer 1987).
    5. Green Revolution: School of the Living vol. 46 no. 3 (Fall 1989).
  46. Harbinger: The Journal of Social Ecology. Published by Murray Bookchin’s “Institute of Social Ecology,” Plainfield, Vermont.
    1. Harbinger: The Journal of Social Ecology vol. 1. no. 1 (Winter 1983).
    2. Harbinger: The Journal of Social Ecology vol. 1. no. 2 (Fall 1983).
  47. Insurrection. A beautifully produced journal published by British anarchist Jean Weir who, along with Italian Alfredo Bonnano, has spearheaded “insurrectionist” anarchism as an international tendency since the 1970s, partly through Weir’s publishing collective, Elephant Editions.
    1. Insurrection no. 4 (May 1988).
    2. Insurrection no. 5 (Autumn, 1988).
  48. Libertarian Labor Review. U.S. based anarchist-syndicalist publication.
    1. Libertarian Labor Review no. 4 (Winter 1987–88).
    2. Libertarian Labor Review no. 5 (Summer 1988).
    3. Libertarian Labor Review no. 6 (Winter 1989).
    4. Libertarian Labor Review no. 7 (Summer 1989).
    5. Libertarian Labor Review no. 8 (Winter 1989-90).
  49. Ideas & Action no. 3 (Spring 1983): with stapled photocopy of a debate from this issue concerning authoritarianism and anarchist-syndicalism in Nicaragua with a pasted in statement by Murray Bookchin and a reference of anarchist Sam Dolgolff’s critique of nationalism. The pages have also been altered in the actual issue of the journal.
  50. Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC) Newsletter.
    1. KWIC Newsletter (Autumn 1989).
    2. KWIC Newsletter (February 1990).
  51. Libertarian vol. 1 no. 1 (May, 1968): rare Canadian anarchist journal.
  52. Lomakatsi no. 3: Washington, DC “anarchist-primitivist” journal.
  53. Green Action (May 1987): ecology journal published in Tempe, Arizona.
  54. Green Letter. San Francisco-based Green Party oriented journal.
    1. Green Letter vol. 3 no. 5 (1987).
    2. Green Letter vol. 4 no. 3 (1988).
    3. Green Letter vol. 4 no. 4 (1988): with a feature on “animal nations and their right to survive” by John Mohawk.
  55. Green Perspectives: A Left Green Publication. Murray Bookchin/Institute for Social Ecology publication, Burlington, Vermont.
    1. Green Perspectives: A Left Green Publication no. 9 (August 1988).
    2. Green Perspectives: A Left Green Publication no. 10 (September 1988).
    3. Green Perspectives: A Left Green Publication no. 11 (October 1988).
    4. Green Perspectives: A Left Green Publication no. 12 (November 1988).
    5. Green Perspectives: A Left Green Publication no. 13 (December 1988).
    6. Green Perspectives: A Left Green Publication no. 14 (January 1989).
    7. Green Perspectives: A Left Green Publication no. 16 (Junee 1989).
    8. Green Perspectives: A Left Green Publication no. 18 (November 1989).
  56. Green Synthesis: U.S. Green Committees of Correspondence (GCoC) journal. Documents an important controversy in the anarchist movement.
    1. Green Synthesis no. 28 (September 1988)
    2. Green Synthesis no. 29 (December 1988)
    3. Green Synthesis no. 30 (March 1989)
    4. Green Synthesis no. 31 (June 1989): critiques attacks by the “left green network” on “deep ecology” and its attempt to assert social ecology as an hegemonic ideology.
    5. Green Synthesis no. 32 (October 1989): publishes a response from the “left green network.”
    6. Green Synthesis no. 33 (March 1990): publishes an article on the “left green network” and its hostility to “deep ecology.”
  57. Here and Now. Glasgow, UK anarchist journal.
    1. Here and Now no. 4 (1986): with a feature on Murray Bookchin’s “libertarian socialism.”
    2. Here and Now no. 6 (Spring 1988): with an insert, Counter-Information no. 19 May/June 1988—an anti-poll tax publication—I was the distributor of CI in North America.
    3. Here and Now no. 7/8 (Spring 1989): with an “East European Supplement” discussing prospects for anti-authoritarian socialist currents, post-Communism.
  58. The Harder They Come. Toronto-based anarchist journal.
    1. The Harder They Come vol. 1 no. 1 (June 1986).
    2. The Harder They Come vol. 1 no. 2 (Nov./Dec 1986).
  59. Bulldozer—Jim Campbell’s journal—the Anarchist Archive has the full run of this publication. Issues no. 2; 3; 6; 7 (two copies); 8.
  60. Earth First! The most popular and widely distributed anarchist radical ecological journal in North America.
    1. Earth First! Special Edition (June 16, 1989): FBI Attacks Earth First!: two copies.
    2. Earth First! vol. 6 no. 3 (Feb. 2 1986)
    3. Earth First! vol. 7 no. 6 (June 21 1987)
    4. Earth First! vol. 8 no. 1 (November 1 1987): with marked supplement on rainforests.
    5. Earth First! vol. 8 no. 3 (Feb. 2 1988)
    6. Earth First! vol. 8 no. 4 (March 20 1988)
    7. Earth First! vol. 8 no. 5 (May 1 1988)
    8. Earth First! vol. 8 no. 6 (June 21 1988)
    9. Earth First! vol. 8 no. 7 (August 1 1988)
    10. Earth First! vol. 8 no. 8 (Sept. 22 1988)
    11. Earth First! vol. 9 no. 1 (Nov. 1 1988)
    12. Earth First! vol. 9 no. 2 (Dec 21 1988)
    13. Earth First! vol. 9 no. 4 (March 21 1989)
    14. Earth First! vol. 9 no. 5 (May 1 1989)
    15. Earth First! vol. 10 no. 1 (Nov. 1 1989)
  61. Clothed with the Sun vol. 6 no. 2 (Summer 1986): nudist magazine.
  62. Greenpeace Magazine vol. 15 no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1990).
  63. Healthsharing: A Canadian Women’s Health Quarterly (Winter 1983): special issue on midwifery and abortion.
  64. Network News: An Ontario Environment Network Publication vol. 3 no. 5 (Nov./Dec. 1988).
  65. Last Issue (Summer 1985).
  66. The Journal of Wild Culture vol. 1 no. 1 (no date).
  67. Broadside: A Sampler vol. 3 no. 7 (1982).
  68. Brairpatch vol. 14 no. 6 (July/August 1985): features on an Indigenous blockade of uranium mining development in Saskatchewan.
  69. The Guardian: Independent Radical Weekly. New York based publication.
    1. The Guardian (Nov. 27 1985).
    2. The Guardian (Jan. 15 1986).
    3. The Guardian (July 15 1987).
  70. Proletrian Unity—In Struggle.
    1. Proletarian Unity: Theoretical Journal of the Marxist-Leninist Organization of Canada IN STRUGGLE no. 45 (Feb-March 1979).
    2. Proletarian Unity: Theoretical Journal of the Marxist-Leninist Organization of Canada IN STRUGGLE no. 23 (Jan-Feb-March 1980).
    3. In Struggle: Central Organ of the Marxist Leninist Organization of Canada IN STRUGGLE! vol. 9 no. 24 (April 21—May 4 1982).
  71. The Independent: “A Monthly Journal For Thoughtful Canadians.”
    1. The Independent vol. 5 no. 7 (September 1990): impending gulf war coverage and ecological issues.
    2. The Independent vol. 5 no. 8 (October, 1990): impending gulf war coverage and ecological issues.

      Pamphlets

      1. Jim Campbell, Nicola Santoro, Steve Izma and Stu Vickers, Disease (no date): printed by Gabriel Dumont Press, Kitchener-Waterloo. A copy of this pamphlet is in the Jim Campbell collection.
      2. Bulletin of the European Network For East-West Dialogue nos. 1-2 (1988): edited from West Germany with a note “please plug this in Kick it Over and use my address.”
      3. Hot Pants: Do it Yourself Gynecology Herbal Remedies (no date).
      4. Untying the Knot: Feminism, Anarchism and Organization (Dark Star/Rebel Press, 1984): stamped “Revolution Now Press & Distro, 808 14th St. Saskatoon, SK” (photocopied reprint).
      5. Demonstrating Resistance (Crimethinc/Rolling Thunder/BAAC Media.Collective: with notes on back page.
      6. Deal With It no. 1 (no date): anarchist anti-sexist publication for men: stamped “Revolution Now Press & Distro, 808 14th St. Saskatoon, SK” (photocopied reprint).
      7. International Blacklist (1983): important compendium of anarchist and anarchist-related organizations, publications, centers, etc. around the world.
      8. Radical Slut Dis-covery: Building & Re-Building Our Sexual Selves (no date)—critiquing “manarchistic” society: stamped “Revolution Now Press & Distro, 808 14th St. Saskatoon, SK” (photocopied reprint).
      9. Witch (no date): stamped “Revolution Now Press & Distro, 808 14th St. Saskatoon, SK” (photocopied reprint).
      10. Weeping Willow Herbal Remedies and much more . . . : stamped “Revolution Now Press & Distro, 808 14th St. Saskatoon, SK” (photocopied reprint).
      11. Hetero-Cide: A Conglomeration of Queer Revolutionary Writings: stamped “Revolution Now Press & Distro, 808 14th St. Saskatoon, SK” (photocopied reprint).
      12. Men Lead—Womyn Organize!: “distributed by Black Cat Distro” (this is the distro of David Barbarash).
      13. The Period Conspiracy (no date): Chlam Media Press.
      14. Anarcha-Feminism: An Introduction (Emma Center, 3451 Bloomington Ave. S.): “A volunteer-run community center/free store/infoshop based on anarchist principals of direct democracy, non-hierarchal organizing, and mutual aid.”
      15. Anarchism and Feminism: Women, Workers and Trade Unions (BOA, 1986): produced by the Montreal/Vancouver-based Bevy of Anarchist/Feminists: stamped “Revolution Now Press & Distro, 808 14th St. Saskatoon, SK” (photocopied reprint by the Edmonton Small Press Association).
      16. Alicia non Grata, Take Back Your Life: A Wimmin’s Guide to Alternative Health Care: “Revolution Now Press & Distro, 808 14th St. Saskatoon, SK” (photocopied reprint of a pamphlet produced by the U.S. based anarchist punk journal, Profane Existence).
      17. Pamphlets Produced By The “Canadian Marxist-Leninst Group, In Struggle.”
        1. For the Unity of the Canadian Proletariat: brief notes on the present conjuncture (Montreal, April 1977).
        2. No Revolutionary Party without a Revolutionary Program (Montreal, January 1978).
        3. The goals and work of Canadian Communists in trade unions today (Montreal, May 1978).