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Sam Wagar Collection

Biographical History

Donor Samuel Wagar (b. 1956) acquired the collection during his involvement in the anarchist movement during the 1980s.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of journals, magazines and other periodicals related to the anarchist movement in Canada and North America more broadly.

Box #1

  1. Factsheet Five Magazine, no. 23, August 1987 – no. 33, December 1989; no. 35, April 1990; no. 37, August 1990 – no. 44, August 1991; no. 53, October 1994. A magazine consisting completely of reviews of small press periodicals, books and other products. Rnaging from the extreme left to the extreme right to hobbyist periodicals ranging from amateur porography to doll-collecting, primarily American publications but a sprinkling from Canada and elsewhere. Published and edited by Mike Gunderloy, 6 Arizona Avenue, Renssaelaer, New York 12144-4502 USA. Ranging from 70 page to 136 page magazine.
  2. Resistance: Documents and Analysis from the illegal front, no.3, Spring – no. 6, Fall 1983; no. 11, Fall 1987. Published in Vancouver by “Friends of Durruti” and dedicated to translating and reprinting communiques from urban guerrilla groups like the Red Brigades in Italy, Red Army Faction in Germany, and Canada’s own Direct Action. One of the principal figures in the “Friends” was Brent Taylor, who was convicted of actions of the Direct Action group and imprisoned.
  3. International Blacklist. Directory to Anarchist groups worldwide 1983, includes 6 March 1983 supplement (booklet).
  4. Mob Action Against The State. A memorial of the Chicago 1986 Anarchist Convention in honour of the 100th anniversary of Haymarket published 1987 (booklet).
  5. Green Anarchist, no. 16, Spring 1987.
  6. Reality Now Magazine, no 6, late 1986; no. 8, Winter 1988. A Toronto Anarchist journal.
  7. Anarchist APA (Anarchist Amateur Publishing Association), 14 distributions from October 1981–March 1984. A letter exchange between anarchist activists in Canada and the United States. Includes amateur periodicals, poetry, first-hand accounts of events in the Anarchist communities, especially in Toronto—particularly interessting accounts reacting to the Direct Action bombing of Litton Systems in Toronto.
  8. Femzine, no. 1, 1987. Anarchist-feminist Punk Rock fanzine from Toronto.
  9. BOA (Bevy of Anarchist-Feminists), no. 2, 1988 . Anarchist-feminist magazine, co-produced by Vacnouver and Montreal feminists.
  10. Green Multilogue, Vol. 3 no. 3, May/June 1998 – Vol. 3 no. 6, Nov/December 1998; Vol 8 no. 2, Sept/October 1994. A discussion zine from Toronto Green.
  11. Processed World, no. 15, Winter 1985–6; no. 18, Winter 1987. A radical office workers’ journal published in San Francisco, CA.
  12. Alternative Press Review, no. 1, Fall 1993 – no. 3, Spring/Summer 1994. A journal published by the collective behind Anarchy, A Journal of Desire Armed. Political articles, a largee number of reviews.
  13. No Business As Usual 1986. A booklet reporting on anti-Star Wars day of actions in 1986.
  14. Ecomedia Bulletin, no. 41, December 13–27 1988; no. 42, December 27–January 9 1989. A Toronto Anarchist bi0weekly flier.
  15. Internatinoal Ecomedia News. A single issue of a small series which developed into Ecomedia Bulletin. June 1987 issue.
  16. Anarchist Black Cross. Anarchist prisoner support newspaper put out in conjuction with Bulldozer journal.
  17. Afterbirth, no. 1, 1987–no. 2, 1988. Alternative cultura/anarchist magazine published in Decatur Gerogia, USA.
  18. Fifth Estate, Vol. 20 no. 3, Winter/Spring 1986; Vol. 21 no. 1, Fall 1986; Vol. 21 no. 2, Spring 1987; Vol. 23 no. 1, Spring 1988. Anarchist periodical with strong anti-civilization focus.
  19. Rivesta Anarchica, no. 134, February 1986 – no. 135, March 1986. Italian anarchist monthly magazine.
  20. Neo-Nazi and the War Against Women’s Reproductive Freedom. Pamphlet produced in 1994 by three Tornto anarchist groups: Arm The Spirit, Anti-Racist Action, and The Jewish Feminist Anti-Fascist League.
  21. Bayou La Rose (no. 32, Summer 1990; no. 36, 1994.). Anarchist and First Nations support journal that metamorphosed into Survival Network Newsletter.
  22. Anarchist Survival Gathering 3rd Mailout. Organizational information around the 1988 Anarchist Convention in Toronto.
  23. Fuse, Vol. XII no. 5, April–May  1989.. Radical artists’ magazine from Toronto.
  24. A.L.F. Canda Front line News, no. 3 1986. (Toronto, Ontario).
  25. Ginger – bulletin of Socialist Debate, Fall 1996 (Toronto).
  26. All Ways Free, no 11, June 1985. Periodical of the Rainbow Gathering.
  27. First Nations Drum, Vancouver May/June 1991.
  28. Infinite Onion, no. 9 December 1993 (Colorado Springs, CO). Gay, Anarchist, Pagan.
  29. Phoenix Rising , Vol. 8 no. 2 1989 (Toronto). Anti-psychiatry journal.
  30. P-News: the progressive news, views and poetry network. Shortwave radio enthusiast and anarchist May (86?) North Carolina.
  31. Alternative Gallery Catalog (March 1989 – July 1991). A collection of anarchist periodicals and materials held in a Greek Anarchist archive.
  32. Noise, Vol. 3 no. 3, April, 1992 (Vancouver). Alternative arts and culture zine.
  33. Possesed, no. 1, Midsummer 1988 (Seattle). Anti-authoritarian thought and culture.
  34. Feminists for Animal Rights, Vol. 5 no. 1–2, Winter–Spring 1990.
  35. Diary of A Conference on Sexuality, 1982. Reflection on the Barnard College Conference on feminism and sexuality.
  36. Epicene, no. 1, May 1987–no. 2, June–July 1987. Toronto Gay Magainze.
  37. Bulldozer, Vol. 1 no. 1, August 1980–no. 5, Winter 1983. Toronto anarchist prisoner support journal.
  38. Prisoner News Service, no. 32, Septmeber 1991–no. 39, January/February 1993. Published by Bulldozer.

Box 2

  1. Kick It Over, no. 2, 1982; no. 2, July 1982–no. 28, Spring 1992; incomplete set (Toronto). An anarchist journal that began as a punk fanzine and grew to becoming a significant voice in that political subculture, with a focus on interview an first-hand accounts of activities rather than abstract political discussion. Quarterly.
  2. Anarchy, A Journal of Desire Armed, no. 6, August 1985–no. 49 Spring/Summer 2000; incomplete set (Columbia, Missouri USA). An intellectual extreme left anarchist journal in the anarchist-primitivist camp, more akin to Fifth Estate than other anarchist journals, with a strong cultural revolutionary tone. Reprinting of Situationist classics, which is not typical of anarchist journals.
  3. Alarm “A Voice of Revolutionary Ecology“, no. 4, Autumn Equinox 1992–no. 8, Autumn Equinox 1993 (Burlington, VT). North-Eastern USA splinter from Earth First.
  4. Open Road, no. 16, Spring 1984 – no. 23, Fall 1988; incomplete set (Vancouver). Anarchist periodical.
  5. the harder they fall, no. 1, June 1986 – no. 2, November/December 1986 (Toronto). Anarchist journal inspired by Open Road.
  6. Overthrow, vol. 9 no. 2, Fall 1987–vol. 10 no. 2, Winter 1988-89. The journal of the Yippies! Of New York City. Cultural politics.
  7. Earth First!, vol. VII no. VI, June 21st 1987 – vol. XI no. V, Beltane 1991; incomplete set. Direct action wing of the radical environmentalist movement, more anarchist than anything else. Well-reasoned and passionate defense of ecological variety, mixed with illegal action in defense of mother earth. Tabloid newsprint journal.
  8. Glacial Erratic, vol. 1 no. 1–vol. 2 no. 1 (no date). Connecticut Valley Earth First! newsletter.
  9. Independent Grizzly Bear Report, 1988. Earth First! tabloid on Grizzly population ecology.