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Moe Bowstern

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Xtra Tuf! (No. 5) (2005) 24 eksemplarer
Second Set Out — Forfatter — 5 eksemplarer
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Xtra Tuf (No. 6) (2010) 3 eksemplarer
Xtra Tuff #2 3 eksemplarer
Xtra Tuf 5.5 (CD) 2 eksemplarer
When a Witch Loves a Cat (2020) 1 eksemplar
When a Witch Gets Sick (2020) 1 eksemplar

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History is important. If more people took an active role in discovering the history of where they live, their lineage, and the world in general, we'd be in a much better place as a society. People's histories, in my opinion, are the best, most reliable, and easiest to digest because we're reading a variety of voices telling stories in their own words about experiences they've had. A good editor will tie them all together in a way that tells a linear tale and helps the reader to learn and grow. The editors and contributors to It Did Happen Here did a great job of this.

This book takes places in the '80s and '90s, mostly in northwestern Oregon, though it ties in stories of other anti-racist groups from Minneapolis and Chicago. It was fascinating to hear this history, these stories of regular young people who get tired of being pushed around by nazis and other pieces of shit. The organize in a variety of ways—from street fights to intelligence to politics—and eventually drive the growing movement underground. The editors did well in including a wide range of voices and opinions from the people on the ground at the time, without giving voice to anyone from the other side, cause why do we need to hear from them?

It Did Happen Here is important always, but especially in this time of white supremacy rearing it's ugly head once again, coming out from their hiding places. It gives us a chance to study tactics and realize how they all fit together. Nazis and other white supremacists need to be confronted physically, they need to also be detoxed at their places of work and homes. Anti fascists need to be in the streets making scenes, getting attention; and we also need to be educating those who haven't yet picked a side.

This book also helps give a better understanding of what happened between the time this story take place, and when everything came back to the surface. Many contributors talk about falling into the trap of publicly debating people with these far right opinions, how the media attention allows for the normalization of these horrible politics. Reading about the anti-racist movement kind of fizzling out, both because they thought they had won and because many of them were sucked into mainstream politics, is helpful for the present as well. When nazis and other racists get brought into mainstream politics they don't have to change their beliefs, only their words. They have a huge representation in local, state, and national governments and the police. It's different for the radical left though. When we're fooled into believing that we can fix the problem for the inside, we're forced to change, to become more centrist and make unacceptable compromises.

Enough annoying preaching by me. Read this book then go punch a nazi.
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bookonion | Mar 8, 2024 |
Some of you may know Moe Bowstern as the fisherwoman editor of "Xtra Tuf" - the 'zine she does about commercial fishing. She introduces this project:

"It was Kate Mat who started it off, I visited her in Chicago and she showed off her collection of home made candles. She had different things she worked on and often did diligent research to locate the various dieties that might help her on her way. She made a nice one for Xtra Tuf # 1, the zine I do about commercial fishing, and I burned it up in Kodiak Alaska whenever we needed a little extra help. It worked, too. Even my skeptical, Norweigian-trained skipper noticed. The year I fished cod with him he actually commissioned me to make a cod-catching candle and darned if we didn't get on a hot bite every time we burned it. But it was Fred's first boat, and after some extremely scornful sideways remarks about the utter foolishness of candles on boats from Fred's father-in-law, we put it away."

One of the images in the bk intended to be colored & wrapped around a wishing candle is of a sneaker w/ wings labelled "Mercury" & identified as the "god of Thieves and Travellers". This is "to promote: Stealth, Swiftness, Invisibility, Calm, Common Sense, Adaptability" & "to Protect against: Breakdowns, Indecision, Self-Doubt, Harassment, Cops, Video Cameras".

Even for an ardent unbeliever like myself, I found this a charming publication - aided & abetted by having Pittsburgh's Third Termite Letterpress print the covers.
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tENTATIVELY | Apr 3, 2022 |
[Review originally published on NewPages.com]

If you haven’t read Xtra Tuf, you are missing out on one of the more interesting and unique zines out there. Moe is a semi-retired commercial fisherwoman with plenty of tales still to tell about her years in the salmon fishing industry. This new paperback issue tells all about the history of strikes in the industry around the area of Kodiak Island, Alaska, which is where Moe spent most of her time working. It’s a dense issue, not always easy reading, but the content is fascinating, especially for anyone interested in labor issues (which, if you work, should mean you). Moe also does a good job of characterizing the fishing community around Kodiak, and the reader gets a clear picture of the different types of people who live around there. This is an engaging read worth seeking out.… (mere)
 
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S.D. | 1 anden anmeldelse | Apr 4, 2014 |
Sad but true: Deadliest Catch has made me far more appreciative of Moe's zine now than when I first tried to read it a few years ago.
 
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alycias | 1 anden anmeldelse | Apr 4, 2013 |

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