Jun
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news roundup, first edition
Filed Under free speech, news, zine news |
We plan to start posting regular round-ups of news and announcements for your information and enjoyment. If you have news to share, please send us an email: wordofmouth@undergroundpress.org.
Imagine – the anarchist zine by John Johnson — has ceased publication. So has Zinetopia, a zine review & interview zine published by Sarah Arr. John plans to continue publishing his vegan zine, Don’t Have a Cow.
Rory Root, the owner of Berkeley’s Comic Relief, died recently. Sad news, as Rory has been a great supporter of indie comics and zines, and Comic Relief is an awesome store. Find more info and some nice tributes here. A memorial celebration will be held on June 21.
In free speech news:
- The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that a high school could punish a student for publishing critical comments about school administrators on the Internet, even if the comments are published outside of school. “We have determined … that a student may be disciplined for expressive conduct, even conduct occurring off school grounds, when this conduct ‘would foreseeably create a risk of substantial disruption within the school environment,’ or at least when it was similarly foreseeable that the off-campus expression might also reach campus,” the appeals court wrote. Read more…
- Two students in Massachusetts were arrested after a protest that included students commandeering their school’s intercom system during MCAS testing. A small group of students read a passage that may have been from George Orwell’s 1984. After two students were given a one-day suspension, a large group formed an impromptu sit-in. Police were called in, and they ordered the students to disperse; most did, but two were arrested. Read more…
- Thirty-four people were convicted of “unlawful free speech” for peaceful demonstrations on behalf of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. They had been arrested at the Supreme Court in January. Read more…
- Three eighth-grade students in Minnesota received a suspension in May for not standing during the Pledge of Allegiance. Read more…
Finally, we’re working on a complete update to our list of zine libraries & infoshops. If you know of a place that isn’t listed, or have corrected info on a place that is listed (including closed locations) , please email jerianne@undergroundpress.org.
