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Title: The Masses Manifesto
Author:
Date: February 1913
Description: The manifesto of an early American anarchist
journal, beautifully typset, which can only
be approximated in ascii.
Keywords: The Masses, revolutionary publishing, magazine.
Related Material: Reproduced in _Strange Bedfellows: the First
American Avant-Garde_ by Steven Watson. New
York: Abbeville Press, 1991.
The Masses Manifesto, 1913
A FREE MAGAZINE
TTTTTTT HIS MAGAZINE IS OWNED AND PUB-
T LISHED CO-OPERATIVELY BY ITS EDI-
T TORS. IT HAS NO DIVIDENDS TO PAY,
T AND NOBODY IS TRYING TO MAKE
MONEY OUT OF IT. A REVOLUTIONARY
AND NOT A REFORM MAGAZINE; A MAGAZINE
WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR AND NO RESPECT FOR
THE RESPECTABLE; FRANK, ARROGANT, IM-
PERTINENT, SEARCHING FOR THE TRUE CAUSES; A
MAGAZINE DIRECTED AGAINST RIGIDITY AND
DOGMA WHEREVER IT IS FOUND; PRINTING WHAT
IS TOO NAKED OR TRUE FOR A MONEY-MAKING
PRESS; A MAGAZINE WHOSE FINAL POLICY IS TO
DO AS IT PLEASES AND CONCILIATE NOBODY, NOT
EVEN ITS READERS--THERE IS A FIELD FOR THIS
PUBLICATION IN AMERICA.
HELP US TO FIND IT. SEND YOUR NAME AND
ADDRESS WITH ONE DOLLAR FOR AN ANNUAL
SUBSCRIPTION. PASS US ALONG TO YOUR FRIENDS.
TALK ABOUT US. PRAISE US. CRITICISE US.
DAMN US PUBLICLY. WE MUST HAVE A LITTLE
CONSIDERATION.