Black Mask & Up Against the Wall Motherfucker : the incomplete works of Ron Hahne, Ben Morea, and the Black Mask Group

Chronicling the history of two New York City provocateur groups—Black Mask and Up Against the Wall, Motherfucker—this account complies the complete 10 issues of the newspaper Black Mask; numerous leaflets, articles, and flyers generated by Black Mask; the Up Against the Wall Motherfucker Magazine; and Free Press and Rolling Stone reports on Up Against the Wall, Motherfucker. Founded in the mid-1960s, the Black Mask group melded the ideas and inspiration of Dada with the anarchism of the Spanish Revolution, and this volume demonstrates how they heavily influenced the art, politics, and culture of the decade as they briefly shut down the Museum of Modern Art, protested Wall Street, battled at Students for a Democratic Society conferences, and defended the shooting of Andy Warhol. This history then details how in 1968 Black Mask reorganized as Up Against the Wall, Motherfucker, which combined the confrontational theater and tactics of Black Mask with a much more aggressive approach in dealing with the police and authorities. A lengthy interview with founder Ben Morea provides context and color to this fascinating documentary legacy. TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6 INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW EDITION......Page 8 SECTION ONE: BLACK MASK ISSUES 1-10......Page 10 Issue 1......Page 11 Issue 2......Page 18 Issue 3......Page 26 Issue 4......Page 33 Issue 5......Page 39 Issue 6......Page 45 Issue 7......Page 52 Issue 8......Page 59 Issue 9......Page 66 Issue 10......Page 77 SECTION TWO: BLACK MASK LEAFLETS......Page 88 WE PROPOSE A CULTURAL EXCHANGE......Page 89 BROTHERS......Page 90 BULLETIN......Page 91 BROTHERS, SISTERS, COMRADES & FRIENDS......Page 93 SECTION THREE: UAW/MF: THE FREE PRESS REPORT......Page 94 SECTION FOUR: UAW/MF MAGAZINE......Page 112 SECTION FIVE: UAW/MF INTERNATIONAL WEREWOLF CONSPIRACY LEAFLETS & ARTICLES......Page 124 ALL POWER TO THE COMMUNES......Page 125 A LITTLE TREATISE ON DYING......Page 126 INTO THE STREETS......Page 127 APPENDICITIS......Page 128 A MOTHERFUCKER IS A WEREWOLF......Page 129 THE MYTH KILLER......Page 131 AFFINITY GROUP = STREET GANG WITH AN ANALYSIS......Page 134 ARMED LOVE - DESTRUCTION - CREATION......Page 136 ANOTHER CARNIVAL OF LEFT POLITICS......Page 137 ACID-ARMED CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 139 SELF-DEFENSE......Page 140 THE MAGIC KILLING OF THE SNAKE......Page 141 TO LIVE ONE MUST LOVE......Page 142 REVOLUTION IN DREAMS......Page 144 SUMMER SOLSTICE, NEW MEXICO......Page 145 HIP SURVIVAL BULLETIN......Page 147 CHAPTER REPORT ON THE SDS REGIONAL COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 10......Page 148 FILMORE FREE THEATER LEAFLETS......Page 149 SECTION SIX: UAW/MF ROLLING STONE REPORT......Page 150 SECTION SEVEN: BEN MOREA INTERVIEW......Page 158 This Volume Collects The Complete Ten Issues Of The Paper Black Mask (produced From 1966-1967 By Ben Morea And Ron Hahne), Together With A Generous Collection Of The Leaflets, Articles, And Flyers Generated By Black Mask And Uaw/mf, The Uaw/mf Magazine, And Both The Free Press And Rolling Stone Reports On Uaw/mf. A Lengthy Interview With Founder Ben Morea Provides Context And Color To This Fascinating Documentary Legacy Of Nyc's Now-legendary Provocateurs. Section 1. Black Mask Section 2. Black Mask leaflets Section 3. UAW/MF Free Press report Section 4. UAW/MF Magazine Section 5. UAW/MF leaflets & articles Section 6. UAW/MF Rolling Stone report Section 7. Ben Morea interview.