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