Material from the estate of the late Bob McGlynn, organized by Bill Weinberg.
Correspondence:
You may be aware of the 2016 passing of Bob McGlynn, a longtime New York area activist and figure on the international anarchist scene. Bob was especially involved in building solidarity with anti-authoritarian movements in the East Bloc that rejected both superpowers during the closing years of the Cold War. He was the guiding force behind Neither East Nor West, an international solidarity network created to link these movements. Some context about his amazing life is provided at the links below. He left behind an extenstive archive of literature, much of it quite rare, documenting these movements. I am writing on behalf of a small group of his friends seeking a permanent home for this material.
Included in this material are several copies of the following publications...
1. Bob's own projects:
Return Address Moscow (solidarity newsletter for the Moscow Trust Group, pro-disarmament dissidents, early '80s)
On Gogol Boulevard (newsletter of Neither East Nor West solidarity network, mid '80s through early '90s)
East European News (Workers Solidarity Alliance, anarcho-syndicalist, mid '80s through early '90s )
Shoe Polish Week (ultra-irreverent underground humor graphic zine, c. 1987)
Brooklyn Anti-Nuclear Group (BANG) Notes (Bob's first activist home, early '80s)
2. Anarchist-oriented, international (all from late '80s and early '90s except where otherwise indicated):
Newsletter of the Confederation of Anarcho-Syndicalists (KAS) (Russia)
A-Kontra (Czechoslovakia)
A-Capella (Poland)
Queers in Romania
The Interludes (Slovenia)
Kauno Aidas (Lithuania)
Wolna Czeczenia (seemingly Polish publication in solidarity with Chechnya during 1994 war)
Abolishing the Borders from Below (international anarchist journal opposing NATO expansion, Berlin-based but in English, early 2000s)
3. Dissident, human rights:
Charter 77 newsletter (Czechoslovakia, mid to late '80s)
Helsinki Watch (East Europe watchdog later incorporated into Human Rights Watch, mid to late '80s)
Across Frontiers ("For Solidarity East & West," London, mid to late '80s)
East European Reporter (London, early '90s)
Uncaptive Minds (Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe, Washington DC, early '90s)
Transitions (Institute for Journalism in Transition, New York, mid '90s)
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (London, mid '90s, with much material on Balkan Wars, Chechnya, etc)
4. Miscellaneous:
Black Panther Party literature from 1970
Material related to 1980 blockade of Seabrook nuclear power plant, NH
Without Crying Uncle (graphic primer on Central America, 1987)
Inprekorr (Hungarian version of Trotskyist publication, I think, early '90s?)
Bureau of Public Secrets material (Situationist, Berkeley, '90s)
Midnight Notes (unorthodox Marxist, NYC, '90s)
Bad Newz (NYC political punk zine, '90s)
Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed (issues with On Gogol Boulevard insert, '90s)
There is also a great deal of correspondence with activists and opposition figures nearly throughout the East Bloc, with photos of protests and street actions from the period immediately preceding and following the revolutions of 1989.