Signal: 08

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Signal:08 collects and connects the culture and politics of international Black Power publishing, the 1960s anarchist and antimilitarist illustrations of Vera Williams and Liberation magazine, memorializing those murdered by anti-Sikh violence in India, the agitprop of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the aesthetics and politics of a reenactment of the largest rebellion of enslaved people in US history. Crossing continents and communities, print and performance, Signal weaves a story of how culture is central to social transformation, both yesterday and today. Highlights of the eigth volume of Signal include: Writing for the Revolution: Publishing and Designing Black Power Books by Andrew Fearnley Hope in the Midst of Apathy: Liberation Magazine and the Covers of Vera Williams by Alec Dunn Most of My Heroes: Stamps in Memory of Anti-Sikh Violence by Vijay S. Jodha & S. Ravi Our Code of Morals is Our Revolution: Agit Prop Travel Documents of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Slave Rebellion Reenactment: An Interview with Dread Scott by Josh MacPhee