{"product_id":"black-mask-up-against-the-wall-motherf-ker-the-incomplete-works-of-ron-hahne-ben-morea-and-the-black-mask-group-by-working-class-history-shop","title":"Black Mask \u0026 Up Against the Wall Motherf**ker: The Incomplete Works of Ron Hahne, Ben Morea, and the Black Mask Group by Working Class History | Shop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFulfilled by our friends at Working Class History | Shop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFounded in New York City in the mid-1960s by self-educated ghetto kid and painter Ben Morea, the Black Mask group melded the ideas and inspiration of Dada and the Surrealists, with the anarchism of the Durruti Column from the Spanish Revolution. With a theory and practice that had much in common with their contemporaries the San Francisco Diggers, Dutch Provos, and the French Situationists—who famously excommunicated 3 of the 4 members of the British section of the Situationist International for associating too closely with Black Mask—the group intervened spectacularly in the art, politics and culture of their times. From shutting down the Museum of Modern Art to protesting Wall Street’s bankrolling of war, from battling with Maoists at SDS conferences to defending the Valerie Solanas shooting of Andy Warhol, Black Mask successfully straddled the counterculture and politics of the ’60s, and remained the Joker in the pack of both sides of “The Movement.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1968 Black Mask dissolved into “The Family” (popularly known as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUp Against The Wall Motherf**ker\u003c\/em\u003e—the name to which they signed their first leaflet), which combined the confrontational theater and tactics of Black Mask with a much more aggressively “street” approach in dealing with the police, and authorities. Dubbed a “street gang with analysis” they were reputedly the only white grouping taken seriously by the Black Panther Party, and influenced everyone from the Weathermen to the “hippy” communal movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects the complete ten issues of the paper\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Mask\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(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 UATW\/MF, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUATW\/MF Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and both the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFree Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereports on UATW\/MF. A lengthy interview with founder Ben Morea provides context and color to this fascinating documentary legacy of NYC’s now legendary provocateurs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Authors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA teenage delinquent and drug addict,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBen Morea\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein the late 1950s went looking for the Beatniks, discovered the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiving Theater\u003c\/em\u003e, and developed a taste for, and involvement in, art and anarchism. A painter, rabble-rouser, and troublemaker, he was the main instigator of the Black Mask group, The Family (popularly know as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUp Against The Wall Motherf**ker\u003c\/em\u003e, and no relation to the West Coast Manson\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e“family\u003c\/em\u003e”), and the Armed Love communal movement. By the end of the ’60s, facing increased police attention, Ben Morea “disappeared” into the rural communal movement, and anonymity. He continues to paint (and now blog), and galvanized by the current Imperial wars, has re-emerged to talk of the legacy and history of Black Mask and The Family, and their relevance to the struggles today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRon Hahne\u003c\/strong\u003e, along with co-conspirator Ben Morea, was the principal founder of the Black Mask group, and producer of the ten issues of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Mask\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSKU:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 9781604860214\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Ben Morea and Ron Hahne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e PM Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 9781604860214\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1\/2011\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePage count:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 176\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 9 x 6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Politics-Anarchism, History-60s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VYSN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42651355742302,"sku":"carro-48574665","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/6555\/6830\/files\/large_255_BlackMaskCover150.jpg?v=1776300773","url":"https:\/\/impossible-girls-2.myshopify.com\/products\/black-mask-up-against-the-wall-motherf-ker-the-incomplete-works-of-ron-hahne-ben-morea-and-the-black-mask-group-by-working-class-history-shop","provider":"Impossible girl's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}