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Friday, October 24, 2008
Black Rose: Anarchy & Waylon
When did anarchists pluck the black rose to symbolize their movement?
Taking a break from the stifling two-party system today, we’re polling anarchist readers. Can you tell us, please, when and why you took a shine to the black rose?
Several weeks ago we came upon a compelling logo from the Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair. (The latest event—13th annual—took place this past March at the San Francisco County Fair Building.) Here three black roses have been clasped inside a book emblazoned with the Anarchist A. The stems are working as agitator-bookmarks and protrude, thorns and all, from the pages. There’s a whole lot happening between the covers of this volume, so much that a chain binding it closed now bursts apart.