The new, regularly-updated version of our website went live just a few minutes ago.  (If anything seems obviously broken or a little wonky, please comment in the forum.)  Of note, the shop is now somewhat open for business — we’re still working out problems with PayPal, but you can use the shopping cart to prepare a mail-in order to be paid via cash/check/money order.

We are planning another comp zine for this spring.  We’ll make an announcement about that over the weekend.

The forum, which has been active for almost a year-and-a-half, has been on the quiet side recently but still attracts a healthy audience of visitors.

The info section of the website has a few items in it, with more planned for the near future (such as a list of distros).

Welcome!

“Entry Level: Approaches to getting used to the idea of talking about class,” edited by Chris Wrdnrd, was born out of Crabby Media’s desire to engage with issues of social justice and Chris’s hope to provoke more Wiscon discussions of class.

This comp zine is composed of 11 pieces that investigate aspects of class ideas from various angles.  Contents include a brief overview of Marxist theory, a bibliography of class-related reading, and a bingo card of typical dismissals of class discussion, all punctuated by deeply personal essays of individual class situations.  We are also delighted that John Scalzi allowed us to reprint his oft-cited “Being Poor” post from the Whatever.  The zine is rounded out by an abridged version of Karl Marx’s “Wage, Labor, and Capital.”

A free PDF will be available for download here by the end of january 2010.

• half-legal:  7″ x 8.5″
• 42 pages, saddle-stapled
• $2.57