Rupture is a zine centred around DIY culture – free parties, squats, social centres, art and activism
The next edition will be published in SPRING 2023 – send stuff to info < a t > rupturezine.org
CURRENT ISSUE:
Autumn 2022
Burst your bubble with some toil and trouble
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- Synthetic Gardens: A fertile resistance renewed, Tipping Point Ahead
- One Down, Many More to Go (an ode to 'Er Madge)
- Aggravated Activist Day
- From One Needle to Another
- Flambéed Reptile in Cranberry Sauce (fiction by Dan Hekate)
- Fuck the Queen – here’s King Mob (Anarchist Bookfair write-up)
- Poetry by Jack Houston, Rob D'Zero, Holly Bars, Alicer Karveli
- Everything's a Target, by Will Phuq
- Art by Morgasmik, Little Lamb, Paul Sargent, Diazterous, Stabby Places Tattoos, Mr Psik
Alice Karveli, Cristina Reyes, Olive in Dreamland, Alice of the Dead, Will Phuq
Previous issues...
Autumn 2021
No dramas – just a 2-for-1 on crisis
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- Celebrating 20 years of TAA
- Bissau Diaries Vol.1
- House of Shango
- News and protests
- Why is TAA still relevant?
- Flow Me Not - fiction by Dan H
- The City was Convex - prose by Will Phuq
- An Investment Banker DJ Saved My Life
- Centre-spread collage of TAA and Random Artists flyers
- TAA: How Can We Use Art for its Revolutionary Potential?
- Cryptek Crossword #2
- Poetry by Jack Houston, Jess Hudsley, Morgasmik and João Meirinhos
- Art by Jay Moon, Arki Grynberg, Joe Fur, Olive in Dreamland, Deliquent, Little Sew and Sow, João Meirinhos
Spring 2021
Excuse me whilst I sleaze
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- PCSC Bill editorial – Kill the Bill
- Køpi in Berlin update
- Gwarth Ar Y Teulu – (mostly) Welsh language zine article
- Tipping Point Ahead - short fiction for Synthetic Gardens
- Ned Bones and the Zone of Lost Boys by Bang Crosby
- Cryptek sound system Crossword
- Poetry by Jack Houston, Jess Hines and Holly Conant
- Art by Arki Grynberg, Joe Fur, Olive in Dreamland, Laurence Jansen, Deliquent
- Photos from Illustre Feccia and Natalia Gocman
Autumn 2020
I am not a free man, I am a number (but not more than 6)
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- LASIT terrorism unit editorial
- Nantes Bites Back - free party resistance in France
- A Rant From a Raver (who's not going out much)
- Power in Plants collage zine pages by Heather Hughes
- Modern Witch Movement and Samhain piece by Morgasmik
- The Bread Bin short story by Lucy Hutson
- Squatting at 17 - anonymous writing
- 'Dear readers' – lockdown rant by Dr C Distortion
- Poetry by Jack Houston, Refstrolls and Laura Hughes
- Art by Arki Grynberg, CATWF, Joe Fur, Jess Hudsley and Olive in Dreamland
- Lockdown subvertising photos from Illustre Feccia
Spring 2020
The last thing we want is a return to normality
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- Lockdown special edition – editorial
- Human rights are also
for people I cannot fucking stand (rant)
- Sorry to go all class war on you but fucking hell, class war! (rant)
- Random Artists presents... Televised Autonomous Art
- May Day 2020 –
International Workers Day
during a pandemic
- TAA
autumn 2019 writeup
- What is TAA?
- Guerillas in the Midst (guerilla gardening)
- Loving Miss Daisy (story)
- Rural Murals (article)
- Squatdoku
- Update from Disgraca, Lisbon (article)
- Proton Art
- Frontline magazine news
- LOTS of artwork, poetry and prose
- DIY or Die guide to making face masks
Autumn 2019
Running a 2-for-1 on Thoughts and Prayers!
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- #nopasaran – update and reportage from Exarchia, Athens
- MargateTek – August bank holiday party report
- Justice for Steve – article on police attack on party in France
- Sick of War? Use the Bomb! – more from the frontlines of Suffolk
- Carnival, the Road to Excess – history of carnival
- A Place of Our Own – news and callout for new DIY social centre
- Sticks and Stones may Break your Bones – rant about political discourse
- The Future of the GBC
- Poetry and fiction from Jack Houston, George F
- Events listings + music news
- Artwork by Arki Grynberg, Sara Maria Klos, Paul Sargent, Morgan Davy, Paultergeist Photography
Spring 2019
End Humanity Now!
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- You Were Only Supposed To
Blow The Bloody Doors Off! (HSCB debt-buying art/social project)
- UKTek in Scotland report
- Black Star Caravan trip report
- Extinction Rebellion opinion piece
- Thank You Feminism (classic Rupture rant)
- Divine Moments in a Test Tube – Joao Meirinhos
- Poetry from Jack Houston, Just Jess
- Events listings
- Artwork by Arki Grynberg, Joe Fur
Autumn 2018
Comfort zone???
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- The Empire Strikes Frack – Shifting Terrain in the Struggle Against Fracking
- Freedom’s Foray into the First Thursdays Fray
- Extinction Rebellion –
V FOR VICTORY! XR FOR REBELLION!
- Black Star Caravan –
African Odyssey 2019
- TAA 2057 – fiction (?)
- Urgent Call Out From the Hambach Forest
- DSFL finances update
- ADM squat resistance update
- Not the Anarchist Bookfair news
- Unite + Conquer – music scene and the London Promoter's Society
- The Estate Agents
Will Be Having Kittens – atypical Rupture rant
- Tidemill Gardens – Fighting against environmental destruction and social cleansing in Deptford
- Freekuency –
Festival statement
- Bad Sekta news
- Poetry from Jack Houston, Sophie McKeand
- Events listings
- Artwork by Arki Grynberg, Sara Maria Klos, Barnie Emma, the horny handed daughter of toil, Glittasphyxia, Krom Bagelsky
Spring 2018
Stacking them up as they tear them down
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- Renegados - editorial about the zine, the scene and having a picnic
- Carpet. Sweeping. Under. – DSEI report follow-up
- War for a New World – report from battle for ZAD in France
- Squat Culture – reflections on squat life in London
- Eastern Suffolk Front conflict zone – 2018 update
- Rest in Power Anna Campbell
- Kek – poetical account of far-right online presence
- Freedom is, Freedom aain’t... (testimonial to HIVE)
- Smartphone zombie kid apocalypse is coming!
- You boycotted Amazon, but you still buy cocaine?
- I Love My Bush – poem
- Poetry by Helen Nichols
- Ex/Communicado – privacy article
- April - fiction
- Stop Scrolling
- Artwork by Zam, Arki Grynberg, Illustre Feccia, Vinni, Alex George
Autumn 2017
Poison pen poised in position
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- The War Machine Rolls Into Town – DSEI arms fair protests
- Suffolk Sniper – an update from the frontline
- Free Cultural Spaces manifesto from ADM squat in Amsterdam
- Home – a poem to accompany the Random Artists show of the same name
- Notes on the North: The Art and Life of Andrew Pullan
- The Hills Have Ears - when parties and politics collide in Italy
- Bloody Foreigners – short fiction by Dan Moss
- B92: Serbia's Radio Resistance
- ADM XX Festival review
- +KAOS: Ten years of Hacking and Media Activism - book review
- The Comic Dark (A Cut up) – by Will Phuq
- Poem by João Meirinhos
- Bad Sekta News
- News
- Listings
Spring 2017
Save the world – Kill your children
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- Imagine Resistance, by Will Phuq
- Publican Nuisance – SW party scene update
- Ride along with the Ultra Violent Anarchist Riflegirls of
Savage Assault Unit 23
- Temporary Autonomous Art in 2017
- Minesweeper Requiem (Co-Operative Future)
- Hot on the Wire – new live streamed studio show
- Webbo - Toyhacker
- Poetry from Jack Houston, Liam D Johnson and João Meirinhos
- News
- Listings
Autumn 2016
Money goes in and the soul goes out
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- In memory of Keith Robinson, from Desert Storm sound system
- Girl Hero Killers of the Anarcho-Feminist Revolutionary Struggle
- News from The Hive
- Temporary Autonomous Art news
- Bad Sekta news
- Poetry from João Meirinhos, Carpetface, Jack Houston and Bob the Generic
- Will Phuq – ‘Ketamine-Related:
The Arylcyclohexylamines’
- Never mind Movember, we need Noisevember!
- ReSpace Project – Recycling and Reusing Space
- Monster Rave Ups! (Halloween party reports)
- Voice from the border – volunteering with Care4Calais
- Reminiscences of
Rocking Against Racism
- Camesquat occupation of Camelot HQ
- Subverts from Will Phuq
- Listings
Spring 2016
Disguise the Limit
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- French scene / teknival update
- In/communicado - message encryption
- Travelling on Film - gypsies and other travellers
- Vote Remain to Fuck Up the Facists - opinion piece
- Cardiff Arms Fair subvertism
- Poetry from Shanna F Jones and Jack Houston
- Netherlands squatting update
- Game Over? - squatter's football notice
- With Friends Like These - Freedom bookshop building
- UK Undercover Policing Inquiry
- Record release info
- Listings
Autumn 2015
Policy aim: Gun down the vulnerable
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- Scum Like Us? – overview of events surrounding Scumoween 2015
- In Defence of the Scum – personal attempt to refute arguments against Scum parties
- Syrian Subotnik – journal/anecdote from the Kobane resistance
- Fuck Fuck Fuck, subject immaterial – the Fuck Parade series of events
- 23 Weeks Later – UK Teknival fallout update
- Stealth Postage – mailing illicit items
- Poetry - Migrant Crisis, Stripped
- Tidsoptimist – people who struggle to be punctual
- Meat for the Masses - fiction
- Review – Angeniet Berkers’
15m² of Freedom photo-book
- Listings
Spring 2015
Blah dee blah dee, we likes to party
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- Clapton FC Antifa supporters club
- The System poem by Jack Houston
- Greetings from Reality - 40 Years of the ASS
- A Dick Pic is Worth 1000 Years - article on file encryption
- TAA Cardiff review and reflection
- Alive and Kicking Off - UK Teknival 2015 article
- I Never Thought I Would Squat Again
- Listings
Autumn-Winter 2014
Pulling our finger out for a sniff
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- Drug Dawgz - sniffer dogs article
- Disobedient Objects - ode to sound systems
- Climate Change vs Economics
- End of a Certain Lack (fiction)
- Poetry pieces
- Star Spores: Frequency Harmonics #13
- The Uncertain Principle of Sods Law
- Bad Sekta News
Spring 2014
If you're talking pie, it's all about the crust
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- Squatter football editorial
- Squatting legal update
- Replacement Parts (fiction)
- Music Day info
- All Hail the Baby Prince!
- Water Wonderful World - water cannons article
- Hole Inside (fiction)
- World Cup Focus
- John Bowden on his Parole Application
October 2012 - out of the blue London TAA special
Old limbs throwing new shapes
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+ special bonus 'The Rupture - Or, my first rave experience' by Simon Carter
- UK squatting updater
- Mass squatting action
- What would you do if you were God?
- Datacide 12 Berlin launch write-up
- Synthetic Gardens, Wasteland Alchemy write-up
- Another Brick in the Wall
- Poetry
- Resist Now - news update
- The Tick of Time
- Bad Sekta News
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