{"product_id":"black-mask-up-against-the-wall-motherfucker-the-incomplete-works-of-ron-hahne-ben-morea-and-the-black-mask-group-9781604860214","title":"Black Mask \u0026 Up Against the Wall Motherfucker: The Incomplete Works of Ron Hahne, Ben Morea, and the Black Mask Group","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003eBy 1968 Black Mask dissolved into \"The Family\" (popularly known as \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 \u003cp\u003eThis volume collects the complete ten issues of the paper \u003cem\u003eBlack Mask\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003eUATW\/MF Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and both the \u003cem\u003eFree Press\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e reports 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRon Hahne and \u003cstrong\u003eBen Morea are the principal founders of the Black Mask Group and producers of the 10 issues of \u003ci\u003eBlack Mask\u003c\/i\u003e. They both live in New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524989915410,"sku":"9781604860214","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_30e7afbd-ca64-4d23-b5e9-47c5e7ba4b56.jpg?v=1731197530","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-mask-up-against-the-wall-motherfucker-the-incomplete-works-of-ron-hahne-ben-morea-and-the-black-mask-group-9781604860214","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}