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[[Image:Total destruction-01.jpeg|thumb|right|Cover of the first issue of Total Destruction.]]
 
[[Image:Total destruction-01.jpeg|thumb|right|Cover of the first issue of Total Destruction.]]
  
'''Total Destruction''' is a "[[Straight Edge|straight edge]] [[fanzine]] against the ruling social order" originating out of Lexington, KY. It features news articles, essays, interviews, and reviews. It has covered such topics as straight edge, communism, being queer, and animal liberation.
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'''Total Destruction''' is a "[[Straight Edge|straightedge]] [[fanzine]] against the ruling social order" made in Lexington, KY. It features news articles, essays, interviews, and reviews. It has covered such topics as straightedge, communist theory, queer seperatism, and animal liberation.  In issue #4 the zine took a turn away from activism and politics and moved in a more 'nihilist' direction, reprinting 'The Impotence of Revolutionary Groups' by Sam Moss and discussing the writings of Monsieur Dupont.  '''Total Destruction''' has been attacked on the Libcom internet forum ([http://www.libcom.org Libcom]) and reviewed positively in several publications.  The editor and creator is also the editor of a journal called '''Letters'''.
  
 
==List of Issues==
 
==List of Issues==
  
 
====Issue #1: January/February 2006====
 
====Issue #1: January/February 2006====
The inaugural issue featured essays on communisms, straight edge, and a overall review of [[Crimethinc]] publications.
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The inaugural issue featured essays on extremism, straightedge, and a overall review of [[Crimethinc]] publications.
  
 
====Issue #2: Summer 2006====
 
====Issue #2: Summer 2006====
The only half page issue. It featured an interview with Bonfire Madigan from the Icarus Project.
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The only half page issue. It featured interviews with Bonfire Madigan from the Icarus Project and (former) animal liberation prisoner Peter Young.
  
 
====Issue #3: March 2007====
 
====Issue #3: March 2007====
The theme of queer issues and queer identity is discussed throughout as well as news articles and an editorial from the editor of [[Out From the Shadows]].
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There is a general queer theme to this issue that features news items about inspiring crime, a critical essay about prisoner support, and an editorial from the editor of [[Out From the Shadows]].
  
 
====Issue #4: Summer 2007====
 
====Issue #4: Summer 2007====
This issue featured columns from a variety of authors exclusively. ([http://impassionedinsurrection.info/pamphlets/td4.pdf Download PDF])
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This issue featured columns from a variety of authors exclusively and carried the inverted [[Crimethinc]] slogan "the future is unwritten - expect failure". ([http://impassionedinsurrection.info/pamphlets/td4.pdf Download PDF])
  
 
==External Link==
 
==External Link==
 
*[http://impassionedinsurrection.info/ Official website of Total Destruction]
 
*[http://impassionedinsurrection.info/ Official website of Total Destruction]
 
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*[http://www.lettersjournal.org/ Letters Journal]
  
 
[[Category:Zine]] [[Category:Kentucky Zines]] [[Category:Straight Edge Zines]] [[Category:Veganism]] [[Category:Queer]][[Category:Zines from the U.S.A.]]
 
[[Category:Zine]] [[Category:Kentucky Zines]] [[Category:Straight Edge Zines]] [[Category:Veganism]] [[Category:Queer]][[Category:Zines from the U.S.A.]]

Revision as of 23:27, 20 December 2007

Cover of the first issue of Total Destruction.

Total Destruction is a "straightedge fanzine against the ruling social order" made in Lexington, KY. It features news articles, essays, interviews, and reviews. It has covered such topics as straightedge, communist theory, queer seperatism, and animal liberation. In issue #4 the zine took a turn away from activism and politics and moved in a more 'nihilist' direction, reprinting 'The Impotence of Revolutionary Groups' by Sam Moss and discussing the writings of Monsieur Dupont. Total Destruction has been attacked on the Libcom internet forum (Libcom) and reviewed positively in several publications. The editor and creator is also the editor of a journal called Letters.

List of Issues

Issue #1: January/February 2006

The inaugural issue featured essays on extremism, straightedge, and a overall review of Crimethinc publications.

Issue #2: Summer 2006

The only half page issue. It featured interviews with Bonfire Madigan from the Icarus Project and (former) animal liberation prisoner Peter Young.

Issue #3: March 2007

There is a general queer theme to this issue that features news items about inspiring crime, a critical essay about prisoner support, and an editorial from the editor of Out From the Shadows.

Issue #4: Summer 2007

This issue featured columns from a variety of authors exclusively and carried the inverted Crimethinc slogan "the future is unwritten - expect failure". (Download PDF)

External Link