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A free paper, made on the go in different cities around the world; for the slow movers and fast shakers, we gather news, reviews and anti-blues - can u dig it?

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Extremely cool i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/n…
The indomitable Andrew O'Hagen on #Euros2016, sort of (via @LRB) lrb.co.uk/v24/n12/andrew-oha…

Andrew O’Hagan · Diary: Hating Football

I can tell you the exact moment when I decided to hate football for life. It was 11 June 1978 at 6.08 p.m. Scotland were...

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"Stop working and being an ego, & have the courage to be a creature." #hehhehheh theparisreview.org/blog/2015…

A Perfect Baby by Dan Piepenbring

May 18, 2015 – A letter from D. H. Lawrence to Bertrand Russell, February 1916. When the two men had met the previous year, they became fast friends, and had even

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this is pretty cool bbc.com/news/world-africa-36… #zines

Citizen journalists in Kenya's biggest slum

One of Africa's largest slums has become the unlikely home to a burgeoning community of child citizen journalists.

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hi we r in #america maybe u find one
Our new edition is ready to order! gumroad.com/l/ShwKG :) #zines

C O U N T E R P R E S S - Issue Six

C O U N T E R P R E S S is an offline, limited edition paper, posted out in hardcopy to correspondents all over the world. Issue six is our biggest one yet -...

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Issue 6 is nearly done! #whydoweevenusetwitter
Looking for something to read? ideas.ted.com/your-guide-to-… #books
Hi internet - got anything you'd like published? We're gearing up for issue six - so send us something! #zines [email protected]
What the mirror shows: "declining student resistance" and #ALittleLife - Daniel Mendelsohn's take nybooks.com/articles/2015/12…
Your presence, matters (via @UrbanOmnibus) urbanomnibus.net/2016/01/the… #Occupy

The Wandering Women - Urban Omnibus

Presenting the winner of our As Seen On [ ] writing competition: Maya Sorabjee takes us to Bombay, where the intersection of loitering and gender potently demonstrates why occupation of physical and...

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Awesome overview of the eternal alien #RIPDavidBowie lrb.co.uk/v34/n07/thomas-jon… #longreads
"The winner of the argument is the one who defines the terms" #yougogirl #feminism i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/m…
Excellent analysis of #TheSopranos - still one of the greatest nymag.com/news/features/3351…
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Number 5 has arrived 💯 @counter_press #zinesarecool #tw ift.tt/1QjxvJu
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It's baack. Resident poet R.L. Grahame weighs in on that most popular of podcasts, #Serial - will u b listening?
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Issue 5 has landed! These copies soon to be live in #Auckland (and later in #Bahrain..._ - keep an eye out!
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Another excellent #shortfilm from New Zealand youtube.com/watch?v=AsdNZSyF… (via @krdstories )
The Event - K Rd Stories

The Event - K Rd Stories

WRITTEN BY DOMINIC HOEY (TOURETTES)DIRECTED BY EDDY FIFIELDAn exc...

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Very good #shortstory from our last stop in India: Kolkata newyorker.com/magazine/2013/… #love

Brotherly Love, by Jhumpa Lahiri

Fiction: “The club’s management had recently put up more boundary walls, to keep intruders away. But Bismillah said that there were still sections along the western edge where one might enter.”

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Richard Hell with a great description of why #DIY is political theparisreview.org/blog/2015… (via @parisreview)
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