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“Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose,” George Orwell observed. Orwell was entirely too prescient, or perhaps he was a man of his times, entirely too aware of the way in which fascism shaped and conformed minds to a status quo that understood most people will believe they things they are told if it serves their ego to do so.
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Freedom of the press goes hand in hand with freedom of speech, though it can travel further and have greater impact in that it can be revisited time and again. Thus, the freedom to self publish is one of the greatest acts we may undertake for it ensures authorship will not be compromised for any reason. Zines, one of the most inexpensive and quickest ways to self publish, date back to the American Revolution, when patriots such as Thomas Paine self-published Common Sense.
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Zines arose as a movement unto their own in the 1970s, when the punk scene took up the mantle. With the advent of new technology such as photocopiers and Polaroids, the ability to self-publish cheap and quick was a new phenomenon. Zines cause on quickly and they went far, emerging today as one of the most beloved underground mediums.
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