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Z Magazine, of Z Communications, was founded in 1987, by two of the cofounders of South End Press, Michael Albert and Lydia Sargent. It is an independent monthly of critical thinking on political, cultural, social, and economic life in the United States. Z Magazine is available in print and online. The print magazine is most often 64 pages, with articles of many lengths and focuses. The online magazine, updated monthly, reproduces the print as closely as possible and has two versions -- one public (an archive), and the other for subscribers only. The latter appears simultaneous with print. The former a few months later.

The name was inspired by the movie Z, directed by Constantin Costa-Gavras, that tells the story of repression and resistance in Greece. Comrade Z (a leader of the resistance) has been assassinated and his killers, including the chief of police, are indicted. Instead of the expected positive outcome, the prosecutor mysteriously disappears and a right-wing military junta takes over. The security police set out to prevent “a mildew of the mind,” an infiltration of “isms” or “spots on the sun.”

As the closing credits roll, instead of listing the cast and crew, the filmmakers list the things banned by the junta. They include: peace movements, labor unions, long hair on men, Sophocles, Tolstoy, Aeschylus, strikes, Socrates, Ionesco, Sartre, the Beatles, Chekhov, Mark Twain, the bar association, sociology, Becket, the International Encyclopedia, the free press, modern and popular music, the new math, and the letter Z, which has been scrawled on the sidewalk as the film’s final image, symbolizing “the spirit of resistance lives.”

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 '''Z Magazine''', of [[Z Communications]], was founded in [[1987]], by two of the cofounders of [[South End Press]], [[Michael Albert]] and [[Lydia Sargent]]. It is an independent monthly of critical thinking on [[political]], [[cultural]], [[social]], and [[economic]] life in the [[United States]]. Z Magazine is available in print and online. The print magazine is most often 64 pages, with articles of many lengths and focuses. The online magazine, updated monthly, reproduces the print as closely as possible and has two versions -- one public (an archive), and the other for subscribers only. The latter appears simultaneous with print. The former a few months later.
-The name was inspired by the movie [[Z]], directed by [[Costa-Gavra]], that tells the story of repression and resistance in [[Greece]]. Comrade Z (a leader of the resistance) has been assassinated and his killers, including the chief of police, are indicted. Instead of the expected positive outcome, the prosecutor mysteriously disappears and a [[right-wing]] [[military]] junta takes over. The security [[police]] set out to prevent “a mildew of the mind,” an [[infiltration]] of “isms” or “spots on the sun.”
+The name was inspired by the movie [[Z]], directed by [[Constantin Costa-Gavras]], that tells the story of repression and resistance in [[Greece]]. Comrade Z (a leader of the resistance) has been assassinated and his killers, including the chief of police, are indicted. Instead of the expected positive outcome, the prosecutor mysteriously disappears and a [[right-wing]] [[military]] junta takes over. The security [[police]] set out to prevent “a mildew of the mind,” an [[infiltration]] of “isms” or “spots on the sun.”
 As the closing credits roll, instead of listing the cast and crew, the filmmakers list the things banned by the junta. They include: peace movements, labor unions, long hair on men, Sophocles, Tolstoy, Aeschylus, strikes, Socrates, Ionesco, Sartre, the Beatles, Chekhov, Mark Twain, the bar association, sociology, Becket, the International Encyclopedia, the free press, modern and popular music, the new math, and the letter Z, which has been scrawled on the sidewalk as the film’s final image, symbolizing “the spirit of resistance lives.”