Heatwave (magazine)
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Heatwave was a short-lived libertarian socialist journal launched by Charles Radcliffe. Only two issues of the journal were produced, appearing in July and September of 1966. The first issue positioned itself as an 'experimental, perhaps slightly crazed libertarian socialist journal', and included a statement of intent: 'HEATWAVE is not a rival to existing publications on the libertarian left, but an addition to the libertarian press and an extension of its ideology, both conscious and unconscious, into new fields. HEATWAVE wants to generate heat in every field. We believe the time is ripe for an explosion of revolutionary energy which would alter the face of the earth. HEATWAVE advocates the use of any and all means that may bring to a climax the crisis of capitalism and authoritarianism, and result in the total extinction of all forms of exploitation or authority.'[1]
The journal's formation was inspired by, and aspired to be the British counterpart of a similar, Chicago based publication, The Rebel Worker, which was associated with the Industrial Workers of the World.[2]
Heatwave was cited in the Situationist tract On the Poverty of Student Life as an example of one of the "profoundly revolutionary tendencies in the critique of all aspects of the prevailing way of life."[3] Its treatment of popular culture has since been hailed as path-breaking: the critic Jon Savage has said that one piece by Radcliffe "laid the foundation for the next 20 years of sub-cultural theory."
References
- ^ "Heatwave". Heatwave. 1 (1). July 1966.
- ^ Blazwick (ed.), Iwona (1989). An Endless Passion... An Endless Banquet. A Situationist Scrapbook. London: Verso. p. 64. ISBN 0860919838.
{{cite book}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ Not bored magazine. "Heatwave thirty years later". libcom.org.