The AGIT printers were an anarchist initiative into the 1970er years, which understood itself as part of the reaction to the dogma tables K-groups.

They printed NOSE in West Berlin beside many other publications the info. They supported different projects and groups by materials prices. Otherwise it concerned to make left prints possible at all. It was not to be gone at that time so easily possible with left or alternative prints into any printering.

The info. NOSE was a weekly left-alternative magazine, which argued with ideas of the autonomous scene and reports, dates, actions and similar published. Also with the topic RAF one argued critically. The publication had a supraregional spreading, responsible person editor was Hans's cabinet and it from agit the pressure collectively in the offset was printed.

NOSE stood for citizen of Berlin Undogmati groups, late citizen of Berlin incomprehensible groups, of citizen of Berlin innumerable groups and unites other designations. The magazine appeared for the first time 1974 and despite its prohibition starting from 1977 still until October 1978 was driven out. Their edition amounted to up to 3.000 pieces, the price 0.50 DM. Altogether there were 197 editions.

The magazine and its coworkers were subject to a substantial repression by the national organs. In April 1975 the magazine was seized for the first time at some sales offices. In February 1977 the first prosecutions followed, on 23 October 1977 the first arrests by the state protection. In particular the four AGIT printers were arrested, because they those are to have been only "understandable" persons involved.

The proceeding was considered as exemplary for the fact that everyone, which at the production or selling of left and state-critical publications was involved a Kriminalisierung threatens. Indeed seizing and arrests followed with similar Iniativen, as for example with the Fantasia pressure in Stuttgart 1982, whose printer for one and a half was arrested years.

Literature

• The process against the agit printers. In: Aesthetics and communication, Berlin, No. 33, 1978
• Solidarity can become the weapon"Â…. - Information to the process against Fantasia pressure and ivk; Stuttgart, 1979 - orderable with archives of social movements

Related links

• Data base of the German-language Anarchismus - documentation info. NOSE

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