Erin Yanke and Rich Cross

Bio

Rich Cross is a researcher and writer on British and European protest movements and counter cultural resistance, particularly from the anarchist and libertarian traditions, Cross has published and presented extensively about the UK’s original anarcho-punk scene. He has edited the The Hippies Now Wear Black website for well over a decade, documenting both the history and the continuing creative dissidence of that scene’s most resilient troublemakers. Erin Yanke is a self-taught multimedia artist and documentarian working primarily in audio. Her work focuses on amplifying counter-hegemonic voice, mutual aid, comparative experience across identities, the importance of keeping your own archives and the clean and sharp edit. Her favorite projects tell stories of community engagement, share different perspectives on similar events, tell of radical actions and hold conversations across culture, time, and space. Erin and Rich are, respectively, the editor and writer of the book and box set This Is a Message to Persons Unknown: The Story of Poison Girls, which is up on Kickstarter now.