Interview with Aaron Fagan
Aaron discusses his history with Rising Up Angry. He was the central creative force of Rising Up Angry Newspaper.
His video, along with other RUA interviews, is viewable here on our YouTube site. We will be continuing to add interviews with RUA members and friends over time. To check out the weekly Live from the Heartland show, hosted by RUA founder Michael James, click here
from the archives
From the Archives….(August 1969, vol 1 no. 2
Bringing it all back home
Down By the lake a few weeks ago, we ran into a bunch of guys from out by Racine and the River - Bridgeport, where Fat Face Daley lives. They were drinking quarts of Hamms' (with the new labels) and listening to some tapes by the Iron Butterfly playing out of a beautiful black 1953 Buick convertible,. We got into a rap with one of the guys and he asked if we knew about any reefer.
EXCERPT FROM RUA’s 1st issue, page 1
Above is an excerpt from page 1 of the first issue of Rising Up Angry, July 1969.
We have all of the back issues here
By David Libman
What’s amazing to me is that the original members of Rising Up Angry were in their 20’s. Michael James, one of the founders, was an elder of the group at 27 years old. …
The Life I had here
The Life I had here
When I ask myself, what about this life we have is worth saving? The answer comes easy, everything!
Just contemplating my life forces me to ask, who would believe it?
Born in East New York, Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1948, life came to me with optimism I found it hard to explain. When I was eleven, my old man’s city job got us into the projects in Queens, The Woodside Houses.
Dig it!
We have re-booting our Rising Up Angry website and launched a youtube channel!
The site has a blog, all of the back issues, a store with RUA the book, t-shirts, the poster and a lot more.
Rising Up Angry Reunion
On October 2019, the Rising Up Angry Alumni and friends of Angry gathered in Chicago at a gallery in Rogers Park. Members from around the country flew in to celebrate, share memories, and
Rising Up Angry Poster
The Rising Up Angry poster is now available! It features 81 front covers from the paper starting with volume 1 no 1 in the upper left, followed by in chronological order from left to right, top to bottom. The poster is on a thick paper, it’s 30 inches tall by 18 inches wide. All
Our history
Rising Up Angry began as a newspaper designed to build a political organization. RUA initially looked to organize white working class youth to ally with Blacks and Latinos to create a Rainbow Coalition to fight injustice and build a better World….