Stan Iverson: A Timeline
Born June 22, 1927
March 25, 1944 Missoula, Montana
1950. Member of the Communist Party.
Hauled before the infamous Canwell Committee (Washington State's mini-HUAC) & charged with contempt, Stan advised the august body that he "had nothing but contempt" for them.
(Actually it was another state committee, not Canwell's -- D.B.)
March 1951 living at 1314 Herald Road, Opportunity, WashingtonNovember 19, 1953 Seattle
Date unknown: living at 4044 9th NE Seattle
Mid-50s. Broke with the Communist Party, as did his friends, George & Louise Crowley.
The Crowleys* became active anarchists & began the Seattle Anarchist Group. Stan became a Trotskyite.
1959 Seattle, Wash1960. Member of the Trotskyite party, in the early 60s
became an anarchist.March 23, 1967. Helix, Seattle's first underground newspaper, debuts.
May 12, 1967. Anarchist plot to Burn American Flag.
Year unknown. Runs for Seattle City Council. His slogan,
"If elected I will not serve."
Year unknown. Member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Seattle branch.Year unknown. Father of Shana Iverson. Mother is Barbara Tomlinson.
1967-8 or thereabouts, worked at Id Bookstore in University District.
Others involved: Steve Herold, Karen Herold, John Severin (later with Morningtown Pizza), Joe Kane, Robert Horsley...
Steve Herold currently owns the bookstore, Wit's End, in the Fremont District.
Robert Horsley currently owns Robert Horsley Printing, in the Fremont District.
John Severin worked with Ingam Books, Morningtown, then became a cook.
Joe Kane worked with Ingram Books, inspired the "Joe Kane Bottomless Coffee Refill", then became a publisher rep.
1971. Cofounder of Mother Earth Books
Collectively operated anarchist store in the University District, opened about the time the ID Bookstore closed.
Included Charlie Knox, Paula Silverman, Joy Cameron-Knox, David Brown... (Closed after a year or two, then did mail-order for about 8 years)
1972. Worked at Morningtown Pizza Collective.
Here he coined the famed & endearing mantra, "Tits like doughballs." In the 1990s this became The Black Cat Cafe.
Spring (?) 1973. Cofounder of Red & Black Books Collective.
Founders included: Karen Herold, Barbara Seeley, Stan Iverson, Paul Zilsel, Lynne Thorndycraft, David Brown.
This group also gave rise to Left Bank Books Collective (1975-to the present) when Paul & Lynne split off from the founding group.
Red & Black Books began in the University District, went through two moves,
then settled on Capitol Hill on 15th East. Both stores marked their 25th anniversary in 1998; Red & Black failed financially & went out of business spring of 1999.
July 30, 1973. Grand opening of Left Bank Books in the Pike Place Market.
Includes Paul Zilsel, Lynne Thorndycraft, Ruth Sabiers, Mark, Jo Maynes, Bruce Huebel
Year unknown 1974-75?. Death of longtime friend Steve Minkler.
Stan was driving the vehicle from which Steve fell. Stan was
charged with manslaughter & a support campaign was undertaken to keep Stan from going to jail.
1980 (?) Father of Colleen Chambers-Iverson; mother is Lauri Chambers.1980. Cancer.
May 1985. Died.
* On the internet, the Crowley's article in Anarchy 49, "On Automation" cited, in Portuguese, at
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/5470/automati.htmlThis article was much in the manner of similar thinking by Murray Bookchin; Bookchin, a former Trotskyite & labor organizer in the 30s & 40s, became an anarchist by the early 50s & stayed
in the Crowley's home when he visited Seattle at various times over the years.
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