Red Balloon
Stony Brook, L.I., N.Y.: Red Balloon Collective, [1971]. Tabloid format printed in black on newsprint, 12 pp, illus. An unnumbered but early issue of the irregularly published organ of the Red Balloon Collective, a radical student group at SUNY Stony Brook described by founder Mitchel Cohen as an "anarcho-marxist direct action group." The paper allegedly started in the fall of 1970 and by 1992 only 23 issue had been published; it later became the Red Balloon Discussion Bulletin. Content for this issue includes a long article on the death of George Jackson by the one-time SUNY professor, Jonah Raskin, who became involved with the Weathermen and Yippies before settling down as a successful writer penning books about B. Traven, Abbie Hoffman, Jack London, Allen Ginsberg, and others. Other content includes reprinted Liberation News Service articles, Attica, Nixon's wage freezes, Stony Brook cops, food co-ops, a molotov cocktail recipe, and more. The group's manifesto of sorts is reprinted to the back cover. Only nine holdings in OCLC of any issue. Center crease from folding, light wear to newsprint, but a well-preserved copy. Item #05624
Price: $65.00